Our Guiding Values

The Office of Procurement Services strives to provide valued customer service in the acquisition of optimum quality goods and services while adhering to University, State, and Federal requirements in support of the University’s mission. It is incumbent upon Procurement Services to ensure an inclusive and ethical procurement process for our customers, taxpayers and the vendor community.

Procurement Services manages general procurement and strategic sourcing, Kuali Shop Catalogs, Procurement Card (PCard), and the University’s Small Business Program.

Procurement Tuesday Tip for November

It’s time for the November Procurement tip!  On the first Tuesday of each month, our office will share a quick tip to help improve the Procurement Process and save you time.  Please reach out if you have any questions.

 

Today’s Tip: 

When using Shop Catalogs, you must allow all popups from colostate.edu.  This enables windows to generate and flow through Kuali, enter account numbers and process completely. If popups are not enabled, the order will stay in the cart and not be processed.  You should be able to see that the pop up was blocked in the top right corner beside the url address field, a rectangle with a red x through it or grey line through it.  Right click and select Always allow pop ups. Updates can deactivate settings so be sure to check if you don’t get a screen pop up.

Notices

Procurement Services would like to inform campus that the University’s name is being used in a scam utilizing fraudulent CSU purchase orders. Please be vigilant and report any suspicious activity to us. Please do not hesitate to contact us with questions or concerns.

Procurement Reading Room – Quarterly sessions will provide employees insight to see how the University’s Procurement Rules are applied.

Sessions are held on Teams and a link will be sent out in advance via the BusFin listserv.  Our next session that was scheduled for October 8th at 1pm has been canceled.  Please email Jyenna Baeza to request a link if you don’t receive one.  Everyone is invited.

Guiding Principles

Each individual in the Office of Procurement Services is committed to these guiding principles:
  1. To conduct all procurement activities with only the best interests of the University, it’s Board of Governors, and the State of Colorado in mind.
  2. To conduct business in a professional manner with integrity, openness, and fairness to all involved.
  3. To exercise discretion, use sound business judgment, and assure compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in dealing with contractors and prospective contractors.
  4. To satisfy the customer’s needs for products and services that further the goals and objectives of the University and its programs, while meeting reasonable expectations of cost, quality, and timeliness.
  5. To enable and encourage its customers to seek innovative products and services through knowledge of the market place, promotion of competition, and access to leveraged buying opportunities that create value.

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