Announcements
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June 1, 2022ODP Now Available as Preferred Supplier in BobcatBuy
As of Wednesday June 1, 2022, ODP Business Solutions (“ODP”), the Business-to-Business arm of Office Depot**, has been added as an office supply preferred supplier with a punchout catalog in BobcatBuy.
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May 6, 2022FY22/FY23 Purchase Orders
Pre-Entry for FY23 POs
FY23 requisitions for POs can be now be submitted and should use accounting date of 7/1/22 in BCB. All other POs for current fiscal year should u
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January 26, 2022Removal of A&E Tracking Fields in BCB
We wanted to notify you that we are removing the compliance questions related to Affordability & Efficiency (A&E) from our BCB requisition screens. While we are still committed as a University to the A&E measures as part of the Governor’s mandate, we no longer need to track this data via the
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December 23, 2021Confidential Shredding Update
In August and September, we were working through the transition of vendors for confidential shredding services. Subsequently, we have failed to come to terms on a contract with the new vendor and will not be moving forward with them and have instead awarded the contract to our existing vendor, Shred-it.
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November 1, 2021Products on Backorder
Purchasing has been in contact with departments across the University regarding an increase in the instances of backordered items or orders not being filled due to vendor out of stock situations. As many of you are aware and may have experienced personally, there is large scale disruption in the world supply chain.
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May 7, 2021Important Year-End Information
The fiscal year-end is fast approaching. Below are some key dates for processing in the 2021 fiscal year.
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May 7, 2021Processing Invoices/Credit Memos
Did you know that our purchase orders (PO) instruct our suppliers to send their invoices directly to Accounts Payable (accountspayable@ohio.edu)? If the invoice requires approval before it can be paid (primarily services), the invoice will automatically route through BobcatBUY (BCB) to the PO owner
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May 7, 2021How to Claim Mileage Reimbursement When Working Remotely
We have had several questions in the last week related to how an employee calculates mileage reimbursement while working remotely.
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March 30, 2021BES (Brown Enterprise Solution) Core and Non-Core Item Savings
As the University prepares to launch the Brown Enterprise Solutions punchout catalog in BobcatBuy we would like to share with you some of the cost savings you should expect to see when you start shopping.