Can a department purchase goods from a current or past UW employee?

When a department wants to purchase goods from a current or past UW employee, the Tax Office has agreed that this does not pose a significant risk to the UW as long as the purchase is at Fair Market Value. However, there could be an associated conflict of interest. When someone wants to purchase goods from an employee, Internal Audit has advised that we make the department verify that:

What does the status of "CC Invoice to AN" mean?

The invoice status of "CC Invoice to AN" means the supplier has made a change/closed their Ariba account.

Invoices with this status will not have a Reconciliation tab until PS-IT forces the invoice through.

  • If PCS find invoices in this status and there is no Reconciliation tab, notify PS-IT to request they be forced into Reconciliation.

Once the Reconciliation tab is available, AP will be able to reconcile the invoice if any variances exist (those without variances will go directly to reconciled as normal).