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Department staff will need to receive training in order to submit purchase and payment requests in CSUBUY. Training will provide you with the knowledge and tools to submit your requests.

Faculty should work with their department admins to procure goods or services needed for instructional and research activities.

Faculty who frequently need to purchase supplies or services may request the Shopper role in CSUBUY, which allows them to create a requisition and assign it to a department admin for submission and approval. No training is required to request this role. A Finance Systems Access Request Form will need to be completed.

We do not recommend that students procure items on behalf of the university. All procurement should be coordinated by department staff. 

We recommend that department staff initiate procurement requests and managers/MPPs approve the transactions. This allows for proper segregation of duties. Managers must receive training in order to approve transactions in CSUBUY.

A Requisition to PO is used to purchase goods or services from a supplier or to review a contract that does not involve a purchase, such as a student placement agreement. All requisitions are started in CSUBUY. Contracts & Procurement Services will issue the PO. 

Direct Payments allow departments to pay invoices for specific commodities and services that have been pre-approved by Contracts and Procurement Services. A Direct Payment is initiated in CSUBUY

ProCard allows departments to pay for low dollar commodities that have been pre-approved by Contracts and Procurement Services.

Travel Card allows departments to prepay for specific allowable travel expenses (such as hotel, registration, flights) that have been approved through Concur