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A new requisition Ad-Hoc Approval feature is available for use in SpearMart.

What is Ad-Hoc Approval?
Ad-Hoc approval allows approvers to add a requisition Ad-Hoc approver during the requisition approval workflow. This can be used for situations where a one-time approval is needed from an approver who is not in the regular approval workflow.

Department Approvers can send requisitions to other approvers for approval. When the requisition Ad-Hoc approver approves the requisition it continues to the next step in the approval workflow.

Due to the recent trade disputes, some suppliers are applying a tariff fee (which may be disguised as a miscellaneous fee) to their invoices. Per Florida State University procurement terms and conditions, the University reserves the right to short pay invoices that include miscellaneous fees not included in supplier’s quote, proposal, or contract with the University.

Invoices that include a tariff which were not expressly quoted will be short-paid the amount of the tariff.

The 2019 Fiscal Year-End Calendar for Procurement Services is now posted on the Procurement Services website at https://procurement.fsu.edu/news/departmental-year-end-preparation-guide-fy19. To ensure all procurement transactions are processed and included in the financial records prior to fiscal year-end, it is crucial for departments to observe the deadlines scheduled on the calendar.

Fiscal Year End and Expiring Contracts

As we prepare for Fiscal Year End, we are asking for each department’s assistance in advance planning and notification of their purchasing actions which includes coordinating with Procurement Services in advance of purchase requisition submission. We cannot overemphasize the need for departments to plan their needs well in advance and involve Procurement Services in the planning stage to avoid processing delays. Helpful tips include:

The Office of Procurement Services has launched a new, web-based version of the Procurement Policies Training. This training session is available on-demand 24 hours, 7 days a week for all campus users to help navigate through the procurement regulations at FSU.  This online training outlines the fundamentals of the procurement process at FSU and helps departmental personnel understand their role in that process through an interactive, scenario based structure.

Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 - End of Year Calendar Tasks:

When creating Foundation Requisitions in SpearMart for a new Fund 599 Foundation Project ID, the following chartfields must be entered in this EXACT order:

1. Business Unit GL – FSU01
2. Department ID – ###900
3. Fund - 599
4. PC Business Unit - FSFD1
5. Project Activity – F#####-1

Where # denotes your Department ID and Project ID
 
See the following sample image for visual detail.

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