Latest Procurement and Supply Management News

State Contract News: OfficeMax Merges with Office Depot

Posted March 3, 2014 in Procurement and Supply Management and tagged .

OfficeMax and Office Depot, two of our current state contracted office supply vendors, announced a merger agreement as business partners. As with all important business decisions, we are confident that Office Depot (contract MA142) and OfficeMax (MA1595) will continue to … Continue reading →

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Fraud Attempts Targeting University Suppliers

Posted December 10, 2013 in Procurement and Supply Management and tagged , .

The Purchasing Department has recently become aware of an active email fraud scam that is targeting suppliers in the United States. We wanted to alert you to this scam that involves requests for quotations, establishment of credit or submission of a … Continue reading →

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Multi-Stage Bid and Request for Proposal (RFP) Training

Posted May 10, 2013 in Procurement and Supply Management and tagged , , .

Training by the Purchasing department on writing an exceptional solicitation that meets the new Procurement Code requirements for multi-stage bids and RFP’s will be presented on May 22, 2013. The session will be from 9:30 to 10:30 AM with 30 … Continue reading →

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Crucial Purchasing Changes – Additional Session

Posted March 4, 2013 in Procurement and Supply Management, Purchasing Card and tagged , , , .

An additional Crucial Purchasing Changes training session has been scheduled on Tuesday March 12, 2013 at the Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building (SFEBB). There is also a session on Friday March 8, 2013 at the Film and Media Arts Building … Continue reading →

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Crucial Purchasing Changes

Posted February 13, 2013 in Procurement and Supply Management and tagged , .

Changes in state law related to procurement will become effective on May 1, 2013. A new training will present these changes and how they will affect business for the University of Utah. There are still openings in some of the … Continue reading →

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Gifts, Emoluments, Gratuities, Rewards, Loans, What Does it All Mean?

Posted November 26, 2012 in Procurement and Supply Management and tagged , , .

Many questions arise regarding the acceptance of gifts or the other descriptive words used in University Policy and State Statute. Now is a good time of year to review some of the basics. University Policy 1-006 Individual Financial Conflict of … Continue reading →

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Accounting Deadlines Extended Because Of Data Center Move

Posted September 27, 2012 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Purchasing Card and tagged .

University Information Technology has announced that the Park Building Data Center will move to the new facility starting at noon Friday, Oct. 5, and finishing by 7 a.m. Monday, Oct. 8. During this time Campus Information Services will be unavailable. … Continue reading →

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P-Card Program Update – Small Dollar Purchases

Posted August 9, 2012 in Procurement and Supply Management, Purchasing Card and tagged , .

Change in State Law: The Utah Legislature revised the Utah Procurement Code (laws affecting the University of Utah purchasing practices) during the past legislative session. Most of the changes become effective on May 1, 2013. The Purchasing Department is working … Continue reading →

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Payment Phishing–Be Aware

Posted July 20, 2012 in Accounts Payable, Procurement and Supply Management and tagged .

Several departments on campus are struggling with an old, but still prevalent, scam and we want to make you aware. The scam has a few variations, but basically a department is contacted directly by a vendor offering to provide them a free product … Continue reading →

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PCard Reallocation Journals Posted Multiple Times

Posted July 3, 2012 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Grants and Contracts Accounting, Purchasing Card.

An issue with the PCard Reallocation journal entry generation process has been identified, and is expected to be resolved this evening. The problem caused PCard Reallocations to be posted multiple times, beginning with the June 28 journal.  Financial Reporting & Accounting will be reversing all PCard Reallocation journals created since … Continue reading →

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