Information
About This Commodity
Rental of event equipment such as tents, tables, chairs, photo-booths, inflatables, etc.
If you will be renting any Inflatable items, please see the guidelines established by Risk and Insurance Management.
If tent staking is required, a utility locate must be completed.
- Documents requiring a signature or with terms and conditions must be submitted to a Sourcing Contact for signature PRIOR to acquisition of good or services. Signatures by an individual department are prohibited.
- 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.
Contracted Suppliers include:
- A1 Party and Event Rental – Columbia
- Alpha Lit Columbia – Columbia/St. Louis
- Contemporary Productions – St. Louis
- Rockin’ Rents – Columbia
- The Balloon Tycoons – Columbia
Payment and Processing Methods
- Once the required approvals and signatures have been obtained, and if the purchase is less than $5000, the University OneCard can be used for payment.
- 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.