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Our Mission Statement

The mission of Purchasing Services is to provide management oversight and facilitation of all University of Minnesota purchasing processes to insure integrity, economy, efficiency, and accountability; to provide sourcing, bidding, and troubleshooting assistance to University of Minnesota colleges and departments; and to ensure that responsibility to the University of Minnesota Stakeholders (e.g., general business community, targeted group businesses, citizens of Minnesota, etc.) is considered in all purchasing policies and practices.
 

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Our Code of Ethics

Integrity within the University and with the external vendor community is based on our high ethical standards.

One way Purchasing Services supports this level of ethical business governing the purchasing process is for the staff in central Purchasing Services to certify annually their commitment to a Code of Ethics.

A departmental version of this Code of Ethics is available for departments. Any department employee responsible for any portion of the purchasing process should have a signed copy of this code on file in the department files.
 

Affiliated Departments

Controllers Organization
Purchasing Services is one of the many departments that report the Controller's Org.

Internal Service Organizations (ISOs)
ISOs and Auxiliaries are University departments that provide products or services for sale to other University departments.

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