IUPUI is Indiana's premier urban research university. The campus enrolls more than 30,000 students in 21 schools and academic units.
About IUPUI purchasing services
Administration and Finance (ADFI) is committed to delivering exceptional customer service. Policies, practices, and procedures are designed with our customers' needs in mind. Through this commitment to service excellence, ADFI supports IUPUI's vision of being one of the nation's best urban universities.
IUPUI Purchasing Services is dedicated to the support and service of the Indianapolis and Columbus campuses departmental procurement and contractual needs. We manage all procurement strategies and operations for the Indianapolis campus community.
Without exception our professional staff are or are in the process of becoming Certified Purchasing Managers ( C.P.M.) through the Institute of Supply Management formerly known as the NAPM. Our purchasing responsibilities are divided by areas of experience and expertise be it in medical and scientific, technology, surplus properties, MRO or furniture. Your purchasing needs will be handled by a staff of professionals with proven track records in thier areas of expertise.
For more information on the IUPUI Purchasing Staff and the Purchasing Manager you may need to contact go to STAFF PROFILES
Green Purchasing 
IUPUI Purchasing recognizes the environmental impact it can make through purchasing decisions. To ensure that the impact is minimal, purchasing encourages the use of environmentally preferable products and services on all Indiana University Campuses.
Our mission
To support IUPUI's academic mission, the Purchasing Services, as a business agent of the university, creates a synergy in product and service procurement that employs effective, innovative methods to procure quality goods and services at a prudent cost. Our responsibility includes providing the university with policies that foster an ethical, responsive and efficient environment and that recognize our obligations to all internal and external constituencies.
Our vision
Through collaboration, cooperation, creativity, business expertise and technology, we will support educational programs, research, and service by being the preeminent resource for goods and services for the university. We will provide a leadership role through honesty, integrity, efficiency and continuous improvement in all aspects of our operations.
NAEB Code of ethics
Purchasing professionals must have a highly developed sense of professional ethics to protect their own and their institution's reputation for fair dealing. To strengthen ethical awareness and to provide guidelines for its members, The National Association of Educational Buyers (NAEB) has long promoted a code of ethics.
1. Give first consideration to the objectives and policies of my institution.
2. Strive to obtain the maximum value for each dollar of expenditure.
3. Decline personal gifts or gratuities.
4. Grant all competitive suppliers equal consideration insofar as state or federal statute and institutional policy permit.
5.Conduct business with potential and current suppliers in an atmosphere of good faith, devoid of intentional misrepresentation.
6. Demand honesty in sales representation whether offered through the medium of a verbal or written statement, an advertisement, or a sample of the product.
7. Receive consent of originator of proprietary ideas and designs before using them for competitive purchasing purposes.
8. Make every reasonable effort to negotiate an equitable and mutually agreeable settlement of any controversy with a supplier; and/or be willing to submit any major controversies to arbitration or other third party review, insofar as the established policies of my institution permit.
9. Accord a prompt and courteous reception insofar as conditions permit to all who call on legitimate business missions.
10. Cooperate with trade, industrial, and professional associations, and with governmental and private agencies for the purposes of promoting and developing sound business methods.
11. Foster fair, ethical and legal trade practices.
12. Counsel and cooperate with NAEB members and promote a spirit on unity and a keen interest in professional growth among them.
Copyright 1994 NAEB
