Division of Financial Services
Procurement Services
To ensure timely processing for FY24 year-end closing, units must submit transactions to the Shared Services Center by the following deadlines.
U.S. Bank customer service representatives are available around the clock to assist you. Here are some tips for when and how to contact the bank and other actions you can take.
Procurement Services made several updates to the Buying Manual on October 30, 2023.
Procurement Services made several updates to the Buying Manual on September 15, 2023.
The following finance classes are available from September 2023 through December 2023 and are open to any person interested in learning more about Cornell accounting/finance policies.
As of April 2, 2023, several changes are available in the I Want doc that we hope will improve the user’s experience.
Procurement Services made several updates to the Buying Manual on February 15, 2023, including a new section on paying human research participants.
Beginning Monday, March 13, 2023, Amazon’s search function will be integrated with e-SHOP, making it easier for you to find and purchase what you need.
The following finance classes are available from January 2023 through June 2023 and are open to any person interested in learning more about Cornell accounting/finance policies.
Procurement Services made updates to the Buying Manual on November 7, 2022 in cooperation with the Tax Office and Environment, Health and Safety.
Procurement Services made updates to the Buying Manual on May 27, 2022 in conjunction with the Tax Office and Export Control Office.
Finance classes are available from September 2022 through December 2022 are open to anyone interested in learning more about Cornell's accounting and finance policies.
Exciting, paid internships will be available for summer 2022.
Procurement Services made minor edits to the Buying Manual on February 2, 2022.
Enrollment is now open for finance classes being held January 2022 through June 2022. Classes are open to any person interested in learning more about Cornell accounting/finance, payroll, and procurement policies.
Cornell has contracts with other suppliers that can meet your needs for beverages and coffee machines.
The e-SHOP interface will be updated on Friday, November 12, 2021.
The fully online Procurement Certification Program begins on October 21, 2021, and registration is now open in CULearn.
Seven suppliers have been granted new contracts to provide captioning services to Cornell.
Effective May 14, 2021, Procurement and Payment Services updated the Buying Manual in consultation with the University Tax Office, Global Operations, Export Control Office, and Risk Management and Insurance.
On November 20, 2020, the PaymentWorks tool used to register new disbursement voucher payees and purchase order vendors was updated to allow registration of foreign payees and vendors.
The Contracts for Services page on the Procurement website and Buying Manual have been updated to provide better guidance on the service provider process.
Effective September 14, 2020, Procurement and Payment Services updated the sections of the Buying Manual.
PUR 1000 Procurement Certification covers various aspects of the procurement process at Cornell. Participants will be guided through the purchasing decision process including identifying the appropriate payment method, selecting a vendor, processing a purchase order, identifying independent contractors, paying for services, and more.
The Procurement Advisory Committee this past fiscal year completed three projects to reduce administrative burden and improve the procurement process.
Effective August 3, 2020, Procurement and Payment Services updated the sections of the Buying Manual.
Procurement and Payment Services is pleased to announce that, as of July 1, 2020, Cornell has awarded a university-wide, five-year, single-source agreement to Sedgwick Business Interiors for furniture, office and wall systems, design and planning services, installation, and warehousing.
Effective immediately, units no longer have to collect insurance certificates from purchase order vendors.
Procurement and Payment Services is working with the Incident Management Team and Facilities and Campus Services to source and maintain a centralized inventory of critical supplies.
The Buying Manual was updated with new process for requesting certificates of insurance from vendors.
Dell, Cornell's preferred supplier for computers, is offering exclusive savings for a limited time to Cornell faculty, staff, alumni, and students.
We have revised our approach to use only the KFS project code CORONAV-20 for all expenses related to the outbreak, except as noted below. Begin using this project code immediately.
While Cornell responds to the COVID-19 emergency, we are allowing critical business-related purchases to be delivered to off-campus addresses.
If you need to purchase products and services as a direct result of the coronavirus outbreak, please use the following project code: CORONAV-20.
Updates to the Buying Manual include deletion of the sections on the disbanded program for personal-liability corporate cards and updates to purchases with special procedures.
The newly revamped Procurement Certification Program begins in October, and registration is now open in CULearn! The program includes five core courses and four electives.
Procurement and Payment Services has established a Procurement Advisory Committee to partner with campus in simplifying the procure-to-pay process.
Catering by Luna now has a catering agreement with Cornell, bringing the number of local caterers with agreements to six.
W.B. Mason, Cornell’s preferred supplier for office supplies and copy paper, recently renewed their contract with more advantages for Cornell purchasers.
Challenge Workforce Solutions (previously Challenge Industries) now offers Cornell document destruction services at a negotiated discount.
Three sections of the Buying Manual were updated July 1, 2019.
Procurement and Payment Services working cooperatively with University Audit has updated information in the Buying Manual related to inactive credit cards.
Effective May 15, 2019, Procurement and Payment Services made the following updates to the Buying Manual.
The Buying Manual was updated on December 1, 2018.
Updates include instructions on a new Technology Risk Assessment process and clarification on responsibilities for reporting conflicts of interest.
The effort to grow awareness of and interaction with diverse suppliers has been effective with an increase in annual purchase volume from $31.4 million in 2013 to $44.9 million in 2018. The targeted diverse supplier program has yielded over $8 million in growth for select suppliers since the program’s inception in 2013.
The Procurement Certification Program, which was launched for business service center staff members in 2016, is open to all campus staff members beginning this fall.
Procurement Services will continue hosting monthly webinars this year and in 2019 to help campus purchasers learn more about e-SHOP. These workshops provide basic e-SHOP training and familiarize users with features that may help make purchasing easier.
Johnston Food Service and Cleaning Solutions is now available to e-SHOP users in Building Care, and W.B. Mason was awarded a custodial agreement to serve other departments. Hill & Markes has added a punch-out site, and America To Go has added a new customer dashboard for diverse supplier spending.
For the fifth year in a row, Cornell’s Procurement and Payment Services has been awarded the Annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award from the National Procurement Institute (NPI).
The Export Control Office has updated the roles and responsibilities for the end user, business service centers, Procurement and Payment Services, and the Export Control Officer in Buying Manual section 617, Export Controls.
Thanks to the work of our strategic sourcing team, employees can now receive significant discounts off retail pricing from Sedgwick Business Interiors.
Rogan’s Corner is offering breakfast delivery through America To Go in e-SHOP. Rogan’s offers a variety of breakfast options as well as beverages.
Cornell e-SHOP users now are able to buy from Amazon for Business. Procurement and Payment Services has been piloting a program with Amazon in e-SHOP since September 2017 and has received positive customer feedback.
Along with our efforts to make buying easier for the campus, the Buying Manual has been updated in conjunction with the increase in the university bid limit to $25,000 and the e-SHOP transaction limit to $1,500.
Effective Feb. 1, the limits on e-SHOP transactions and university bids will be raised.
There were several updates to the Buying Manual effective December 8, 2017.
Several sections of the Buying Manual were updated effective October 1, 2017. Changes include expansion of the transaction limit options for procurement cards.
Thank you for transitioning business to VWR and for approving payments in a timely manner. Your efforts resulted in the increased rebate for fiscal year 2018.
Budget Truck Rental now offers Cornell more cost-effective options for low-mileage moves, along with vetted insurance coverage and direct billing.
This fall, we will be working with your centers and business officers to review procurement card transaction limits and strategic deployment in the colleges and administrative units.
For the fourth year in a row, Cornell Procurement and Payment Services (Procurement) has been awarded the Annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award from the National Procurement Institute (NPI).
Procurement Services will be hosting monthly webinars this year to help campus purchasers learn more about e-SHOP.
The Procurement Certification Program, which last fall was launched for financial transaction and business service center (FTC/BSC) staff members, continues with two sessions this fall.
Procurement Services will host its annual supplier show June 1, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in Barton Hall.
Since the KFS upgrade, the ability to print documents using the browser print button from within the KFS application is no longer available. Users are asked to avoid printing, whenever possible, but options are available for instances where printing is unavoidable.
After two years of planning and preparation we are pleased to announce that T-Mobile has a new campus cell site on the roof of Bradfield Hall that went on the air on February 21, 2017.
America To Go has been working diligently to increase access to local restaurants and caterers, particularly those identified as minority-owned, women-owned, and veteran-owned.
VWR, one of our largest lab and science suppliers, recently released an update to its order tracking system, Order Status, which allows the Cornell campus customers to track orders.
This fall, the Procurement Certification Program sessions will be offered in September and October.
To help make buying at Cornell easier, we’ve updated the For Buyers section of our website with new information and a quick guide. We’ve also updated our e-SHOP training resources and will be hosting more e-SHOP workshops in the coming fiscal year!
For the fourth consecutive year, diverse businesses recently collaborated with Cornell Procurement Services and BR Consulting, a nonprofit, student-run consulting firm based at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management to come up with solutions to business problems of the suppliers' choice.
Effective May 1, 2017, several updates were made to the Buying Manual.
On Sunday, April 23, the Kuali Financial System (KFS) will undergo an upgrade that will update the look and feel of the system.
The 200, 500, and 700 sections of the Buying Manual and several contracts were updated on February 6.
Departments and faculty and staff members can take advantage of Cornell’s preferred supplier agreements with AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless for discounts on cellular phones, plans, and accessories. Here are some helpful tips to get you started with corporate or personal accounts.
We are pleased to announce that three of Cornell’s suppliers have been certified by New York State as Woman-owned Business Enterprises.
Shred-it, merged with Cintas, now offers lower pricing and a broader range of services for on- and off-site paper shredding, as well as document destruction.
Our strategic sourcing team recently collaborated with Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) and University Communications on two projects to help Cornell achieve savings on purchases of laboratory (lab) coats and offset and multicolor printing.
In September, the Procurement Certification Program was launched to financial transaction and business service center (FTC/BSC) staff members.
Updates have been made to Buying Manual sections 402 and 603.
Nearly 1,400 Cornell employees and 98 suppliers joined staff from Cornell Procurement and Payment Services June 9 in Barton Hall for the 2016 annual Cornell Supplier Show.
We recently partnered with our copy paper and office supplies preferred supplier, W. B. Mason, to conduct a campus campaign to reduce the purchase of virgin (non-recycled) paper on the Ithaca campus.
We recently completed an overall review of the Buying Manual content and made some changes.
Two minor changes have been made to the Buying Manual regarding vendor types and prohibited transactions.
The Service Provider Evaluation Form can now be used for certain service providers in lieu of the separate service provider questionnaire.
Visit our Cornell colleagues in e-SHOP and make purchases from The Cornell Store and The Technology Connection.
We have made several improvements in response to the survey, focus groups, and in-person interviews conducted last fall.
In response to feedback received during the Buying Manual survey and focus group meetings, updates have been made to the Buying Manual.
e-SHOP usability survey a success.
Changes to Procurement Services' Buying Manual affect payment options for business travel and procurement card receipt processing.
America To Go® offers in-house dining at Ithaca area restaurants with e-SHOP integration for reservations and payments.
Recent updates were made to the content of sections 307, Special Considerations for FTC/BSC Cardholders and 502, Contracts, and two new sections have been added.
The process for procuring catering, event space rental, and small services has been simplified.
VWR International and Life Technologies are offering two new programs that support our efforts to improve supplier agreements through cost savings and improved customer service.
A link to the Gateway was just added to CUinfo under Administration, Faculty, and Staff.
Over the summer, current vending machines on campus will be replaced with new machines containing healthier snacks.
Sedgwick Business Interiors and Roberts Office Interiors have been awarded contracts for office and common area furniture, furniture reconfiguration services, design services, delivery, installation, and warranty repairs.
