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The purchase of goods and services plays a big part in helping to achieve the university’s mission. Faculty and staff who make purchases have a key role in stewarding the university’s resources. Stanford Financial Management Services (FMS) recently launched FIN-0420: Preferred Purchasing Methods to... New FIN-0420: Preferred Purchasing Methods course now required to access iProcurement

Updated OSA sweep deadline for transactions posted through 8/31/23.

Minor update to General Policy/Transportation Options section.

Added link to Local Hotel Program page; created separate section for hotels that exceed policy, with reimbursement guidance.

Updated: Contact information for Hewlett-Packard Inside Sales Representative and Sales Representative.

Updated "New Expenditure Types" and "Changes to Existing Expenditure Types and Object Codes" sections.

Updated the Single/Sole Source Justification (SSJ) form

Financial Management Services (FMS) and University IT (UIT) have partnered to create a new self-service inquiry tool in Oracle Financials that allows users to look up an organization’s suspense account PTAs. If they are a budget officer, they can also create and send a request to change the suspense... On July 1, Stanford employees will have access to a new self-service inquiry tool that allows all Oracle Financials users to look up their organization’s suspense account PTAs and allows budget officers to request updates to them.

As part of ongoing efforts to support a competitive supplier selection process, Stanford Financial Management Services (FMS) has updated the Single/Sole Source Justification (SSJ) form. University policy requires that the purchase of products or services be by competition between suppliers to the...

Clarified that travelers are not required to book nonrefundable hotel rates.