University departments that buy goods or services play a crucial role in managing vendor relationships. The Procurement Contracting & Compliance, Purchasing, and Accounts Payable groups have developed detailed information to help University departments better understand this role. Procurement Services is very glad to provide University departments with vendor management training. Please contact University Business Services for more information.

On June 30, 2017, the Governor signed Public Act 17-130, dubbed the “Cutting the Red Tape” legislation.  One purpose of the legislation was to make it easier for UConn to make three types of purchases: “Overseas Purchases,” “Outside Funds Purchases,” and “Collaboration Contract Purchases.” Information about these purchases and the associated policies and procedures is available on our “Cutting the Red Tape” webpage.

Things kicked up a notch in March as the fiscal year end draws near. In March, Contract Specialists finalized 67 Contracts. 67!

This is exciting stuff.   This is what makes working here great.  The hours drafting, redrafting, negotiating, redrafting again, waking up at 4 A.M. with a contract on our mind and redrafting it one last time… Continue reading →

February was a busy month here in the Contracting Department.  We closed 50 contracts in February, from an agreement with The Met for the School of Fine Arts’ incredible Metropolitan Opera Internship to a construction contract Continue reading →

UConn’s Contracting Department closed 33 contracts in the month of January.  That’s over 8 contracts per Contract Specialist! And greater than 1.5 contracts each business day!