Purchasing Policies
To better serve the campus community, the College has established a series of cost saving policies and procedures for the most commonly purchased goods and services.
The object of these policies is to:
- Competitively bid more goods and services to achieve the best price and quality of service
- To reduce the number of vendors used to purchase the same products
- To reduce the number of check requisitions that are processed and the number of checks written
- To reduce late fees, missed cash discounts, and sales tax payments
- To increase the use of purchasing consortiums to take advantage of volume discounts
- To establish clear guidelines and uniform purchasing practices throughout the campus community.
Please see the Procedures section on Requesting a Purchase Order
Purchasing: Expenses Not Reimbursable by the College
The following is a list of expenses that will not be reimbursed by the College. This list is intended as a guide and is not inclusive of all expenses which are not reimbursable by the College:
- Commuting costs from home to campus.
- Traffic fines, court costs, parking violations, towing charges, and auto repairs.
- Personal grooming services, such as barbers, hairdressers and shoe shines.
- Annual premiums for personal property insurance or annual fees for personal credit cards including liability insurance for lost cards.
- Doctor bills, prescriptions and other medical services unless covered by the College’s health benefit plans.
- Credit card delinquency fees, over limit fees or finance charges.
- Bank or ATM fees.
For a list of travel expenses that are also not reimbursable by the College, see Travel Expenses Not Reimbursable by the College section under the Travel Policy section.
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