In pursuit of ensuring site-wide technical compatibility and continued secure operations, the Chief Information Office, working with Business Services and the Computer Center, has established the following requirements.
All computer software purchases and upgrades must use the standard requisition process. Purchase Request and POA Code details that includes Computer Center ADPE approval unless the product is included on the Exceptions list shown below on this page.
PCards and eCommerce procurements may be used to purchase items from the indicated list. This list will be updated as appropriate by the Computer Center. Send suggestions for additions of commonly used products to helpdesk@jlab.org. Note that volume-discounted licenses have been purchased for many of the major software products and that these are available from the Computer Center via eCommerce. Some volume-discounted licensed products may involve expenditures from group budgets. These volume-discounted licenses include all Adobe and most Microsoft applications.
In procuring desktops, laptops, and their peripherals only the basic computer operating system (OS) should be included with the computer purchase - do not add any productivity software such as Microsoft Office. To purchase a PC, follow the instructions: here.
Computer Center staff and staff approved by the CIO, Roy Whitney, are authorized to make PCard and eCommerce computer hardware and software purchases up to $2,500.
The following items do not require ADP approval and may be purchased either using pCards (on which there is a limit of $500 for ADP purchases) or via eCommerce/webstock.
This list was updated on October 13, 2005.
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