Business Services

The Procurement and Contract Services (PaCS) database has started to send out automatic alerts to the Principal Investigators for procurement-related contracts that are either about to expire or are needing confirmation on continuation of the contract.  The two emails are as follows: confirmation of the continued use of an auto-renew or perpetual contract notification of [...]

The following are reported attempts to allegedly scam the university into paying for goods and services that are not ordered by OSU staff. Departments should have appropriate ordering procedures in place for purchases within their delegated authority. Before processing any payments you should have written documentation that supports placement of any order. “Online Yellow Pages” [...]

Kelly Kozisek was recently notified of her election to the National Association of Educational Procurement Board position of 2nd Vice President.  This is a one year position that will ascend to President in four years.  Kelly is looking forward to serving on the Board of the organization that is actively engaged with over 4000 procurement [...]

Mimi Poitras has decided to change her career and pursue her interests outside of the travel industry after many years of providing exemplary customer service to the travelers of OSU. Mimi’s long and stellar career in travel began in 1987 and she has worked with countless OSU travelers through the years. OSU wishes her the [...]

This is to let PaCS customers know that effective March 8th, the Construction Contracting staff will be moving from the Property Services Building and relocating to the Oak Creek Building on the OSU Campus.   This shouldn’t impact how requests for construction related procurements are submitted: BOLI PWR Requisitions and inquiries regarding whether a project may [...]

PaCS has 3 new training videos that are excerpts from the 2012 Training Days presentation “Should I or Shouldn’t I? – An Education in Ethics.” Compliance with the OUS Code of Ethics, Accepting Gifts and Financial Conflicts of Interests are the topics that every OSU employee should be aware of if they are involved in [...]

Watch this 9 minute video to learn about fragmentation as it pertains to managing purchasing and payments.  Fragmentation is a prohibited practice by Oregon Administrative Rules and this informative video reviews the importance of managing purchases in a manner that avoids fragmentation.  The video goes over the definition of fragmentation, applicable dollar thresholds and rules, [...]

Procurement and Contract Services (PaCS) is pleased to share the results of our 2012 Customer Satisfaction Survey.  Please click on the following link to access the results: PaCS Survey Results We would like to thank those internal customers who engaged in providing their valuable feedback through the survey.

Please welcome Mark Lessel, our new Purchasing Analyst I, to Procurement and Contract Services.   Mark will be working with the Procurement team in procuring goods and services and reviewing the multitude of direct-purchase level procurement contracts that PaCS manages. Mark grew up in Eugene, and after high school attended San Diego State University. He studied [...]

PaCS has recently put in place new contracts for Furniture, Flooring, and Industrial Supplies. These contracts greatly expand the options available for your next purchase in these areas. Furniture has grown from 2 to 28 manufacturers, flooring has grown from 1 to 12 manufacturers, and Grainger was recently added for industrial supplies. These contracts are [...]