Foreword

TITLE: FOREWORD	POLICY NO: P-000
	SUBMITTED BY: R. BRADLEY &                            A. JACKSON
	APPROVED BY: D. SABEL
Effective Date: 8/07                  Supersedes No:    10/89                           Page No 1 of 1

This manual is designed to explain and facilitate understanding of Purchasing Services, its functions, policies and procedures, and to serve as a tool in personnel training.  The manual must be kept current and should include all policy and procedure bulletins issued by the Director of Purchasing.  Appropriate filing instructions will be furnished.

The policy statements contained in this manual represent the basic intentions and goals of the University.  They represent the permanent foundation upon which the University operates, and are expected to be relatively independent of the changing technologies and methods used to carry them out.  To support this view, any and all policy bulletins are contained in the first section of this manual.

Local procedures not conflicting with the manual may be established and electronically filed with the manual as a separate section (local areas are defined as Regional Campuses, Food Stores, Library and Purdue Marketing Communications).  Such local procedures should be reviewed with the Director of University Contracting Group and Procurement Operations prior to their adoption.