Purchasing supplies

• Chem Stores - Chemicals eg. Acetone, Ethanol, liquid nitrogen, & Dry goods eg. gloves, plastic hose, connectors, beakers. Located on ground floor of the Chemistry building. Closed for lunch. Click the link for the catalog of things available there.
• Industrial Welding Supply, Corvallis, (541) 752-8686. Rep is Jerry Seeley (5/2011) cell 541-740-9112. Grade 5 Argon $75.46 per cylinder, Grade 5 Hydrogen $93.22 per cylinder, Standard grade Helium $57.00 per cylinder, Nitrogen (regular and high pressure N2 to run the Peltier cooler), Compressed air. Gas regulators.
• Air Gas - KrF premix. Adam Richmond (Adam dot Richmand at Air Gas dot. Com) handles specialty gas orders. Specialty gases generally take ~3 weeks to ship.
• Kurt Lesker Comapany Vacuum parts, TK pump oil.
• OSU Bookstore. refilled printer cartidges. To make purchases at the OSU bookstore, get an account index from Janet and take your OSU id card.
• R.D. Mathis - Evaporation Boats
• O-rings West O-rings
• Parker O-rings O-rings (nice handbook!)
• AOP Technologies O-rings (Parker's closest distributor, based in Eugene). Orders should be here within two business days.
• Swagelok – Gas flow handling
• Ted Pella - microscopy related lab supplies (eg. silver paint, diamond scribes, graphite & mica substrates)
• Edwards - Vacuum pumps, valves, oils, etc. The Edwards distributor closest to us is Joe Gray (ph: 206-679-5721). If you want to place an order, it seems best to go on the web and get the Edwards part number, then call Joe. He will call Edwards HQ and get a price quote, which will typically meet or beat the Edwards Web Price, then call you back and tell you where to fax the PO. If you call Edwards HQ directly, the price will be the list price, minus 10% educational discount. NOTE: this seems to be the best place to obtain Krytox 1506 for the Edwards roughing pump.
• Ram-Z Fab - Local company that does good machining and repairs pumps. s.ramsey@ramzfab.com
• MTI Crystal - Substrates (single crystal SrTiO3, ITO-coated glass); plastic sample carriers; tweezers etc.
• GM Associates - Fused quartz slides
• University Wafers Si, sapphire, other wafers in small quantities
• Wafernet - Raj Solanki suggested as a source for silicon wafers.

These instruction apply to everything under $5000. Purchase orders (POs) are the preferred method to order items. The main advantage of using Purchase Orders is that if the item received is damaged or you were sent the wrong item it is easier to get a refund and/or return.

1. Find the item that you want. If you are not sure that you have a good price, get 3 different quotes. Some companies have price lists on the web, other companies you will have to phone or email to get a quote.
2. Ask the company if you can pay by purchase order (PO).

If the company accepts a PO number as payment:

1. Get a PO form (three pages, white, yellow and pink) from Weniger 301 (as 2014 Erin Mustard is the contact). Pick up a copy of the instructions and read them.
2. Add the two-digit fiscal year prefix in front of the PO number. It is currently 15 (between July 15 2014 and July 14 2015).
3. Fill out vendor, telephone # (vendor's #), Fax No. (vendor's fax), Ordered By (that's you; could also put YourName/Tate), phone (your #), email (your e-mail), and date.
4. You must search for the Catalog No. for the device you are purchasing, give a brief description, quantity, and unit price.
5. Talk to Janet for confirmation on order, index No., and P.I. approval, and get her signature. You keep the pink page from the PO, file it in the 487 filing cabinet once the order is complete.
6. Call a sales representative and make your order. Tell him or her the PO # (upper right corner of PO form, e.g. 15-1236) and what you are purchasing. Ask whether the item is in stock, and specify delivery (UPS ground, UPS 2-day, Fed-Ex etc). Agent may want you to fax the PO - do so from Weniger 301.
7. Send your white and yellow PO pages via campus mail to Sarah McKay or Verna Paullin-Babcock, ASBC (Arts and Sciences Business Center). Or put it in the “Completed Purchase Orders” box in Weniger 301 to be mailed to ASBC. DO NOT wait to receive item before doing this.
8. When the order arrives, check that nothing is damaged or defective.
9. Find the packing slip and write on the packing slip “OK to pay. Your name, Tate Lab, date received: mm-dd-yy”. Mail the packing slip to Verna or Monica in ASBC immediately. Or put it in the “Completed Purchase Orders” box in Weniger 301 to be mailed to ASBC. ASBC needs your authorization to pay the bill.
10. If it is a new chemical, the MSDS folder and lab inventory must be updated. Login and password info from Janet.

If the company accepts only credit card orders (rarely): Erin Mustard or Kelly Carter are now the department contact for Credit Card Purchases (find out from them who is currently dealing with this). When you wish to make a purchase please send an email to one of them with the following information:

1. Link to the item
2. Quantity to order
3. Short description of the item
4. Index number to charge against
5. Preferred shipping method
6. Any special information regarding the order

Office should email you after the order has been placed with include confirmation numbers.

More expensive items get special treatment. Verna (the department accountant) will do most of the paperwork. The standard rules about getting 3 quotes are listed on the website of the procurement office.

Big ticket items get special treatment from the procurement office. There are auditing requirements that must be fulfilled to prove that the purchase was done responsibly.

The purchasing system at OSU has several facets.

All purchases except Chem Stores need the PI's signature. PI = principal investigator, and that's Janet.

The ordering is done by the purchaser (you), or by the departmental office if it's a credit card. Kelly Carter as of 2013.

The processing and payment is done by ASBC (Arts and Sciences Business Center, see below), but you have an important role.

YOU must log the purchase in our internal records (store in a folder in Wngr 489), send the POs to ASBC IMMEDIATELY the order is placed, send the signed packing slip to ASBC IMMEDIATELY the goods are received. Put the relevant items in a campus mail envelope, and write “ASBC - attn Verna PB”

2014 Info about ASBC

From Jackie Thorsness, head of ASBC:

Sarah McKay – Accounting Technician (Sarah.McKay@oregonstate.edu, 7-4490)

• · Processes travel and expense reimbursements and invoices
• · Processes OSU Foundation reimbursements
• · Assists with Purchase Orders and contracts
• · Provides procurement card support
• · Provides advice regarding OSU policies & procedures (travel, payables, pcards, etc.)

Verna Loveall – Accountant 1 (Verna.Loveall@oregonstate.edu, 7-1680)

• · Provides financial reporting (for grants, 201 accounts, and various E&G funds)
• · Assists with grant and contract administration
• · Assists with Purchase Orders and contracts
• · Provides advice regarding OSU policies & procedures (travel, payables, pcards, etc.)

In addition to this list of who can help you in the various areas, here are a few important reminders …

• Ø Any purchase over $5000 requires a purchase order from your business center before the order is placed
• Ø Remember that if travel is outside of the U.S. and will be charged to a grant, traveler must obtain prior travel authorization
• Ø Here is a helpful link for OSU’s travel policy: http://fa.oregonstate.edu/business-affairs/travel

Feel free to stop by and introduce yourselves (we are in Cordley 2042). We like to have faces to go with the names and e-mails we see on a regular basis.

You might also check out our website at http://oregonstate.edu/dept/fa/bc/artsandsciences/finance-accounting. It has some helpful resources and links related to travel, payables, purchasing, etc. as well as a helpful ASBC Quick Reference guide covering many of these areas.