by Kateri Eisenhut | Nov 17, 2022 | News
Property Control is responsible for ensuring an accurate inventory of U-M’s capital equipment. Capital equipment is any equipment with an original cost of $5,000 or more and a useful life of one year or more. As a part of Property Control’s ongoing effort to improve...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Nov 16, 2022 | News
The end of the calendar year is fast approaching, bringing an intense surge of requisitions and contract requests ($10,000 and greater) that need to be processed and approved. Oftentimes, U-M policies require competitive bidding, contract negotiation, and/or...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Nov 16, 2022 | News
In anticipation of the holiday season, Procurement Services would like to remind employees of the policy related to accepting gifts from suppliers. Per SPG 507.01 Procurement General Policies and Procedures, U-M employees should neither solicit nor accept money,...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Nov 5, 2022 | News
Throughout the month of November 2022, U-M is transitioning travel partners from Conlin Travel to Collegiate Travel Planners (CTP). Beginning November 1, CTP now offers the university a dedicated team of agents who specialize in group travel arrangements This team can...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Nov 2, 2022 | News
The guidance on unit-level approval of shipping exceptions–resulting from the impact of COVID-19–for delivery of items to non-UM addresses has been updated. Download the latest version of the shipping to non-university addresses exception memo.
by Kateri Eisenhut | Nov 2, 2022 | News
Procurement Services has an annual internship program for college students that enables them to spend a few months learning about the responsibilities of a procurement agent. The program offers interns first-hand experience with the buying process from start to...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Nov 2, 2022 | News
Procurement Services has negotiated master agreements with two translation service suppliers to provide written translation (eight languages and others upon request), consecutive oral interpreting, American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Real-Time...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Nov 2, 2022 | News
This summer, Procurement Services assisted the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning in executing a contract with Movimento Dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra (Landless Workers Movement). A team of graduate students under the direction of Associate...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Nov 2, 2022 | News
Cell phones and other portable electronic resources (commonly referred to as “tech tools”) are necessary for certain university employees to perform their business responsibilities. The Tech Tools Policy provides units with the flexibility to provide cell...
by Kateri Eisenhut | Nov 2, 2022 | News
Property Disposition is excited to announce that it’s expanding Dispo Direct’s—the unit’s e-commerce website—capabilities to include online auctions. When Dispo Direct launched earlier this year, it exclusively sold single items at fixed prices. With the new...
