Service Providers and Consultants
Policy, Training & Related Pages
Visit the Service Providers and Consultants dashboard in the Marketplace to find information about contracting for services from a Non-Catalog Supplier associated with this product category.
To learn more about how to request a contract in the CU Marketplace, visit Contracting in the CU Marketplace.
Details
After you have found a vendor you would like to work with, confirm that they are registered with Columbia to do business. Visit the Vendor Management section for more information about registering vendors to do business with Columbia.
The Purchase Order
Contracts for Service Providers and Consultants require a purchase order to initiate. This means Procurement Initiators should start by creating a Goods and Services Request Form and filling in the required information. This is the requisition-to-purchase-order process.
The act of completing this form will guide users to gather the required supporting documentation necessary to submit with a Contract Request.
The Contract Request
After gathering the supporting documentation, Procurement Initiators should proceed to the Contracts dashboard in the CU Marketplace to submit a Contract Request.
Submitting a Contract Request with the appropriate documentation will provide a Contract Request Number. The Procurement Initiator will need the Contract Request Number to include with their Goods and Services Request Form before they can submit it as a requisition-to-purchase order.
Please be prepared to save your progress in the Goods and Services Request Form in order to switch to working in the Contract Request Form.
For assistance creating a Contract Request, view the Contracting in the CU Marketplace page for instructions.
It is important to note that when suppliers provide services on-site at any and all Columbia locations, their Certificate of Insurance (COI) is required prior to arrival on-site to initiate those services.
For more information about Certificates of Insurance and MOIs, visit the Insurance and Risk Management section of the Finance site.
Once a contract for a Service Provider or Consultant is finalized and executed by Central Purchasing, process the payment to the vendor by creating a PO Voucher and attaching the invoice for services rendered.
The act of creating the voucher constitutes the confirmed receipt of the services provided.