{"id":4339,"date":"2021-01-26T12:49:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T18:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/?page_id=4339"},"modified":"2025-12-16T15:25:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:25:37","slug":"it-procurement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/it-procurement\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Procurement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p>To best address the campus\u2019 growing information technology needs, and to help individuals navigate the IT purchasing process, professionals from Information Technology and Purchasing have worked together to create a standardized IT procurement process. All information technology-related procurement requests will go through the same standardized process to determine the best route for the purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-commodity-vs-project-purchases\">Commodity vs. Project Purchases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All IT purchases fall into one of two categories: commodity or project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Commodity<\/strong> purchases include software and hardware that is commonly-used on campus such as Apple\/Windows desktops and laptops, tablets, monitors, keyboards, mice, docking stations, personal productivity software, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Project<\/strong> purchases include software and hardware that is for a specialized departmental, research or work group usage. Typically these are one-time purchases to fill a specific need.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>See the sections below to learn more about making commodity\/project purchases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make a <strong>commodity purchase<\/strong>, you may do so with your department&#8217;s approval through the following methods:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.uwm.edu\/42102\">Windows Software Center<\/a>: Access from the Windows Start Menu on University-owned Windows devices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.uwm.edu\/105365\">Apple Software<\/a>: Self-service app on University-managed Apple desktops and laptops.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/purchase-request\/\">Purchase Request Form<\/a>: Purchase laptops, desktops and tablets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If your IT purchase falls into the <strong>project category<\/strong>, you will need to use the Purchase Request Form. To begin a Project procurement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fill out the <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/purchase-request\/\">Purchase Request Form<\/a> and choose the <strong>Other, or ask a question<\/strong> option under the <strong>I would like to purchase&#8230;<\/strong> section.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The request is reviewed by a team of purchasing, information security and IT specialists. These specialists will review the request from a variety of angles and then approve, deny or request more information for the procurement.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Important things to note:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you have questions, please review the <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/it-purchasing-faq\/\">IT Purchasing FAQ<\/a> before submitting the form.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Even if the hardware\/software is free, if it falls into the project purchase category, you must follow the above process.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don&#8217;t wait! Even if you don&#8217;t have all the details but know you want to make a purchase, fill out the <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/purchase-request\/\">Purchase Request Form<\/a>. The duration of the purchasing process depends on the complexity of the item being purchased, the response time of the vendor, and is subject to the rules and timelines of the <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/purchasing-payables\/\">51ÁÔÆæ Purchasing Office<\/a>. Even simple requests can take weeks to finalize and complex requests that involve multiple campus areas can take up to months to complete.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>51ÁÔÆæ faculty and staff can purchase Apple and Dell products for <strong>personal use<\/strong> through 51ÁÔÆæ&#8217;s education price programs with both Apple and Dell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The links below are for personal purchases only, all departmental purchases must use the <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/purchase-request\/\">Purchase Request Form<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apple.pxf.io\/c\/2018879\/685082\/9076\">Apple education price website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dell.com\/dellu\/51ÁÔÆæTechstore\">Dell education price website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-12566\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--color-head uwm-p-card--contact uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--profile-header\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--profile-header-text\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">51ÁÔÆæ Help Desk<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<ul class=\"uwm-c-list--contact uwm-c-list--cleanlist\">\n<li><i class=\"fa-solid fa-envelope fa-fw\"><\/i><a href=\"mailto:helpdesk@it.uwm.edu\">helpdesk@it.uwm.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><i class=\"fa-solid fa-mobile-screen-button fa-fw\"><\/i><a href=\"tel:414-229-4040\">414-229-4040<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/request-support\/\" class=\"uwm-p-card--link\">Online Support Form<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-buttons--full\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/purchase-request\/\" rel=\"\">Purchase Request Form<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-buttons--full\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/it-purchasing-faq\/\" rel=\"\">IT Purchasing FAQ<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":28,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-4339","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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