New Processes Applicable to Change Orders - effective July 3, 2017 and July 17, 2017 - ANNOUNCEMENT
This message is sent on behalf of Cristiane Tinmouth, Associate Vice-Principal, Financial Services
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Dear Colleagues,
In order to meet Tri-Agency requirements, eliminate manual approval processes and duplication of efforts, as well as provide Fund Financial Managers/Principal Investigators (FFM/PI) full visibility on Change Orders, the following processes respective to Change Orders will be implemented:听听 听
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- Effective July 3, 2017, all Change Orders (Purchase Order changes) will be sent for electronic approval to the FFM/PI or their delegate.听 The approval process will replicate the current approval workflows that exist for Purchase Requisitions in MMP.
- Effective July 17, 2017 all invoices received by Accounts Payable where a discrepancy exists between the Invoice and the Purchase Order will be returned to the Purchase Order requestor and a Change Order will need to be submitted.听 Examples of discrepancies are: 听adding or removing products/services, changing quantities ordered, increasing pricing of products/services or changing fund/grant distribution.
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As is currently in place for Purchase Requisitions, the FFM/PI/delegate will approve Change Orders in Minerva Finance Administration Menu 鈥 Approve Document.听 Change Orders will be easily identifiable as the document number will be a PO number (P0XXXXXX). Details of the change will be provided in the 鈥淒ocument Text鈥 (Fig.2) section of the PO details (viewable by clicking the PO number 鈥 Fig.1):
Fig.1
Y | PO | 听 | 2 | 听 | ARACAN1 | 1,429.10 | DOC | P0647828 | History | Approve | Disapprove |
Y | PO | 听 | 1 | 听 | ARACAN1 | 337.69 | DOC | P0653316 | History | Approve | Disapprove |
Y | PO | 听 | 1 | 听 | SBOYD2 | 1,771.72 | DOC | P0653813 | History | Approve | Disapprove |
Fig.2
Document Text | Change order to increase cost to $1540.96 |
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If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact Procurement Services at feedback.purchasing [at] mcgill.ca.
Thank you
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