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A new university wide contract, Drop-off Catering services, was recently awarded to 18 suppliers by the Sourcing Team offering an array of foods available in Buckeye Buy.

The awarded suppliers were vetted for catering services including:

New charter bus services contracts have been awarded through a competitive bid process. These contracts are available in Buckeye Buy Marketplace Quotes for university-wide use and are primarily intended for trips originating within Ohio.

The order of preference for securing chartered transportation services is listed below.

1. OSU TTM (Internal provider)
2. Contracted Bus Companies: Miller, Cardinal, Baron’s
3. Contracted Broker: STM
4. Non-contracted providers

As previously communicated in October, Cost Center Managers were encountering an error when completing Period Activity Pay (PAP), within the Hire process, when the proposed Cost Center was not their Cost Center.

The workaround was to cancel the PAP and then initiate as a stand-alone process that would clear the error. Workday released a fix for this issue during the weekend of December 16 and now the step is working appropriately.

The Big Ten Academic Alliance is collaborating to celebrate Love Data Week. The international Love Data Week event is a means of celebrating “all things data” and seeks to bring people together to share their data experiences, learn data visualization best practices, and have fun during the process. Please reach out to Ohio State’s coordinator for Love Data Week, Maureen Henry, with questions.

A new catalog from life sciences supplier Takara Bio USA is available in the supplier website section of Buckeye Buy for university users. See the Business and Finance Takara Bio USA catalog page for more information on Ohio State's contract with this supplier.

The existing hosted catalog from Takara BIO USA will be removed at the close of business on Friday, January 5. Contact the Marketplace Team with catalog or order placement questions.

Some Supplier Invoice and Supplier Invoice Requests enhancements will be moved to production the week of Monday, December 18.

Notification Updates for Supplier Invoice Requests: 

Effective January 1, 2024, the mileage reimbursement rate will increase from 65.5 cents per mile to 67 cents per mile for all business miles driven from January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.

Contact the Travel Office with questions at travel@osu.edu or 614-292-9290.

Business Process Approval Times - Supplier Invoice Request Reporting Enhancements:  

There is a new Graduate Fee Authorization job aid available through the online Administrative Resource Center (ARC). Updates have been made to clarify fees for students with multiple appointments and the tuition splits associated with them.