November 2012 Updates and Announcements
- Parking
- The real parking perk !
- Procurement Services
- Congrats Procurement Services
- Beat the Sweep – Thanksgiving Edition
- SWaM
- Surplus Activity
- Reverse Auction
- Bookstore
- Faculty Spring 2013 Textbook Order
- Student Savings
- Copy Center
- Desktop Printer Survey
- Post Office
- Price Increase – Stamps
DID YOU KNOW?
UMW is one of very few public higher education institutions within Virginia with no cost to faculty or staff for parking decals.
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CONGRATS UMW PROCUREMENT!
UMW Procurement Services recently received a satisfactory review from the recent Department of General Services/Division of Purchases and Supply. Thank you all for the continued support in following procurement guidelines; hats off to the Procurement Services department and all UMW Campus Buyers and the supporting cast! Within the coming months, UMW will petition the state for full delegated authority for purchases.
Shout-out to Jon Reynolds of Theatre and Dance for SPCC best practices; here are sample Visa and Internet Orders checklists from his area.
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BEAT THE SWEEP – THANKSGIVING EDITION
UMW will be closed on November 22 and 23. SPCC cardholders and Supervisors are encouraged to plan ahead. Please code, submit (and approve) SPCC transactions before the 18th.
SPCC Drop-in training is next offered on Nov. 14, at 3:30 pm in Eagle Village, contact Melissa Myers x1057.
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Q1 SWaM
UMW reports SWaM (Small, Woman-owned & Minority-owned) business spend to the Department of Minority Business Enterprise (DMBE) on a monthly basis. Total Q1 SWaM Percentage: 36%
The goal is 40% SWaM spend for FY13.
Thanks to the following departments, with spend through eVA as follows:
| Department | SWaM Spend | % SWaM Spend to Total | Total Spend |
| Administration & Finance | $132,910.85 | 100% | $132,910.85 |
| Design Services | $558.32 | 100% | $558.32 |
| Modern Foreign Language | $1,395.87 | 100% | $1,395.87 |
| James Monroe Museum | $3,180.00 | 99% | $3,218.00 |
| Health Center | $693.91 | 98% | $709.66 |
| College Events | $6,856.18 | 96% | $7,137.93 |
| Education | $2,838.82 | 95% | $2,997.17 |
| Registrar | $2,144.71 | 93% | $2,309.16 |
| College of Business | $4,252.45 | 88% | $4,805.48 |
| Multicultural Center | $1,059.82 | 88% | $1,209.82 |
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SURPLUS ACTIVITY
With an eye toward sustainability, the Procurement Services- Central Storeroom Group managed 64 internet surplus sales in FY12 for total sales of $23,632.; the team also recycled 6,472 lbs of electronic scrap.
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REVERSE AUCTION
UMW has been an early adopter of the “reverse auction” method of procurement (think ebay). Let us know if we can assist with an upcoming departmental purchase for which this approach may be beneficial.
Departmental Feedback on Reverse Auction:
‘The Purchasing Department made the reverse auction process easy for us to understand and benefit from! All we had to do is provide them with a list of the items we were looking to purchase and using this system, they saved my Department over $2500.’
– Joe Mollo
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SPRING 2013 TEXTBOOK ORDER
Faculty, please submit any outstanding textbook adoptions to the UMW Bookstore by November 16.
Orders may be submitted via email: textbooks@umw.edu, campus mail, or fax: 540-654-1706. Requisition forms can be found online at the UMW Bookstore’s Faculty webpage: www.umw.edu/bookstore; Click on the Faculty Page link at left.
Contact DJ Garcia or Jacki Riley in the textbook department with questions: textbooks@umw.edu; dgarcia@umw.edu; sriley@umw.edu
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STUDENT SAVINGS
During FY12, 43% of the books sold in the UMW Bookstore were “used” books, saving students $194,397 in course material costs.
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DESKTOP PRINTER SURVEY
The Copy Center, through Pitney-Bowes Management Service (PMBS), recently conducted a desktop printer survey on campus. The results are pending but several departments were recognized for their noteworthy sustainability print practices.
Shout-out to the Jepson Science Center and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology! … Thank you for your effort to uphold sustainable practices.
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STAMP PRICE INCREASE
U. S. Postal Service announces new prices and services effective January 27, 2013. The price of a first class stamp will increase to $.46.
For more information, go to http://adminfinance.umw.edu/mail/
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Please contact Business Services for information and assistance at x1576.
Erma A. Baker CPPO, VCO
Assistant Vice President for Business Services and CPO
University of Mary Washington
1301 College Avenue
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401
ebaker@umw.edu
540-654-2043
