University Procurement Office

University of Massachusetts > Goods under $5,000

Goods under $5,000

If your purchase of materials, goods, commodities, leases (including equipment or real property) and licenses (including software) is LESS than five thousand ($5,000) in value, you may use a vendor of your choice providing you do not expect total purchases with that vendor to exceed $5,000 over the next 12 months. 

Vendors on University, State (OSD) and Massachusetts Higher Education Consortium (MHEC) contracts should be used whenever possible.

Purchasing Requirements:

• A purchase requisition must be entered and approved in the PeopleSoft Financial System.
• Any price quote from the Vendor should be forwarded to the Procurement Office referencing the requisition number.
• Requisitions will not be approved in PeopleSoft until all required documents are received in the Procurement Office.