Guidelines & Procedures: Acquisition
Purchasing
All purchases made on behalf of Rice University must be made in accordance with the Rice University Purchasing Policy (available here: Policy No. 814: Rice University Purchasing Policy).
Purchases involving contracts must be made in accordance with the Rice University Policy on Signature and Approval Authority for Contracts (available here: Policy 810: Signature and Approval Authority for Contracts).
If your purchase requires a certificate of insurance, additional information may be found online here: Certificates of Insurance.
The Rice University Purchasing & Payment Policy (available here: Purchasing & Payment Policy) provides detailed guidelines and instructions regarding the tasks required to maintain compliance and how to perform them for Policies 810 and 814 and the Acquisition: Purchasing section of 809.