The Sourcing Team has awarded a new university-wide contract to 14 full-service catering suppliers after a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) process. These contracts include pre-negotiated pricing and terms with trusted and qualified local providers and are now available for use across the university. Check out the full NewsLink post for additional details, a link to the detailed contract information, and the full supplier list.

Several new reporting updates described in the full post are active beginning now through month-end. A new prompt "Exclude Worktags" has been added to the "Equity Balances by Balancing/Carry Forward Worktags - Monthly Trending" report. Coming Tuesday, September 23, a new column for the purchase order "Line Memo" will be added to the output of the "Find Purchase Order Details - OSU" report. Lastly, during the week of September 29, the HCM Supplier Approver step will be added to the output of the "Business Process Approval Times - Miscellaneous Payment Request Summary" report as well as the "Business Process Approval Times - Miscellaneous Payment Request Details" report.

Effective Thursday, October 2, updates will be made to the Supplier Invoice Request and Miscellaneous Payment Request processes to ensure proper classification and review of independent contractor relationships with the university.