TRAVEL BAN: Effective immediately, all university-affiliated international travel to or through Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestinian Territories (West Bank and Gaza), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and, Yemen has been suspended, regardless of the source of funding for that travel, until further notice. Click here to learn more.
With the support of your campus Controller and Grants & Contracts / Contracts & Grants offices, the Procurement Service Center is pleased to announce that effective May 1, 2024 the Source Selection & Price Reasonableness (SSPR) form will no longer be required for any purchases under $50,000. This streamlined process empowers CU to acquire necessary goods and services more efficiently.
If you process shipping labels for FedEx, you have recently seen a change to the portal view when logging into their system. FedEx does allow users to switch back to the legacy view for now, but we have been informed that this option will be disabled at a future undetermined date. For that reason, we want to ensure that users are familiar with how to enter the billing information (SpeedType) in the new portal layout.
As part of the effort to move the purchase of Apple goods through our strategic partnership with CDW-G, users will now find a new tile “Apple Products via CDW-G” within the CU Marketplace catalogs! This new tile should make it more obvious where Apple products can be found and simplify the process of getting directly to those Apple products you may be searching for.
Working with our strategic partners, the University of Colorado is capitalizing on an opportunity to purchase Apple hardware, software, and services through our existing CDW-G punchout catalog. This partnership with CDW-G, Apple’s largest higher education reseller in the US, will allow CU to maximize potential discounts for all goods and services purchased. Any products sold by Apple will be available through CDW-G with improved pricing.
The PSC honors wire payments for international suppliers where the payment must be made to the suppliers account and/or made in a non-U.S. currency. Previously under the associated PSC Procedural Statement for Wire Transfers, the wire transfer minimum required by the policy was $500. Effective March 31, 2023, the policy has been revised to allow for wire payments to international payees with a minimum of $100. The policy still restricts wire payments to international suppliers/payees, and the department is still responsible for submitting the necessary documentation for the payment, however the PSC will begin honoring wire payments starting at $100.
The PSC was recently informed that Colorado Correctional Industries (CCi) is no longer accepting new orders for furniture. CCi will complete any orders that are already in place, including projects. Once those active CCi purchases and/or projects are complete, CCi will shut down their furniture operations.
