- Contracts documents have been established for
most commonly purchased products and services.
- Contracts available to the University are
established by several organizations in the State procurement environment. These are
listed in the following general (see paragraph III) order of precedence:
- State Contracts established by the State Bureau
of Procurement.
- UW Milwaukee Contracts established by the
Purchasing Office.
- UW
System Contracts are established by UW System Office of Procurement.
- UW Madison Contracts are
established by UW Madison Purchasing Services. Contracts available to all UW campuses are
indicated in the contract.
- Use these contracts to save time on vendor and
product selection. Many of the state contracts are mandatory (major exceptions are
microcomputer contracts for which UW contracts take precedence). Those state contracts
must be used unless the UW Milwaukee Purchasing Agent responsible for contract
administration obtains clearance from the State Bureau of Procurement.
- Contracts are generally established by
competitive procurement. However, many factors enter into the bid process in addition to
quality and price. State legislation in recent years has resulted in other social factors
affecting contracts such as recycled content of products and employment of sheltered work
centers and prison industries in establishing contracts.
- Correct preparation of a requisition according to
the information contained in the contract document saves processing time. Many contracts
are enabled for procurement card ordering.
Questions regarding the contracts should be addressed to the appropriate UW Milwaukee
campus Purchasing Agent on the
Purchasing
Directory who has been assigned to the commodity group. Please contact the UW Milwaukee
Agent and not the State, System or Madison Purchasing Agent listed on their respective
contracts; as there are local implementation issues with the contracts and the contract
source organizations are staffed to answer questions for their own organizations.
Modified: Wednesday March 26, 2008
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