Policy 701.1 - Purchasing and Procurement Policy
I. PURPOSE
The purpose of this policy is to provide clear purchasing and procurement guidelines.
II. GENERAL STATEMENT OF POLICY
The policy of this school district is that purchasing and procurement procedures are developed and maintained.
III. DEVELOPMENT OF PURCHASING AND PROCUREMENT PROCEDURE(S)
The Director of Business Services shall be responsible for the development and maintenance of an procurement and purchasing procedures. The procedures shall be operated in compliance with UGG, UFARS and all other state and federal rules and regulations.
IV. PURCHASING AND PROCUREMENT PROCEDURE GUIDELINES
A. All purchases of goods, services and equipment for which the District will be responsible for payment must be made on a district purchase order form, properly approved and executed.
B. No employee of the school system may obligate the Board for any purchase without having gone through the regular, approved procedures. Such procedures include the use of purchase orders.
C. Whenever practical, all goods used by the District should be standardized. This provides for purchasing in greater volume; reduces and restricts indiscriminate ordering; effects increased economy in all phases of procurement, including ordering, purchasing delivering, and final distribution.
D. All Buildings shall promote standardization of supplies and equipment to all personnel, and it shall be a responsibility of all employees of the District to accept and encourage standardization of supplies and equipment, if practical and applicable within an employee’s area of responsibility.
E. Purchases shall be from local vendors if price is equivalent or lower than outside vendors taking transportation costs and timelines of availability into consideration.
Cross References:
- Princeton Public School Policy 412 - Expense Reimbursement
- Princeton Public School Policy 701 - Est. & Adoption of School District Budget
- Princeton Public School Policy 702 - Accounting
Purchasing & Procurement Procedures:
- Purchasing, Procurement & Reimbursement Procedure
- P-Card Procedure
- Quote Procedures for Purchasing and Procurement
- Quote Purchasing Form
Adopted: February 16, 2016
Reviewed: October 18, 2016
Reviewed: October 15, 2019
Reviewed: October 19, 2021