{"id":490,"date":"2014-07-15T12:04:50","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T12:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/?page_id=490"},"modified":"2014-07-15T12:04:50","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T12:04:50","slug":"4-15-official-policy-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/4-15-official-policy-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"4.15  \tOFFICIAL POLICY STATEMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\tThe Department of Purchasing and Travel is the central authority for the procurement of commodities, equipment, and services to be used by any Jackson State University department or agency.&nbsp; The procurement process for Jackson State University is conducted in compliance with Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code of 1972 (annotated), the State of Mississippi&#039;s Office of Purchasing, and Travel Purchasing Manual and with established university policy and procedures.\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\tThe Department of Purchasing and Travel has the sole authority to order supplies, materials, and equipment, and to obligate the University for contractual services.&nbsp; Jackson State University&#039;s Director of Purchasing and Travel and designated Purchasing Agents only have the authority to place an order directly with a vendor, to enter into a contract or lease, or to obligate the University in any way unless:&nbsp; The University President specifically authorizes an individual to do so in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/businessfinance\/popro.htm##\">writing<\/a>, or the Vice President for Business and Finance or the Director of Purchasing and Travel delegates purchasing authority to specific individuals for a specific term or purpose.&nbsp; Please see the University&rsquo;s contract delegation policy for information pertaining to contracting authority.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Purchasing and Travel is the central authority for the procurement of commodities, equipment, and services to be used by any Jackson State University department or agency.&nbsp; The procurement process for Jackson State University is conducted in compliance with Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code of 1972 (annotated), the State of Mississippi&#039;s Office of Purchasing, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1007,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/490\/revisions\/1007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/staffhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}