PO (Purchase Orders, including PBO, PB3, PB4)

The information for which type of purchase order is used and the rules pertaining to such are found via the UT Purchasing Office Web site.

Click on Faculty/Staff help link in the Navigation menu http://www.utexas.edu/admin/purchasing/facstaff.html.

At the new screen you will see a great number of links to aid in various processes.

Click on “Faculty & Staff Handbook” which takes you to a new page: http://www.utexas.edu/admin/purchasing/fhdbk.html and scroll down to the link for “Summary of Purchasing Authority.” This will fast forward you down the page to the chart outlining which type of purchase order is appropriate for amounts and the rules that apply to each PO use.

Links

• Request for VID Numbers (PDF)
• Payments for Professional Services Procedures (PDF)
• Sample Standard Hotel Agreement (PDF)
• Sample Hotel Agreement Transmittal and Approval Form (PDF)
• Sample AT&T Center Facility Use Agreement Transmittal and Approval Form (PDF)
• Sample AT&T Center Facility Use Agreement (PDF)
• Voucher Processing Handbook from the Office of Accounting (PDF)
• The OA’s VC1 Handbook (PDF)
• Pro Card Charge Form (PDF)
• *DEFINE OVM Web Tutorial (PPT)

Contact

• Michelle Q. Hughes, 512-232-2139
• Office of Accounting

Tips or FAQs

• Regalia for use at commencement may be rented (and sometimes, but rarely, purchased) using local funds.
• If you are processing a PO for expenses related to student travel, please state in the document notes that the terms of the Student Travel Policy have been followed (forms filled out, releases obtained, etc.).

Last Modified: 5 August 2009