The Office of Purchasing Services is responsible for managing the procurement process, contractual agreements and the multitude of legal issues associated with buying goods and services on the Indianapolis and Columbus campuses. This web site consequently is committed to providing information that is specific to the procedures and support of the procurement function for those two campuses in the University System. Additionally the IU School of Medicine operation at the Northwest campus in Gary, Indiana is supported by the Indianapolis Purchasing Staff as well.

The University Purchasing web site contains information that is "institutional" in nature. At the University Purchasing site, you will find information about university-wide procurement topics.

• How to buy goods & services

• Preferred Sources

• Institutional Purchasing Policies

• Business Diversity assistance.

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IUPUI PURCHASING EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

DATE	NEWS and EVENTs	LOCATION
	UITS Support Center for EPIC Starting September 9, the UITS Support Center began offering support for the EPIC system.  Users should call 317-274-4357 option 2 (IUPUI) or 812-855-6789 option 4 (IUB and All Regional Campuses) for assistance with EPIC problems. The support desks are open weekdays from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm EST.  This change will:  make EPIC support consistent with the support structure for other mission critical applications  provide faster responses to common problems  improve tracking of complex problems Answers to many questions can also be found by searching the IU Knowledgebase at http://kb.iu.edu/.  Feel free to continue to contact the IUPUI EPIC Help Desk @ 274-7831
	IUIE-New Purchasing Reporting Resource Available  A new resource has been created for those who are involved in the purchasing process that will help identify procurement related reports in the Indiana University Information Environment (IUIE).   The resource contains some frequently asked questions and links to the reports that may be used to find their answers as well as instructions on how to use the report parameters.  The page can be accessed directly from this URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~purchase/iuiefaq/index.html   This resource provides information specific to Purchasing reports and does not address general questions about using and navigating the IUIE.  Those questions  can be answered by reading this Knowledge Base article: http://kb.iu.edu/data/apey.html. Please send comments and suggestions to purchasing-l@indiana.edu.  Feedback from the user community will be used to improve this resource and the reports available in the IUIE.