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RCS Finance and Purchasing Office

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Welcome to the Finance and Purchasing pages of the Residential & Commercial Services website. The aim of these pages is to provide a source of reference for all divisional staff with procurement or financial responsibilities.

Our mission is to develop and promote initiatives, contracting strategies and negotiations that provide Residential & Commercial Services with Value for Money, taking into account price, quality and service.

The aims of the Purchasing Office are:

Manage all contracts used by Residential & Commercial Services ensuring compliance to University Financial Procedures and Policies, best practise and Value for Money.

Ensure legal compliance and obligation is achieved.

Manage an electronic procurement, stock management and financial system.

Continue the structured approach to the letting of new contracts.

Develop a benchmarking process to demonstrate departmental performance.

Assist with the training and development of staff involved in all stages of the procurement process.

Continue to develop the communication between the Purchasing Department and its customers.

The site includes a Who's Who within the department; a Message Board on which updates and stop press news will be posted; Frequently Asked Questions which should hopefully cover the majority of daily issues; Templates to assist staff involved with the ordering of both Food and Non-Food items , which will be updated with the latest cost prices; and Procedures which provide a user's guide to the performance of daily operations .

This site is designed as a working document, so we would encourage all staff to regularly visit and provide feedback.

The site is maintained by Louise Larkins to whom all comments should be forwarded.