Transportation and Traffic Management (TTM) and Ohio State’s Travel Office are working to streamline university-related travel options for the campus community. These efforts support the operational excellence goals outlined in Ohio State’s strategic plan to support the university’s academic mission.
Starting July 1, 2018, TTM’s Vehicle Rental services will no longer be available. All TTM customers should refer to the university’s Travel Office website to reserve vehicles for university business. Customers can anticipate additional vehicle options as well as lower vehicle rental rates with required insurances built...
More than 10,000 Ohio State freshman will enter college in the fall with the learning technology they need to support them, both in the classroom and outside of it.
Members of the Digital Flagship team distribute the iPad Pro learning technology suite to incoming students at orientation. New first-year students who enter in the 2018-19 academic year are receiving an iPad Pro learning technology suite as part of Digital Flagship, our comprehensive digital learning initiative. Over the next few years, Ohio State will provide learning technology to all undergraduates as part of the university's strategic focus on teaching...
The Board of Trustees today approved the fiscal year 2019 budget, which projects revenues will grow 4.7 percent to $7.5 billion for the entire university, including the Wexner Medical Center and all campuses. Spending is projected to be $6.9 billion.
The budget reflects the university’s fiscal strength and priorities including access and affordability, academic excellence and health care.
A new university-wide contract for photography services, was recently awarded to 5 suppliers by the Strategic Procurement team. The Strategic Procurement team has pre-negotiated terms and hourly rates with the awarded photographers as part of a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP). The scope of these contracts include headshots, corporate, editorial, event, features, portrait, food, and sports action photography. The portfolios of the awarded suppliers and specific contract info can be found in our website . For additional contract details, please contact Procurement directly.
This is a reminder that annual office water service purchase orders (PO) to Magnetic Springs must be received by the close of business on Friday, June 29, from any Ohio State location that wishes to continue service in the new fiscal year.
Orders should be issued exclusively via the eStores catalogs per the detailed instructions in the user guide which includes PO examples.
Service Center staff are reminded to issue these requests via the requisition distribution method so that the standard comments for term orders can be included on the final PO....
As FY18 nears completion, all invoices, pending approvals, and match exceptions need to be presented for payment or resolution by June 22, 2018.
FY19 invoices will not be processed until July 1, 2018.
Vendor’s invoices must include these key details: Invoice Number, Invoice Date, Remit to address, valid Purchase Order Number and Invoice Total. Any invoices missing key information cannot be processed and will be returned.
Please see tips below regarding Blanket Purchase Orders:
Blanket Orders are used for transactions that occur very frequently (daily or multiple times a week) have a high variation of product types, undetermined timing and not available in eStores. As a general rule, transactions = a minimum of 48-52 transactions per year.
Please note: Your blanket purchase request will be reviewed for approval by a Purchasing Commodity Manager.
Now is the time to review current Blanket PO Release Forms with Blanket Order managers to decide if the order needs to be renewed. See the Blanket PO...
Blackboard : Offering BUCK ID Access System products that provide a single ID credential that can open doors, make purchases and carry currency, including Schedule 70 for information technology and Schedule 84 for law enforcement and security.
