Magnetic Springs Water Company has recently made some adjustments to deliveries due to COVID-19.
Effective today, Magnetic Springs will place all University accounts on a “will call” basis until at least the end of June. What this means is: Magnetic Springs will only deliver to locations that call or email saying that they need water. They will be on campus one day a week, more if needed, to make these deliveries. Magnetic and the University believe this is the best way to continue delivering and keeping employees safe in this time of uncertainty. If you have any...
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, local Hotels are extending offers to all employees of The Ohio State University and Wexner Medical Center. The University celebrates these accommodation providers for their continued commitment to The Ohio State University community. Updated 6/1/2020
SpringHill Suites – Columbus OSU
June 1 to August 15, 2020 Discounted rate of $89 plus tax per night for both OSU & OSU Medical guests
Individual reservations and group reservations may be cancelled with no penalty up to the day of arrival No attrition clauses will be required in the group contracts
In June and July 2020, Ohio State will implement Workday for Human Resources, Payroll, Finance and Supply Chain functionality. To ensure that campus areas can continue to provide services throughout the Workday implementation, all areas need to plan ahead.
As a result, Procure to Pay Services/Purchasing will be implementing a time frame for receipt of FY21 Blanket and Term requisitions. Your FY21 Blanket and Term requisitions must be received within the time frame of 3/2/20 through 5/15/20 to allow for adequate processing time.
Blanket Order and Term requisitions received after this date may not...
The Vendor Setup Form has recently been updated. Please remember to reference the link instead of saving to your desktop!
The university has developed standard terms for supplier payments in preparation for the Workday transition. New payment term fields have been added to help with this transition.
The Category Buyer Listing on the Purchasing website has recently been updated. Please remember to reference the link instead of saving to your desktop!
Purchasing recently welcomed Buyers Katrina (Kat) Mooney and Victoria (Tori) Galloway. Their associated categories and default account codes can be found in this document.
Amazon Business Account orders: The order entry process for the Amazon Business Account has been modified to require a purchase request number prior to check-out. Amazon Business Account orders will be delivered to Columbus campus locations by Central Receiving. Delivery information for Amazon business account packages is available by tracking number via Central Receiving .
Amazon Personal purchases placed outside of the business account: To prevent delays in delivery of personal orders placed outside of the business account, all users are advised to either update their delivery address information to their direct campus location,...
The Catering Marketplace supplier website is now available to all Columbus campus eStores users. Because the multi-supplier catalog introduces a significant change in the ordering process for catering services, the existing hosted catalogs for each of the suppliers will also remain in eStores during the pilot period.
University Catering is the only internal supplier included in the catalog. The quote request, review and ordering process for University Catering is the same as all of the external full service caterers. However, the Service Center should choose the internal supplier distribution method when dispatching orders...
There are many resources on the Vendor Maintenance website to help you understand and complete your vendor maintenance request. Submitting all of the required information and attachments at once will help expedite your request. Common questions for University requests, processed through the University Purchasing Department include:
What documents are required to request a vendor add or update? University Instructions What documents are required when I need to pay a non-resident alien (NRA) or other foreign supplier? NRA Checklist How do I enter my request once I have all the documents? Vendor Maintenance...
The Vendor Setup Form has recently been updated, please remember to reference the link instead of saving to your desktop!
New email fields have been added to help clarify supplier contacts. Internal Language was added to remind all OSU departments to securely send communication containing sensitive information. Read more on University Email Service Encryption .
If you are requesting any action to a university vendor, who does not have forms on file, you may be requested to provide additional information. Incomplete or missing information may delay processing time. See University Vendor Maintenance Request Instructions for...