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Procurement deals with the sourcing activities, negotiation and strategic selection of goods and services that are usually of importance to an organisation.

Contact the Procurement, Contracts & Buying Function Office who will discuss with you the details of your requirements and agree the most appropriate tendering strategy to follow in order to meet your objectives in a compliant manner.

Please review the list of contracted suppliers under the Section UCD Contracted Suppliers at this site.

Please refer to the link. Only the Buyer within each School / Unit can request a new supplier to be set up on UCD’s finance system.

You can email purchasing@ucd.ie for details of the Buyer for your area.

 

In order to generate a purchase order, a requisition must be raised and approved firstly through the University’s eProcurement system. Once approved, the buyer will generate a Purchase Order and send it directly to the supplier. A supplier should not be asked to provide any goods / services without first receiving a valid purchase order.