Purchasing
Purchasing
Purchase orders (POs) are the preferred method for procuring goods/services. Most purchase orders for items can be initiated through the Penn Marketplace. Purchase orders for services (and some items) may need to be created as Non-Marketplace Requests. Both the Penn Marketplace and Non-Marketplace Requests are accessible through the Requisitioner responsibility of BEN Financials. We expect every lab/clinical group to have a designated requisitioner, as well as a backup. Each group should be placing their own orders through BEN Buys. To learn more about purchase orders, please visit the BEN Buys page.
When a needed item is not available from a PO supplier (ie student conference registration), it may be purchasable with the department's purchasing card (also known as the P-Card or ProCard). Not all types of purchases are allowable on the purchasing card; please see the commodity matrix to determine allowability based on purchase type. To learn more about the purchasing card, please visit the Purchasing Card page.