{"id":129103,"date":"2022-09-23T14:54:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T18:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?page_id=129103"},"modified":"2022-10-15T21:11:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T01:11:32","slug":"meche-purchase-orders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/academics\/departments-and-divisions\/mechanical-engineering\/resources-2\/resources\/resources-meche-masters-students\/meche-purchase-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"MechE Purchase Orders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All purchase order requests must be accompanied by a <strong>PI approved<\/strong> <a href=\"\/eng\/files\/2019\/09\/ME_PO-Form_V4_SW_09.09.2019.xlsx\">PO form<\/a> and submitted to <a href=\"mailto:meadm@bu.edu\">mechefin@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BU has a number of preferred vendors and procedures for ordering items, please refer to the <a href=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/10\/Purchasing-Flow-Chart_ME_71013.pdf\">MechE Purchasing Flow Chart<\/a> for more information on items such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When to include vendor quotes<\/li>\n<li>how to purchase items &lt;$25,000, and<\/li>\n<li>a list of the BU Terrier Marketplace vendors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Due to limited purchasing card resources, please attempt to submit POs for BU preferred vendors before you request purchases from non-preferred vendors such as Amazon, New Egg, and Best Buy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For Purchases over $25,000:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/10\/ME_Non-Competition.pdf\">Non-Competition Justification<\/a> vs <a href=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/10\/ME_Competitive-Bidding-.pdf\">Competitive Bidding<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other helpful resources:<br \/>\n<div class=\"resource-list\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Suppliers Registered with BU:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sourcing\/supplier-searchable-dashboard\/\">University-suppliers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>PC and Apple Standard Computers and Accessories:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sourcing\/shoppers-guide\/fundamentals-of-procurement\/how-to-buy-goods\/computers\/\">How to Buy Computers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All purchase order requests must be accompanied by a PI approved PO form and submitted to mechefin@bu.edu. BU has a number of preferred vendors and procedures for ordering items, please refer to the MechE Purchasing Flow Chart for more information on items such as: When to include vendor quotes how to purchase items &lt;$25,000, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21311,"featured_media":0,"parent":125443,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129103"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129347,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129103\/revisions\/129347"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}