When a good or service is contracted, it has undergone rigorous quality review, price negotiation, and negotiation of terms and conditions.
For this reason, contracted goods and services must be utilized whenever possible.
Purchasing Goods
- Search the Item Master Catalog and Punchout catalogs for the goods you need.
- See Help Page – Catalog, Punchout, and Non-Catalog Purchase Requisitions for a description of the catalogs and instructions on how to make purchases from catalogs.
- Items in the Item Master Catalog (“catalog”) have a negotiated price agreement.
- Vendors with a Punchout catalog in Workday have contracts with UAMS to provide their specialized products at competitive prices.
- If the good you need is available through one of the catalogs, you may not purchase that good from any other source unless the purchase is eligible for an exemption.
Purchasing Services
- UAMS has hundreds of service contracts; however, services cannot be purchased through the Item Master Catalog or supplier catalogs, so a non-catalog requisition is used to purchase services.
- See Help Page – Catalog, Punchout, and Non-Catalog Purchase Requisitions for instructions on how to make a non-catalog purchase.
- If it is the first time you are purchasing a service for your department, it is in your best interest to call your Assigned Buyer or Contract Specialist to explain the service you need and ask if:
- UAMS has a preferred supplier to purchase the service from.
- UAMS has a supplier already contracted to provide the service.