University Announces New Purchasing Guidance for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

As was communicated in the July Business Matters article, the University continues to work with each planning units point person to coordinate all COVID-19 PPE needs.

As a reminder, all planning unit requests for COVID-19 PPE supplies must be requested through the planning unit’s appointed individual. Individual departmental purchases for COVID-19 PPE must not be made by PCard or through any other purchasing tools (Payment Request, Reimbursement, or Requisition). 

Some departments have programmatic PPE needs that have been difficult to procure or locate during this time. If departments can locate the necessary programmatic PPE items, they can order supplies through our preferred suppliers in BobcatBUY  (BCB). However, the demand for COVID related PPE remains high and the supply of PPE remains challenging. Many of our traditional PPE suppliers are still experiencing long delivery times or are simply out of stock. Purchasing has vetted and established some new vendor relationships to address PPE needs that are not available through the traditional purchasing methods and can assist you in locating those hard to find or new/non-traditional PPE items for your program. 

Questions? Please reach out to the appropriate PPE Planning Unit contact or email PPE@ohio.edu.