When ordering Lab Equipment, Supplies, and Glassware, the Fisher Scientific punchout catalog on CU Marketplace offers competitive pricing, lower shipping costs, quick delivery, and direct account representation with Fisher Scientific Outside Representatives.
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 previous protocols set in place and utilized for requesting PPE and COVID-19 supplies during the pandemic have been disabled as the demand for PPE has decreased.
After thoughtful consideration and a thorough competitive proposal process (RFP #PSC-S-1606), Dell Technologies has been awarded the University of Colorado’s contract for computer equipment and related hardware, software, services and support.
As part of the normal process of bringing new products and solutions to their customers, Dell is in the process of updating some of the standard configurations listed with the CU Marketplace Punchout Catalog. This article includes a crosswalk to help understand which models are being replaced with new model and model designations. Additionally, we are including a list of newly released Dell peripherals which will likely be interested to many of us at CU.
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.
Effective April 1, 2023, it will no longer be possible to submit Travel Reconciliation expense reports that were created before September 26, 2022. The Travel Reconciliation expense report header was updated last September so it is now necessary to phase out the submission of reports created prior to when the update went live in Concur. You will need to submit these older Travel Reconciliation reports before April 1st to avoid having to copy the expenses over to a new report for further processing.
The PSC was just informed this week by United Airlines of their intent to discontinue the baggage fee waiver program for CU travelers that had been in place since March of 2021. Effective March 24, 2023, all CU travelers flying United will be expected to pay for their checked bags.
