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All disposal of materials containing asbestos shall be coordinated through the appropriate campus Environmental Health & Safety office to comply with Federal and State restrictions for handling, containerization, and burial in approved sanitary landfill locations.
Contact your respective campus Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Department listed for information on how to handle removal, use or maintenance of asbestos materials.
Insurance requirements – Any supplier who is performing work on University property MUST have a current certificate of insurance on file with UM Procurement. Contact UM Procurement before proceeding with any of this type of work.
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- If purchasing from a contracted supplier, bids and sole source justification are not required.
- Purchases over $10,000 require competitive quotes, or written bid requests with detailed specifications prepared by UM Procurement.
- If the anticipated amount of the order is between $10,000 and $100,000 departments can contact the Sourcing Contact for assistance, or request pricing from three (3) or more suppliers. The quotes should then be attached to a PeopleSoft requisition and reviewed by UM Procurement who will process a purchase order to the supplier with the best overall value.
- Documents requiring a signature or with terms and conditions MUST be attached to a PeopleSoft Non-Catalog requisition and submitted to a Sourcing Contact for signature PRIOR to acquisition of good or services. Signatures by an individual department are prohibited.
- If there will be multiple purchases made over a period of time, a blanket purchase order should be requested.
- When a University purchase order is issued, invoices with the PO# clearly notated should be sent to Accounts Payable for processing.