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About This Commodity
This category includes conference registration fees, purchase of supplies and meals for interviewees/speakers, meeting expenses, visitor's lodging, department coordinated student events and other authorized expenditures related to the mission of the university.
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.
Payment Methods
Conference Registration Fees:
- If travel to a conference has been approved by the appropriate source, conference registration fees may be paid with the OneCard.
Expenses related to hosting Conferences and related services:
- 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 services being performed. Signatures by an individual department are prohibited.
- Payments less than $5,000 that do not require an agreement to be signed, may be paid with the University OneCard.
- If the cost is over $5,000 a PeopleSoft Non-Catalog requisition must be entered and a purchase order processed by UM Procurement.
- Purchases over $10,000 require competitive quotes, or written bid requests with detailed specifications prepared by UM Procurement.
- When a University purchase order is issued, invoices with the PO# clearly notated should be sent to Accounts Payable for processing.