Procurement
The STARS Procurement Office is part of the Directorate of Sport, Trading and Residential Services, and is closely linked to the University's main Procurement Office.
The objective of the STARS Procurement Office is to assist STARS in obtaining maximum value for money in the procurement of goods and services whilst observing good purchasing practice and public accountability.
The office provides advice and support in respect of all areas of procurement, aims to raise awareness of commercial issues across STARS, and facilitates the sharing of contracts and information across the directorate.
For advice and assistance in using local, central, regional or national contracts, sourcing suppliers, problems with suppliers, alternative methods of funding purchases, advice on terms and conditions of contract, etc, please contact the STARS Procurement Office.
Contact Details
If you have any queries relating specifically to procurement, supplier or contract issues, please contact the University's central Procurement Office on 0161 275 2160 or email procurement@manchester.ac.uk
If you have any queries relating to Oracle, in the first instance please try and resolve yourself using the 'How To' sheets or training materials, which can be found on the University's Intranet, Finance Directorate pages, under 'Oracle Financials'. If you are still unable to resolve, please contact your local superuser, again details can be found on the Oracle intranet pages. If they cannot help, only then please raise an ARS, again details on the Oracle intranet pages.
The link to the Oracle Intranet pages is below:
http://www.campus.manchester.ac.uk/finance/Sys/OracleSystem/SysUnityIS.shtml
If you are looking for a supplier to use, please check on the University's supplier database, CUPiD. If the supplier is on Oracle this does not necessarily mean they are an approved or contracted supplier. Please contact the Procurement Office for more information.
Thanks
Nichola Gill
STARS Procurement Office
The University of Manchester
