Procurement Services
Procurement Services encompasses Accounts Payable, Contract Management, Construction Contracts & Compliance, Purchasing, and Procurement Training.
Mission
To provide exemplary service in a professional and innovative manner consistent with state and federal laws and University policies and procedures. The areas of service include providing:
- Value-added services in the procurement of materials, supplies, and services necessary to support the University’s programs and activities.
- Timely and accurate expenditure of University funds and recording of those expenditures.
- Administration of the University’s Purchasing Card Program.
- Creative and dynamic solutions to better interior environment.
Newsletter
Procurement Services publishes a monthly newsletter to inform our campus partners about policy reminders and updates, Procurement systems, procedures reminders and updates, and events.
Expenditure Matrix
The Expenditure Matrix is intended to assist the user in identifying the appropriate method of payment for common expenditures.
Location
Procurement Services Building
1500 Flint River Drive
Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
Use the UA Interactive UA Maps to locate our offices.
Procurement Systems
Check out the Procurement System training resources and information on getting set up to work with Procurement Services.
buyBAMA Submit P-Card orders, purchase orders, and receiving.
PaymentWorks Vendor onboarding & updates, and vendors initiations.
Contract Portal Route contracts for review & retrieve execute contracts.
Concur Reserve travel, reconcile P-Card transactions, request reimbursements, & pay vendors.
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Latest News
- Procuring Digital Content and TechnologyFollowing the April 2024 update to Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, public universities are required to ensure that all digital content is fully accessible to all individuals by April 2026. This includes all third-party applications used by the University community, whether paid or free.When procuring digital content… Read more: Procuring Digital Content and Technology
- FY 2025 Fiscal Year End RemindersWith FY2025 ending in a few short weeks, it is important to note the dates below to ensure that Procurement Services can process all orders and post all transactions to Banner within the Financial Accounting deadlines:
- Procurement Vendor Fair 2025Please join us on March 25, 2025, from 10:00 am to 1:30 p.m. as Procurement Services hosts a Contract Vendor Fair in the Student Center Ballroom. Many of our current Contract Vendors will be on hand to showcase the products and services they provide for the University. We will have… Read more: Procurement Vendor Fair 2025
- Contract Management: Please Don’t Click “I Agree” Unless You Have AuthorityClickthrough Agreements, also known as Clickwrap, Click-Accept, and Click-To-Sign Agreements, are online contracts that users agree to by clicking a button or checking a box. The process of signing is replaced by the action of clicking. There is an increasing trend among vendors who require contracts to be “accepted” online instead… Read more: Contract Management: Please Don’t Click “I Agree” Unless You Have Authority