Procurement Services will be closed beginning at 5 p.m. on Friday, December 19, 2025, and will reopen at 8 a.m. on Monday, January 5, 2026. Please be aware of the following deadlines and important dates for Procurement Services and Contracts as we approach the university’s Winter Break.
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What's new in Procurement?
As a reminder, effective immediately, Departments will no longer need to enter encumbered shipping lines on requisitions in SpearMart. Instead, shipping costs will be entered directly on the voucher as an unencumbered line that reflects the actual amount charged.
Procurement Services is closely monitoring tariff announcements that may affect orders for goods and/or services.
****What This Means for University Purchases****
The chart below lists the year end deadlines for procurement activities related to fiscal close transactions.
Procurement Services will be closed beginning at 5 p.m. on Friday, December 20, 2024, and will reopen at 8 a.m. on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Because of new legislation, the Florida Board of Governors recently issued new guidance on purchasing from foreign countries of concern.
FSU has fully transitioned to RGH Enterprises/Staples as the preferred supplier for Office Supplies. The catalog is located on the front page of Spearmart under the section for Office Supplies.
New SpearMart functional enhancements are available, including the ability to hide/show the sidebar on the Requisition main page, the ability to expand and collapse folders on the Requisition Approval main page, and a new contracts search option.
Click HERE for details.
Procurement Services is pleased to announce the launch of a new contract with Fisher Scientific as our new prime vendor for lab supplies. FSU departments should now use the SpearMart punchout catalog for Fisher Scientific as first stop for common lab supplies such as nitrile gloves, pipette tips, microcentrifuge tubes, culture plates, flasks, chemicals, reagents, glassware, and filters.