Purchasing

The function of Procurement is to administer procurement and contracting for all university departments in accordance with responsibility and authority delegated by the University's President. It is the responsibility of Procurement Services to convert requests (requisitions) into purchase orders or contracts using procedures established by Legislative regulations, State law, and the policies and directives of the CSU Board of Trustees and the President of California State University, Fresno; and to regard each transaction on its own merits and to promote fair, ethnical and legal practices.

Purchases that are made without the advance involvement of the Procurement Department are in direct violation of the Government Code and CSU and local campus policies. Such purchases are the responsibility of the individual personally making the purchases, not the University. The only exceptions are items allowed under direct pay process and the procurement card. Procurement transactions in excess of a person's delegated authority are also considered unauthorized.