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Administrative Services Manual
Requisition Approval

Section: Purchasing Effective Date: 5/1/2009
ASM Policy: 3.2.2 Supersedes: 3/1/1998



Requisition Approval

  1. Requisitions are prepared  for the purchase of goods and services from suppliers external to the University.  Instructions for requisition preparation are contained within Administrative Services Manual Section 3.2.1.

  1. Requisitions are signed by individuals designated by their schools, colleges or divisions in accordance with Administrative Services Manual Section 2.1.2.  Contact your department to find out who is authorized to sign requisitions for your department.  Typically, the following individuals sign requisitions:

  1. The principal investigator, if extramural funds are used.

  1. The school, college or division head; dean, director or department chair or designee.

  1. The appropriate institutional approver for transactions requiring institutional approvals as listed in Administrative Services Manual Section 3.2.6.

  1. All requisitions are routed to Accounting Services:

  1. The issuing department and school, college or division should retain photocopies of requisitions with their authorized signatures and send the original copy with original signatures to Accounting Services.

  1. After review by the Requisition Pre-Audit function, and entry of confirming requisitions in Shared Financial System, Accounting Services will forward the original copy of the requisition form to Purchasing, and send photocopies of extramurally funded requisitions to Research Services and Administration in the Graduate School.

  1. A Purchase Check List is enclosed that outlines requisition approvals and routing.

 Contact Purchasing (x4304) with questions regarding Requisition Approval procedures.

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