Purchasing

Purchase Information

Shop in U Market

U Market is the University’s preferred vendor and should be used whenever possible.
Shoppers should assign their carts to FinOps (finopsumarket) for processing, or first to their supervisor/faculty advisor for pre-approval as arranged by individual labs. They will review and re-assign carts to finopsumarket.

Request a purchase via ePurch(ME purchasing app)

You will need to log in using VPN if you are using a laptop or working off-campus.
If you do not have system access, contact [email protected].
For assistance navigating ePurch, please review this job aid.

Users must include shipping location for all ePurch and U Market requests:

Delivery P location (The Mechanical Engineering Building's Shipping & Receiving P-Location Code is P111350001. If you are delivering off-site or to another space outside of the ME building, please reference the P-Codes Location List to find your delivery location.)
Delivery address (the ME building is 111 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455)
Lab/room number (this is to help Shipping & Receiving direct your package to the correct place once it arrives in our building)
Recipient name (also to assist Shipping & Receiving)
PI name (this is to assist Accounting with expediency of approvals)

Please review the policy and contact [email protected] if you would like to request a pcard.
The NEW Corporate Card policy states, for both PCard and Travel Card expenses, we now require processing within 60 days of the expense posting, regardless of when the travel occurs.
Beginning March 23, pcard holders must personally reconcile their own transactions in MyWallet. Users must check the “Ready to Reconcile” checkbox (users may need to scroll to the right to view the checkbox)
If reconciliations for all cards are not done within the time requirement, the amounts may be reported as taxable income to the cardholder under the guidelines of the Accountable Plan. Any transactions outside of 60 days must be reviewed by the Dean's Office, the department's Chief of Staff, our Finance Manager, and then processed by the department's Payroll Coordinator.
- To reduce delays, administrative burden, and taxable income for you, please review your wallet as soon as possible to manage your outstanding transactions. P-cards will be cancelled for users who regularly submit reconciliations outside of the 60-day window.

For employees, enter into (Chrome River)
Non-Employee Travel Reimbursements
In the Business Expenses policy it states that out of pocket expense must also be reconciled within 60 days of the expense.
In the Traveling on University Business policy, it states, out-of-pocket expenses incurred during a University business trip can still be submitted within 60 days after the trip ends.