Purchasing

Purchasing & Auxiliary Services

The mission of the Purchasing Department is to provide information to assist the faculty and staff with the purchase of supplies, services and equipment in accordance with the Tennessee Board of Regents and State of Tennessee purchasing regulations.

PelliBiz General Information

Within the new procurement system users are defined by at least one of the following 'roles':

• Shopper - a user who may create purchase requisitions (known as shopping carts) and the ability to complete forms.  Shoppers will assign their 'shopping carts' to the appropriate Requestor or Approver.
• Requestor - a user who, in addition to creating purchase requisitions (known as shopping carts) and completing forms, has the ability to enter accounting codes and submit requisitions (carts) into the workflow process for approval.
• Approver - a user who, in addition to the above mentioned capabilities, approves requisitions and forms submitted to them.

PelliBiz Training Material

• Approval Process - Approver's steps to complete or modify requisition in their queues

• Bid Process - Covers the business process for all users to create a requisition for items that will be bid

• Changing a Vendor's Fulfillment Address - Some vendors have multiple addresses, this tutorial demonstrates the necessary steps to modify the default address on a requisition

• Completing a New Vendor Request - Describes the steps to have a new vendor added to PelliBiz

• Creating a Non-Catalog Requisition - Describes the steps to complete a basic purchase requisition

• Creating a Catalog Requisition - Describes the steps to complete a requisition using one of the catalog vendors in PelliBiz

• Document Searches - Lost a requisition?  Locate it using the Document Search

• Splitting Accounting Information - Covers the multiple ways to add multiple lines of accounting code information to any requisition

• Searching for a Vendor - Describes how to locate vendor information within PelliBiz

• Updating Your Personal Profile - Describes how to personalize your shopping experience