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Purchasing Office

The Purchasing Office coordinates the purchasing process for all University departments and offices seeking goods and/or services. The University spends approximately $35 million for goods and services from three sources of funds: Appropriations, Auxiliary Enterprises (Revenue Bond, Stores and other local accounts) and Grants and Contracts. The major responsibility for seeing that full value is received rests with the Purchasing Office.

´ºÓêÖ±²¥ Illinois University will continue to comply with the procurement standards in previous OMB guidance, per , for one additional fiscal year after 2 CFR 200 goes into effect. The University will delay implementation of new procurement rules in 2 CFR §§200.317 - 200.326 until July 1, 2018 and in the interim will follow the guidance of the old standards.

NOTE: Effective November 1, 2015 departments will be allowed to make small purchases up to $5,000. The Direct Pay Authorization (DPA) limit will increase from $1,500 to $5,000 and the PCard single transaction limit will increase from $3,000 to $5,000. All contracts must be approved by the University Designee (Office of the Vice President for Administrative Services). Any contract over $5,000 must be submitted with an Online Purchase Requisition to the Purchasing Office prior to the beginning date of the contract.