PURCHASING
70.19
REV 8-94
Purchasing
335-3541
BLANKET
The University has established blanket authorizations with selected vendors for specific goods and services. University departments may make direct purchases from these vendors. Departments may place orders by telephone, mail, fax, or in person.
Restrictions
The following restrictions apply to blanket authorization purchases:
- Purchases may be made from only those vendors and for only those commodities listed in the table below.
- Dollar value per purchase transaction may not exceed order limits specified in the table below.
- Items available from Central Stores should be purchased from Central Stores.
- Central Receiving does not usually deliver items purchased with the blanket authorizations listed in the table below.
- All purchases must be in conformance with guidelines in 70.03. If a purchase is supported by an account in program 17A, also refer to 70.33.
PLACING ORDERS
Provide the following information to the vendor:
- Blanket authorization number,
- Department name and organization number for delivery,
- Contact name and telephone number, and
- Budget and project of the supporting account.
Delivery Address
WSU Pullman
If the order is for a WSU Pullman unit, indicate that the order be sent to:
Washington State University
Indicate campus delivery location
Pullman, WA 99164- Indicate mail code of delivery location
NOTE: If Central Receiving is to deliver the order, the vendor's address label should show Central Receiving as the delivery address; mail code 1120.
Other WSU Campuses
Indicate the appropriate delivery address.
Invoice Address
Indicate that the invoice be sent to:
Washington State University
Controller's Office
Pullman, WA 99164-1025
DEPARTMENT PICKUP
If the department picks up the order directly from the vendor, departmental personnel are to obtain an invoice from the vendor (if possible). The department indicates the following on the face of the invoice and routes it to the Accounts Payable Section of the Controller's Office:
- Blanket authorization number,
- Budget and project numbers of the supporting University account,
- Object and subobject, and
- An approval signature of a departmental staff member with expenditure authority for the supporting account. Refer to 70.02 for an explanation of expenditure authority.
NOTE: Some vendors route invoices directly to the Controller's Office.
| Commodity | Vendor | Location | BA No. | Limit |
| Animal Care Supplies | Barnacle Bills Aquarium | Pullman, WA | 3307 | 800.00 |
| Balance Maintenance | Quality Control Services | Portland, OR | 63884 | |
| Bulk Fuel | Mountain Oil Inc. | Walla Walla, WA | 96 | |
| Computer Supplies and Accessories | Cactus Computer Co. | Moscow, ID | 1284 | 800.00 |
| Computer Supplies and Accessories | Right Byte Computer Sales | Pullman, WA | 1445 | 800.00 |
| Concrete-Related Items | Central Pre-Mix Concrete Co. | Moscow, ID | 59623 | |
| Copier Maintenance | Eastman Kodak Co. | Spokane, WA | 1410 | |
| Copier Maintenance | Savin of Washington c/o ABC Office Equipment |
Spokane, WA | 3115 | |
| Dictation Equipment Maintenance | Dictaphone Corp. | Spokane, WA | 3433 | 800.00 |
| FAX Maintenance | Omnifax Telautograph Corp. | Bellevue, WA | 1535 | |
| FAX Maintenance | Ricoh | Spokane, WA | 65460 | |
| Gas and Electricity | Washington Water Power | Pullman, WA | 105 | |
| Landfill Service | Whitman County Landfill | Pullman, WA | 2028 | |
| Laundry Services | Blue Ribbon Linen Supply | Lewiston, ID | 2216 | 800.00 |
| Laundry Services | Amer. Linen--Steiner Corp. | Spokane, WA | 1560 | 800.00 |
| Maintenance and Supplies | IBM Corp. | San Francisco, CA | 1408 | |
| Maintenance and Supplies | Xerox Corp. | Spokane, WA | 1651 | |
| Maintenance and Supplies | Pitney Bowes | Seattle, WA | 2476 | |
| Maintenance for Multigraph Equipment | AM Multigraphics | Sacramento, CA | 260 | |
| Maintenance, Parts, Labor & Supplies | Lanier Worldwide, Inc. | Spokane, WA | 3196 | 800.00 |
| Mineral Aggregates | Wes Mar | Pullman, WA | 59621 | |
| Office Equipment Maintenance and Supplies | Ken's Stationery, Inc. | Pullman, WA | 1275 | 800.00 |
| Office Equipment Maintenance and Supplies | ABC Office Equipment, Inc. | Spokane, WA | 2211 | 800.00 |
| Office Equipment Maintenance and Supplies | Vail's Office Equipment | Lewiston, ID | 2214 | 800.00 |
| Phone Books | U.S. West | 2197 | ||
| Phone Billing Only | General Telephone | 2350 | ||
| Phone - Cellular Service Billing | Sundry | 46220 | ||
| Photocopying and Related Services | Kinkos Copies | Pullman, WA | 1420 | 800.00 |
| Pipette Maintenance | Calibrate, Inc. | 35673 | 800.00 | |
| Postage | U.S. Postal Service | Pullman, WA | 1666 | |
| Reprographics Maintenance | Abadan, Inc. | Spokane, WA | 2210 | 800.00 |
| Soft Water Service | University Water Conditioning | Moscow, ID | 969 |