Buying Manual

Procurement Services made the following updates to the Buying Manual on October 30, 2023:

Procurement Services made the following updates to the Buying Manual on September 15, 2023:

Section 203, Payment by Disbursement Voucher

Added clarification on review and approval process if a guest speaker presents a contract.

Procurement Services made the following updates to the Buying Manual on February 15, 2023:

Procurement Services made updates to the Buying Manual on November 7, 2022 in cooperation with the Tax Office and Environment, Health and Safety.

The Buying Manual updates are as follows:

Procurement Services made the following updates to the Buying Manual on May 27, 2022 in conjunction with the Tax Office and Export Control Office.

Procurement Services made minor edits to the Buying Manual on February 2, 2022. The Buying Manual updates are as follows:

Effective May 14, 2021, Procurement and Payment Services updated the following sections of the Buying Manual. These updates were made in consultation with the University Tax Office, Global Operations, Export Control Office, and Risk Management and Insurance.

On November 20, 2020, the PaymentWorks tool used to register new disbursement voucher payees and purchase order vendors was updated to allow registration of foreign payees and vendors.

An Independent Contractor subcommittee comprised representatives from each business service center, and the University Tax Office completed its review of the process for identifying independent contractors (ICs) and selecting contracts for services.

Effective September 14, 2020, Procurement and Payment Services updated the sections of the Buying Manual listed below.

302: PCard Prohibited Transactions