Screening Screening is the process of ensuring, either prior to purchase or concurrently with purchase, that the same or equivalent piece of equipment is not excess or otherwise available to share. Each sponsor or agreement may have different screening requirements. Please check your individual agreements for clarification. If you have many agreements with one particular sponsor, you should become familiar with that sponsor's general requirements. Internal Screening Internal Screening is the process by which you determine if the same or similar item you are planning to purchase is not already available for use within your department or Stanford University.
Government policy encourages loans or transfers of equipment from other government projects.
Please check the agreement. The exception to the internal screening requirement are components being acquired for an approved fabrication. Screening and approval to purchase are separate processes, but both are pre-purchase requirements. As the DPA, you will be copied on all capital purchase requisitions, preferably as an approver but definitely on an FYI basis. Prior to approving a PO, you will do several things.