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Effective May 24, 2024, a revised interim Earnings Operations policy will be issued. Changes were made to advance compliance with current Office of Management and Budget Uniform Guidance, the authoritative set of rules and requirements for federal awards management, and thereby reduce the risk of waste and misuse of federal funds.

Below are details about reporting changes as of May 20.

Supplier Invoice Reports Updated to replace Deprecated Field:
The reports below have been updated to remove deprecated field Supplier Category and replace it with an alternate field Supplier Category for Supplier. End users with saved filters will be impacted but a targeted email went out to this population on Monday, May 13.

• Find Supplier Invoice Summary - OSU
• Find Supplier Invoice Details - OSU
• Supplier Invoices Unpaid Summary

As part of fiscal year-end planning, the annual supplier inactivation project will be transacted in Workday. There are 4,287 supplier candidates to be inactivated. These are suppliers with no invoices or purchase orders in the last thirteen (13) months. This analysis and review were performed by team members from Campus, Office of Sponsored Programs, and Wexner Medical Center. If you have any questions, contact Supplier Maintenance at BF-PRSM-WEBFORM@osu.edu.

The last check run for Accounts Payable will occur on Thursday, June 27, 2024, and all approvals for those invoices will need to be completed prior to 10:00 a.m. on that day.

In observance of the July 4th holiday, there will be no check run for the week of Monday, July 1 through Friday, July 5.  This means that approvals will also need to be completed by 10 a.m. on June 27. Otherwise, they will be included in the July 11 check run.

As a part of fiscal year-end activities, subaward supplier contract encumbrances will be closed out for FY24 and re-opened in FY25.

The suppliers of leadership coaching services listed below will now have single dollar line hosted catalogs in Buckeye Buy. Previously these suppliers were in Marketplace Quotes. Ohio State customers will receive quotes via email, which should be used to enter the order through the Buckeye Buy catalog. 

• Connect the Dots Consulting LLC
• Dawn Costick
• Innovative Leadership Institute
• Leader Onboarding
• Pyramid Resource Group

Magnetic Springs is back in buckeye Buy with a two-line catalog for either 5-gallon water service or filtration unit service. The pricing for each is visible in the long description of the item.  Requestors should enter the expected total for annual service in the quantity field without decimal points. This will produce a one-line purchase order for the total amount of service through the year. The dollar line structure allows for multiple invoices to be paid during the service period.

The purchase and management of cellular services is the responsibility of the individual business units. Units should perform a full review of all cellular services provided, including hot spots, internet services, and cellular/data services for their units to ensure that these services meet the requirements as outlined in the Expenditure Policy, and have appropriate business purposes documented in each transaction and a determination of a taxabl

Please refer to the downloadble Unit Year-end Checklist for important year-end dates, timeline information and tasks that need to be performed. Procurement and expenses close will occur at Noon on Friday, June 28.

Beginning with FY25, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreements which lock internal fees for a set period must be adjusted for any annual changes in rates over the life of the MOU.