To maintain or obtain catalogues and other data about vendors, materials, and services for campus units to use in determining their needs. Such data may include information that is necessary to determine the overall responsibility of a vendor. To provide information, training, and assistance to units participating in the departmental purchase order and the procurement card programs, and to review compliance of DPOs with established University procedures. The Chief Procurement Officer for Higher Education is authorized to adjust sealed bid limits annually for individual procurements of supplies or services other than professional or artistic services, and procurement of construction. Announcements and advertisements are used to provide the time and place of the bidding.
Advertisements also tell where to obtain additional information.
All sealed bids are publicly opened in the presence of at least one member or officer of the Board of Trustees or delegate.