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General Information
Procurement Services purchases the supplies, equipment and services which support education, research and patient care at Vanderbilt University.
Our mission is to cooperatively develop and execute sourcing strategies with Departments for high value products and services that meet or exceed University requirements, and to perform our services to the highest ethical and professional standards.
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Procurement Services would appreciate your input regarding the use of custom synthetic oligonucleotides (oligos) -- oligos which are synthesized to order (i.e. you specify the sequence, the amount to be synthesized, the level of purification, any modifications, etc.). Your responses to our survey will fortify our assessment of upcoming contract negotiations. This brief survey should take around 15 minutes to complete.
Please click here to participate in the Oligo Survey before November 5th.
NOTE: Unless specifically asked, do not include your use of pre-made or pre-designed oligos, such as validated siRNA´s, genomic probe sets, etc. Your responses are completely confidential, so please be candid.
For questions, please contact Michael Jessing, C.P.M., Research Sourcing Officer Tel: 615.343.4375 | Fax: 615.322.4444 | m.jessing@vanderbilt.edu October, 2009
The Manual includes new and updated information on all current purchasing methods, the contracting and competitive bid processes, capital equipment purchases and more. Purchasing policies and procedures specific to the Clinical Enterprise have their own special section. Also included are sections on:
Please take the time to familiarize yourself with this useful new resource. You can send your questions or comments to purchasequestion@vanderbilt.edu. October, 2009Equipment Leases Standard Contract templates External Consultants and Independent Contractors Forms Contracts for Facility Renovations Internal Vanderbilt Requisitions Surplus Property Vehicle Acquisitions & Licensing Travel Program Green Purchasing Program Supplier Diversity Program
Cell Signaling Technology (CST) provides high quality activation-state and total protein antibodies for signal transduction pathway analysis. Their antibodies, kinases and kits are validated in-house in a variety of applications including western blot, flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, ELISA, high throughput screening and kinase assays.
Discount applies to most off-the-shelf products in their 2009/10 catalog
* Customs are not included in discount pricing.No quote or reference number needed Shipping Charges are $20 for orders $650 or less and FREE for all orders $651 or more Orders taken until 8 pm EST for next morning delivery PBS formulation antibodies for customized drug discovery assays are available upon request
Visit Cell Signaling at www.cellsignal.com to review the product offerings and place your order using eProcurement at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/procurement/eprocurement/index.shtml. October, 2009
Novus Biologicals offers primary antibodies, secondary antibodies, conjugated antibodies, proteins, peptides, isotype controls, RNAi, and lysates. Browse their catalog at www.novusbio.com. All of Novus´ 100,000 products are 100% guaranteed for everything listed on the datasheet. Novus also collaborates with researchers via the Novus Antibody Grant Program to custom produce affinity purified antibodies. Visit Novus www.novusbio.com to review the product offerings and place your order using eProcurement. September, 2009
EMD Chemicals will be removed as a direct supplier in eProcurement effective September 9th.
This change is occurring since EMD Chemicals product-line is available through VWR Scientific.
Our pricing will remain as competitive as it was going direct and with additional benefits to you.
If you have any questions please email poresearch@vanderbilt.eduBenefits to you by ordering through VWR include: Free shipping 10% discount on commonly used items Punch-out supplier for ease of ordering
Student Life Center, 10am - 2 pm
Everyone in the Vanderbilt Community is invited to meet with the Travel Website suppliers [http://www.campustravel.com/university/vanderbilt/] at our third annual Travel Fair featuring information, give-aways, art, food, and music. Get your passport marked at each booth and you will be eligible to enter a drawing for fabulous prizes*.
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Searches for an item that you have ordered in the past at either the Fisher , VWR, and/or Sigma websites, might result in a "not found" or "blocked" message for the following reasons
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Vanderbilt is committed to meeting and maintaining its federal regulatory obligations as well as ensuring its internal policies regarding the hiring process. As a result of this, we are centralizing the process for hiring of all temporary employees through Vanderbilt Temporary Services. Refer to Human Resources Compensation website (http://hr.vanderbilt.edu/hrdepts/compensation.htm), for definition of temporary hires covered VTS. ... Read More July, 2009
For the past year, we have enjoyed deep discounts on Fed Ex shipping rates. However, Fed Ex announced a substantial rate increase effective June 1. The increase per shipment depends on the shipping destination, package weight, and service; however, our analysis estimates an average rate increase of 26% for Vanderbilt under the new pricing plan.
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Effective July 31st the following suppliers will be removed as a direct supplier in eProcurement since each suppliers´ product-line are available through our contract with Fisher Scientific.
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Recently approved by the Board of Trust, the Conflict of Interest (COI) Policy for the Medical Center effective July 1 is consistent with the overarching Vanderbilt University COI Policy and serves to protect the best interests of our patients, students, faculty and staff. Procurement Services fully supports this change and urges you to review the details of this policy especially where it pertains to interactions with any supplier on the "Health Care Industry" (HCI) suppliers list specifically referenced in the new COI policy. Effective July 1, it is not permitted to accept, use, or display any promotional items, meals or gifts from any HCI supplier on this list or any other biomedical/pharmaceutical company. To assist you, this information is included in our Supplier Policies and Procedures so suppliers are informed of how to conduct business with VMC. To see the full COI policy, please visit www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/compliance. For more information on this new COI policy, please click here for The Reporter Announcement. Procurement Services sponsored Supplier Fairs will continue to include HCI suppliers as well as more general interest suppliers, but HCI Listed suppliers will not be able to offer any promotional materials or refreshments. For questions or concerns, please contact: pds@vanderbilt.edu.