PURCHASING
Any questions on purchasing, for faculty and staff, can be directed to Joan Gardner (jgardner@purdue.edu ), the school purchasing administrator, or the business office Sandy (Saundra) Johnson at busproc@purdue.edu.
Office Depot supply orders. Purdue gets special pricing for office supplies purchased in the following manner. Use the online catalog for Office Depot (https://officedepot.com) to select your item(s). Email your request to Joan Gardner with the item# and the account number to be charged.
Amazon orders. Visit www.amazon.com to select your item(s). Email your request to Joan Gardner with the URL for the item to be purchased and account number to be charged. By sending your request to Joan to order the tax charge added to Amazon orders will be saved.
Business Cards: Complete form below and send to Joan Gardner. You will have an opportunity to review a proof prior to final printing. Form: https://businesspurdue.photoshelter.com/galleries/C0000.JxI9aTTJt4/G0000gSpzHMTLfns/Order-Forms.
Using a School “PCard”: If a school credit card is needed to renew a membership, register for an event or conference, or any other expense, faculty can email Joan and she will send them the card information through FileLocker to use for their purchase. Once the purchase is complete, send Joan a PDF of the receipt for the purchase as well as the account number to be charged. Purchases are not automatically charged to STAR accounts. The account to be charged must be given at the time the purchase is made.
Important: Do Not save this credit card number for future use! The card information provided is to only be used for that purchase. Any other purchases with this card must be approved by Joan or the Business Office.
Using a personal credit card: Purchases should be completed using a method described above. If you choose to use a personal payment method and then seek reimbursement, be aware of the following requirements.
- This must be a “tax-exempt” purchase. The University will not reimburse over the purchase price.
- There will be limit of 120 days from the time of purchase to seek reimbursement. IRS tax guidelines state that after this period of time, it can no longer be considered a reimbursement.
