Policies and Procedures

Internal Policies and Procedures (IPPs)

The UW-Madison Purchasing Services Internal Policies and Procedures (IPPs) govern the department's internal operations and are used by those with delegated purchasing authority on campus.

Internal Policies and Procedures (IPPs) Index

Policy Number Title Related Pages
IPP 1 Affirmative Action Contract Compliance Affirmative Action Plan Requirements
IPP 2 Bid Openings  
IPP 3 Federal Debarment Debarment Certification Letter
EPLS Search
IPP 4 Financing (Lease/Purchase) DOA Contract Information for Master Lease Financing
IPP 5 Best Judgement: Orders $5000 or Less  
IPP 6 Purchasing Authority Guidelines  
IPP 7 Cash With Order/Cash Advance Order  
IPP 8 Attachments and Attached Lists of Items for Purchase Orders  
IPP 9 Competitive Bid Process for Simplified Bids Simplified Bid Request form
Special Conditions of Bid
Simplified Bid Summary Sheet
IPP 10 Fair Price Analysis  
IPP 11 Change and Cancellation Orders How To Complete A Change Order for an Existing Purchase Order
How To Complete A Cancellation Order (Cancel a PO)
IPP 12 Insurance: (Liabilities, Worker Compensation, Loaner Equipment) Certificates of Insurance Lookup
IPP 13 Telephone and Visitor Procedures  
IPP 14 Waiver of the Competitive Process PPP #19
IPP 15 Signatory Authority/Contract Review Contract Signature Authority Memo
IPP 16 Evaluation of Samples & Demonstrations & Conducting Reference Checks and Site Visits for Request for Bid, Request for Proposal and Invitation to Submit Plan Certification of Site Visit form
IPP 17 Contracts, Publishing and Distribution Contracts Index
IPP 18 Telephone Bids Submitted in Lieu of Sealed Bid Documents DELETED 11/18/2010
IPP 20 PO Ready Requisition Process Requisition Generator User Guide
IPP 21 Intent to Award/Notice of Award Letter Process  
IPP 22 Protest of an Award Process (Services Only)  
IPP 23 Bid Process, Official Sealed Special Conditions of Bid SCOB - For Contracts
Special Conditions of Bid SCOB - for specific bids
Itemized Bid List
Incoming Request for Bid form (worksheet for Bid Processing)
Standard Terms and Conditions of Bid
Special Conditions of Bid - for Proposals
Unique Clauses
IPP 24 Entertainers/Speakers Entertainment Contract
Speaker Contract
Standard Rider
IPP 25 Notification of Bid Results (NOBR)  
IPP 26 Special Approvals Processes  
IPP 27 Brand/Trade Name Specifications  
IPP 28 Minority Reporting  
IPP 29 Request For Purchasing Authority (RPA) Request for Purchasing Authority (RPA) form
IPP 30 Evaluation, Trial or Loaner Product/Equipment Product Evaluation Letter
Product Evaluation Agreement
IPP 31 Academic Support Services Orders and Agreements (ASSO) ASSA sole source justification form
Academic Support Services Agreement (ASSA)
IPP 32 30 Foot Truck  
IPP 33 Complaint Response Process DOA Vendor/Contractor Performance form
IPP 35 Bankruptcy/Creditors Notice  
IPP 36 Continuing Order Requisitions (CORS) How To Correctly Handle a COR (Continuing Order Requisition)
IPP 37 Vehicle Purchases Process  
IPP 39 Illegal Purchase Process Letter #1: Illegal Purchase
Letter #2: Illegal Purchase of Services
Letter #3: Justification of illegal purchase over $5,000.00
Letter #4: Justification of illegal purchase over $50.00 - printing
IPP 42 Agreements, Leases & Licenses (ALL) Files  
IPP 43 Blanket-Type Orders How To Set Up an External Blanket Order
How To Set Up An External Contract Blanket Order
IPP 47 Records, Public Access  
IPP 49 Trade-Ins  
IPP 50 Request for Proposal (RFP) Assurance of Compliance with Procedures and Ethical Guidelines for the Proposal Evaluation
Evaluation Team Final Report
IPP 51 Hotels, Off Campus Catering, Booth Commercial or Residential Space and Rental Contracts or Agreements  
IPP 52 Emergency Procedure/Purchasing System Down  
IPP 53 Audit of Purchases  
IPP 54 Disposal of Surplus Property Through Trade-In or Offer-To-Sell Surplus Property Evaluation Form
IPP 55 Conflict of Interest Conflict of Interest form
IPP 56 Contract Information Request (CIR) Contract Information Requests (CIR)
IPP 58 Contract Management, Development and Administration  
IPP 59 Processing Emergency Transactions ET Instructions
How to Process an ET
IPP 60 Contractual Services  
IPP 100 Alternative Work Schedules  
IPP 101 Office Policy  
IPP 102 MDS/SWAP Attendance Policy  
IPP 200 Collection of Surplus Property  
IPP 201 Sales of Surplus Equipment at SWAP  
IPP 203 Storage and Distribution of Non-MDS Inventory  
IPP 204 MDS Return Policy  
IPP 205 Materials Distribution Services (MDS) Pricing Policy  
IPP 208 Sale of "Items at Other Locations"  
IPP 209 MDS Inventory Adjustments  
IPP 210 Charges for Pick-ups of Surplus Property