A Supplier is a business entity (external to UW) that sells goods and services for a price to a customer. UW-registered suppliers are those entities or individual contractors which have provided their federally-registered information for verification and been approved for use in Workday as part of the procure-to-pay process.
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Best Practices
There is not a separate different process for UW Bothell or UW Tacoma subawards. They were included in the conversion effort, but you should still check them in Workday to ensure they converted correctly.
Use of UW Connect Finance has presented a significant learning curve, and all teams communicating within UWCF are bringing patience to their daily activities, utilizing office hours, and trying different methods of doing things within Connect to attempt to streamline and become as efficient as possible as soon as possible. We are definitely, learning together!
A subrecipient must be both a Supplier and a Subrecipient in Workday. Follow instructions on adding a new Supplier. The subrecipient must also be designated as a subrecipient in Workday. If your subrecipient is not designated as a subrecipient in Workday, send an Award Portal request to Grant & Accounting (GCA) to request designatioin of anew subrecipient. Note: Entity must already be a Supplier in Workday. If the subrecipient is not in SAGE, have your subrecipient complete the New Subrecipient Entity Certification Form then, send that form to OSPsubs@uw.edu
As a state institution, we do not issue money orders or cashier's checks.
One of our training team members was formerly on the PCS team, and both work closely with PCS (they are under the same manager) to create content.
Biennium Close
Subawards are not subject to Biennium rules; however, invoices should be paid in the correct accounting period regardless of fund type.
Checks
Checks which are at least 180 days old (6 months) are considered stale. Tellers in banks will sometimes reject a check if the date is over that limit. This does not prevent a check from clearing the bank when deposited through other means than a teller.
For more information, review the Stale date webpage here.
If you fear your check has been lost or stolen, please contact Procurement Customer Service at 206-543-4500 or email them at pcshelp@uw.edu. They will review the situation with you and get the process started for reissue.
The front desk at Mailing Services is where checks can be picked up. People should only come to pick up a check after receiving a call that the check is ready. Please note, suppliers are not allowed to pick up checks. Only University of Washington employees or students working for departments may pick up checks.
Compliance
Within Workday, users will now assign Spend Categories to show what is being purchased. You can find a list of the spend categories in Workday but searching "Find Spend Categories" in the search bar.
You might also find it helpful to visit the taxability grid at the Tax Office web page, located at: http://finance.uw.edu/tax/taxability
Meals are held to the state required per diem rate. If there are any additional charges, they can be charged to a discretionary funding source only when approved by a Dean or Vice President. Keep a record of the number of attendees of the event. If the cost goes over the per diem rate, also keep a justification of why that supplier was chosen.
Contracts
Visit our Contracts page for guidance on how to get Contracts reviewed by Purchasing.
Corporate Travel Account
UW Travel Card is to be used for individual’s travel expenses only. Sharing a card is not recommended.
For travel reimbursement, card holders file an Expense Report through the UW Travel Office:
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Applying for a UW Travel Card is optional. Yes, you can use your own personal credit cards to pay for your travel expenses and then seek for reimbursement.
Approximately 2 weeks after you receive your UW Travel Card account, your online access will be set up. You may login with your UW NetID and password to access to the JPMC Travel PaymentNet.
CTA is a “card-less account” type of account. There is no actual plastic issued.
The CTA can be used to charge lodging only for:
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UW Students.
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NON-UW travelers.
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Five (5) or more UW travelers attending a conference/group event in the U.S. or British Columbia, Canada where the UW is reserving and paying for the block of rooms and prior written approval has been obtained from the ProCard office (procard@uw.edu).
Yes! Please always use a CTA account to pay for graduate students’ airfare and hotel lodging (room and sales tax only) whenever possible.
Your department’s CTA account will be automatically renewed by JPMC. The account number will remain the same, but the expiration date and 3 digits security code will change. Corporate Travel Services will send you an e-mail along with the new information a month in advance before the old expiration date expires.
You must pay the full balance on the card by the next billing statement.
The UW Travel Card is issued by JPMorgan Chase directly to the user. As such, it is governed by a contract that is solely between JPMorgan Chase and the cardholder. Cardholders are personally responsible for paying all charges on the UW Travel Card.
The contract between the cardholder and the bank requires full payment of the balance by the next billing statement, and if the cardholder fails to do so, late fees begin to incur at 60 days past due and the card is suspended.
Upon receipt of complete and proper documentation, the UW Travel Office reimburses official UW travel expenses in a timely manner through the online eTravel system. As a condition of accepting reimbursement from the UW, cardholders agree to use all of the reimbursement money to pay the charges in full on the UW Travel Card.
If there is a balance on the UW Travel Card, and the reimbursement money is not used to pay the balance in full, the cardholder will be subject to corrective actions for violating the terms of this policy, and will be subject to proceedings under the State Ethics Act. Using travel reimbursements for anything other than paying the corresponding travel charges constitutes fraud and will lead to corrective actions which may also include dismissal.
The contract between the cardholder and JPMorgan Chase permits communication between the bank and UW about the status of payments to the bank, including when cardholders do not honor the obligation to pay the statement balance in full by the due date. If the UW receives notice that a statement balance has not been paid in full by the due date, UW Corporate Travel Services will contact the cardholder and the department administrator to facilitate payment.
- An account becomes 60/90 days past due.
- Two (2) dishonored checks issued to JPMorgan Chase or reversal of two electronic payments routed to the bank.
- An account is repeatedly delinquent.
- Travel reimbursement is not used to pay all corresponding charges on the account.
- Using the card for personal charges.
- Individual is no longer on the University payroll (e.g. resignation, leave of absence without pay, etc.).
- Eighteen months with no account activity.
- Failure to comply with UW and State of Washington travel regulations.
If your account is terminated for delinquency, non-payments, improper use of reimbursements, or using the card for personal charges, the account cannot be reinstated.
ePayables
The University of Washington will not impose any direct fees as a part of the ePayables process. Payments will be processed as credit card transactions, so your standard merchant bank fees will apply.
It should also be noted that the University of Washington does not accept miscellaneous fees or charges which are not included in the supplier's quote, proposal or contract with the University, including but not limited to merchant bank fees, in accordance with the UW Terms & Conditions.