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How To Do Business With Lane Community College
The Purchasing Services office serves the college community by implementing and regulating responsible public purchasing practices that assure the successful acquisition of goods and services. We strive to provide a responsible, helpful business environment that provides timely results.
Principles and Ethics
The Purchasing Services department of Lane Community College subscribes to the following principles and *ethics:
- To give first consideration to the objectives and policies of my institution and the statutes governing public contracting.
- To strive to obtain the maximum ultimate value of each dollar of expenditure.
- To cooperate with trade and industrial associations, governmental and private agencies engaged in the promotion and development of sound business methods.
- To demand honesty in sales representation whether offered through the medium of a verbal or written statement, an advertisement, or a sample of the product.
- To decline all personal gifts and gratuities.
- To grant all competitive bidders equal consideration, to regard each transaction on its merits; to foster and promote fair, ethical and legal trade practices.
- To use only by consent original ideas and designs devised by one supplier for competitive purchasing purposes.
- To accord a prompt and courteous reception, insofar as conditions permit, to all who call on legimate business missions.
- To counsel and cooperate with other public purchasing professionals and to promote a spirit of unity among them.
* The above list was taken in large part from the National Association of Educational Buyers' Code of Ethics.
Supplier Contact
Suppliers wishing to do business with the college should contact the Purchasing Services office. When appropriate, purchasing staff will direct suppliers to college department staff. This policy has been developed to ensure equitable treatment of all suppliers and to promote efficient fulfillment of departmental needs. Appointments are encouraged.
Supplier Registration
Supplier information, when received, is placed on file in Purchasing and/or distributed to the appropriate department/s. To insure receipt of solicitation information, suppliers should stay in contact with the purchasing office, and watch the legal notices section of the Eugene Register Guard for upcoming bid opportuntities. While we try to notify interested parties of current solicitation opportunities, Purchasing Services makes no guarantee that suppliers will be included in any or all solicitations.
College Purchasing Thresholds
As mandated by state statute, the college has established Thresholds at which we must obtain Quotations or competitive Bids. Price negotiations are strictly prohibited by state statute. |
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