Procurement and Contracts
The UM-Flint Procurement Department has the same responsibilities as the Procurement Services and Michigan Business Services in Ann Arbor—only on a smaller scale. Therefore, any commodity or service listed in the Procurement Services Partners in Procurement brochure or buyer commodity listing will be, at one time or another, purchased or contracted through UM-Flint's purchasing department.
The University of Michigan-Flint Procurement Department Core Functions:
- Bids - The advisement of procedure and process, assist and review specifications, assist in vendor selection, timing, site tours, opening, evaluations, analysis, negotiate & award.
- Contracts - Review with OGC, Addendums and Letter of Intent (academic & administrative).
- Purchase Orders & PO Contracts - Maintain files, input orders, amendments, extensions and revise terms & conditions.
- Equipment & Furniture - Assist requesting departments.
- Vendors - Meet with prospective and existing, act as liaison for requesting departments for request or resolving disputes/issues.
- Procurement Conferences - Representative for UMFlint.
- Reporting - Conflict of Interest and Non-Compliance to Board of Regents.
- Community - Representative of UMFlint for advisory committees at City, State and County level and local Chamber of Commerce, conventions and sponsored University events.
- Diversity - Support and encourage business with local and diversity owened businesses and active member of MMBDC.
- Invoices - Upon approval for all invoices over $10,000.
- Training - Provide M-Pathway, M-Marketsite and University Contracts Training in individual and open labs.
- Procurement Process - Provide SPG Policies, practice and procedures on website or individual /department meetings.
- Customer satisfaction - Strive to meet customer expectation and send out survey every two (2) years to evaluate how we are doing.
- Purchase Orders & Contracts - Central Repository for orders processed through Procurement for seven (7) years.
