We have two contracted office supply providers:

Office Depot (preferred) and Office Max (secondary). Both suppliers will deliver most items to the University on a next day basis.

Items from Office Depot may be ordered on the Office Depot Business Services Website by using a University Purchasing Card. In order to do this, you must be set up as an end user. Please request a User ID through Purchasing. If you do not have a purchasing card, then you can have your initiator issue a requisition for the items and the order will be placed by purchasing for delivery to your department. If you have a purchasing card, you may also take advantage of our contract at the Office Depot retail stores. Our contract and tax exemption will load when your purchasing card is run through on the purchase.

Items from Office Max may be ordered for delivery to the University by having your initiator create a requisition for the item. You may also purchase items at the local Office Max retail store using the Office Max RetailConnect card which is available in Purchasing. This card may be used with either your University purchasing card or by paying for it personally and requesting a reimbursement. If you are purchasing on behalf of the University, the purchase will ring through as tax exempt.

Our paper supplier is Office Authority. Cases of 8 1/2x11 copy paper can be purchased via a purchase order for $31.00 per case. Purchases orders that are faxed by 10:00 of one day will be delivered directly to your office the next business day.

Technology purchase requests may be initiated by school or departmental administrators, through the approved School or Departmental Initiator. Technology purchase requests should address needs identified in the department's Strategic & Operational Plan and be approved for purchase based on priorities established by your Vice President and ICT.

Hardware items should be purchased per standards outlined on the Technology Hardware Standards page. The vendors for these items are as follows:

A requisition should be created based on the pricing shown on the ICT website and forwarded to your budget officer AND the CIO for approval. The requisition initiator must indicate the location where the item is to be installed, who will be the primary user of the item, the purpose for the purchase in the "Comments" section of the requisition. THE GL section should be left blank and the requisition should be left in Unfinished status.ICT will take care of completing the requisition once the purchase has been approved. Once the purchase is approved, a purchase order will be created and the item ordered by Purchasing. Upon the items arrival, a work order will be created by ICT to deliver/install the merchandise in the appropriate location.

Nonstandard items must go through an extensive approval process and will only be approved/supported if the hardware or software items are essential to the fulfillment of a department's role and mission. ICT is available for consultation for those particular needs. Nonstandard purchases for academic areas must be approved through the Academic Technology department. Nonstandard purchases for administrative areas must be approved through ICT and the appropriate Vice President. Once a nonstandard item has been approved for use, the standard purchasing process outlined above should be followed. Purchasing will be happy to work with you on the best vendor to supply the approved nonstandard item.

Technology purchases are not allowed on the purchasing card.

Shredding

If you have items that need to be securely destroyed, we can arrange for a shredding service to come on campus and shred these items and issue a certificate of destruction. Our current provider is Brinks Document Destruction and they have a 5 box minimum to come to the campus to do the shredding. For this reason we try to consolidate the shredding services. Please contact Purchasing if you have shredding needs.

Fed-Ex

Fed-Ex is our urgent shipping provider of choice. We participate in a consortium contract that provides discounted rates well below what any other service offers. Please contact Purchasing for instructions on accessing our account and creating your shipping documents. Please note that this account number can be used when shipping through our mailroom, but also when shipping at FedEx/Kinko locations and FedEx Drop Off points AS LONG AS OUR ACCOUNT NUMBER IS ON THE SHIPPING DOCUMENTS.

Office Furniture

University departments wishing to purchase office furniture should consult with Purchasing to make sure that the furniture is suitable for commercial applications in the area it will be placed. We will be happy to suggest vendors that not only have suitable furniture, but have pricing available based on our consortium contracts. If you need space planning assistance, both of our two main furniture dealers have people that can assist you with such planning.

Preferred vendors:

1. Business Interiors
2. Ofco
3. Royer & Schutts

Suggested Office Furniture:

Classroom Furniture

All classroom furniture purchases should be requested through the Provost's office for funding and to insure that standards are met for this furniture type.

Business Cards

Business cards are ordered through Brumley Printing. The website link goes to the site where you are to input the information for your business cards. Once you have completed filling in the form and submitted, you will receive an email confirmation. Please proof this information carefully and if it is correct, have your initiator process a requisition to Brumley Printing. After the requisition is approved, we will turn it into a purchase order and release the order to production.

Costs: $36.00/box of 500
$44.00/box of 1000

To set up a user ID and password to the Brumley site, please email Debbie Cavitt and she will set you up and email you instructions, along with your user ID and password.

These items can be obtained in the Mailroom.

Please contact Purchasing with your needs and we will obtain a quote through Brumley Printing.

We have two or three vendors from which we routinely source these items.Please contact Purchasing with your requirements and we will be happy to obtain a quote through these vendors. Please note that the cost is significantly reduced if you have the form available to be transmitted to the vendor electronically. Once your department has approved a quote, a requisition should be done and we will forward the purchase order to the selected vendor.

The Office of Communciations can assist you with obtaining quotes and selecting vendors for the production of flyers, invitations, posters and other specialized printing needs. Upon approval of a quote, a requisition should be done to the selected vendor for the purpose of creating a purchase order. The purchase order number should be given to the vendor prior to release of the order for delivery.

Vendor: Mulholland

Order Process:
Create a requisition to the specified vendor and include a line item for each type of name badge/sign that you need. The item should specify the item, size and color. Please note that magnetic name badges will be the type of name badge ordered unless otherwise directed.

In the printed comments of the requisition, include the specifics for each name badge/sign such as Name and Title for name badges or room name or number for room signs. If you are ordering multiples of the item, for instance 3 different name badges, then reference the requisition item number and then list specifics as follows:

Item 1 - Magnetic Name Badge

Sally Smith
John Jones

Item 2 - Office Door Sign

Sally Smith
John Jones

Be sure and create a line item for shipping which will be $4.50.

Available Colors:

1. Woodgrain with white (signage only)
2. White with blue
3. Blue with white
4. Gold with black
5. Gold with blue

Please check with your supervisor to see what the color protocol is for your department.

Standard Pricing:

Magnetic Name Badge: $6.25
Style "C" Nameplate (wooden base): $15.00
2"x8" Self Adhesive Door Plate: $4.85
2"x3" Self Adhesive Room Number: $2.85
2"x12" Doorplate: $14.00

Rental Car Information:

Enterprise
Reservations can be made by calling 800-736-8222. Be sure to reference your E&I Enterprise Discount #NA24E5A for the Flat Rate Program or NA24E9A for the 8% discount off of the Best Rate Available at the Time of Rental Program, insurance is NOT included in this Program

Budget Rent-a-Car
For information and reservations Call Budget @ 1-800-455-2848. Be sure to reference BCD# T557400.

Avis
For rentals in the US, call Avis at 1-800-698-5685. For International reservations, call Avis at 1-800-331-1084. Be sure to identify yourself as an E&I member referencing your E&I Avis Worldwide Discount # A563100.

All purchases requiring a signed contract must go through a review process through the Purchasing department and must be signed ONLY by those employees authorized to sign via Board Authority (through the Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration).

Contracts will be reviewed for Terms and Conditions that might be contrary to University policies for governing authority, liability acceptance, and various other terms that might be unfavorable to the University. If the purchase or lease for goods or services is of a complicated nature it may be forwarded for further legal review. Any items of concern that are found will be forwarded to the requesting department to address with their vendor. Once an agreement has been arrived at that meets our policies, the contract will be forwarded for the appropriate signature. After the appropriate signature has been obtained, the signed original will be forward to the vendor and a copy sent to Purchasing. The contract will be logged into the Purchasing Contract Database and a file created and maintained in Purchasing. Any amendments to the contract, must be forwarded to Purchasing so that the contract file is complete.

Any contract signed must be tied to a purchase order or a blanket purchase order for payments that are to be made within the current Fiscal Year. Multi-year contracts must be encumbered by a new purchase order or blanket purchase order at the beginning of each fiscal year so that funds can properly be encumbered for these contractual agreements.

Contract Signature Authority

Professional services and consulting agreements for their area that terminate within 12 months or less:

Sr. Vice President, Provost

Vice President for Advancement

Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services

Associate Vice President of Human Resources and Administration

Board approved construction projects and renovation projects:

Associate Vice President of Human Resources and Administration

Purchasing agreements tied to a purchase order:

Director of Purchasing

ALL other contracts related to the purchase or lease of goods and services :

Chief Financial Officer (currently the Senior VP for Finance and Administration)