This rigorous process involves negotiations and back-and-forth communications with vendors to finalize terms that meet institutional requirements. To make procurement decisions even easier, the university supplements its purchase orders with what it calls a P-Card. CSUN’s Procurement Card (P-Card) program complements traditional purchase orders by providing departments with a more flexible and faster purchasing option. “Our procurement program allows for anything that does not go on a purchase order to be purchased using what we call a P-Card. It’s a credit card that is tied to US Bank… so it gives the campus another way to procure things faster,” says Chief Procurement Officer Deborah Flugum. While this program comes with its own set of rules and regulations, including monthly reconciliations of receipts, its benefits far outweigh the criteria required to make use of the program. THE STANDARD OF TECHNOLOGY AND VENDOR SELECTION CSUN does not have a specific set of criteria for vendor selection. Departments have the autonomy to choose vendors based on their needs, ensuring the chosen vendors comply with CSU’s bidding 10 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 11, ISSUE 09
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