Procurement Services' vision is to be innovative and entrepreneurial in applying new concepts, processes and technologies which add value to our services.

Our mission is to strive to understand the needs of our customers, meet our commitments and exceed their expectations, be actively involved with the departments we serve, and seek to build partnerships with them in developing practical and creative solutions to their problems. We will be uncompromising in meeting our legal, ethical and service obligations. We will select, educate, support, and recognize our employees.

Our value will be a passion for success, integrity, humanism and encouraging diversity and balance. Our vision, mission and value shall ensure continued administrative investment in our department.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Invoice Payment Update

Beginning February 1, 2009 Enterprise-Rent-A-Car invoices processed through the central billing process handled by Campus Procurement Services will be paid using a special purchasing card.  The purchasing card will be maintained and reconciled by Campus Procurement Services staff.      Charges for Enterprise Rent-A-Car invoices will show on the Detail Income Statement Checklist with a Source Code of RPC and a name of Enterprise Procurement.  Please contact Jean Roeder  at extension 4266 or by email at roederj@mst.edu if you have questions.

Note:  At this time, campus purchasing card holders may not use their own purchasing cards to pay for vehicle rentals. 

Show Me Shop Updates

Show Me Shop catalog listings for Corporate Express and Office Max have been changed to have both punch-out and hosted options.    When a user clicks the supplier’s logo in the Showcase, they 1) have the option to search the Hosted Catalog with the supplied search field, 2) can click Categories to see the Hosted Catalog categories to search, or 3) click the Punch-out link to access the punch-out site. 

Currently users cannot conduct comparisons of punch out items.  If someone is seeking the lowest price for an item they know is available from more than one supplier, they should use the Show Me Shop standard search features to pull results from the hosted catalogs to compare. 

Below are some things users should know about the new punch outs:

OfficeMax:

The first time a user accesses the punch-out, they must login.  The login will be bypassed for all future visits.  The site will ask for a PIN, but users may indicate they do not have one or it is forgotten.  The information gathered in the one-time login allows the user to be identified by OfficeMax customer service. 

Corporate Express:

The first time a user performs the checkout process, they may get a notice about a popup being blocked. 

Sign Up for List Serves

Campus users are encouraged to sign up for one or both of the following list serves.

Procurement List Serve  (http://procurement.mst.edu/listserve.html )
This list serve is used to notify campus users of any Procurement related issue for campus users.    Examples of notices sent to list serve members include notices of equipment available to the campus from Surplus,  PeopleSoft updates, contract updates, etc.  The list serve is limited to only on-campus users.

Surplus List Serve (http://procurement.mst.edu/surplus/surplus.html#listserv)
This list serve is available to any interested party – both on campus and off-campus.   This list serve is used to notify any interested party of upcoming surplus sales.