Purchasing and Travel Payment

EHE’s purchasing and travel payment processing will be managed and processed by the Procurement Shared Service Center. This includes requests for: PCards, Reimbursements, Purchase Orders, Internal Orders, Human Subject Payments, Gift Cards, Amazon Orders, and Travel Pre-Payments and Reimbursements. Just like eRequest processing was conducted in the Business Office Service Center, they will be conducted by fiscal associates within the Procurement Shared Service Center.

What this means for you:

• Your will still experience the high level of customer experience you have come to expect from the Business Office Service Center. Instead of the Business Office Service Center processing your requests, the Procurement Shared Service Center will be responsible.
• You will still see the same names for the near future but you will also begin to see new names processing your eRequests and travel payments/reimbursements.
• There will no longer be PCards available in 350 Campbell Hall to check out. Please contact your fiscal coordinator for a list of nearby PCards.

With this transfer to the Procurement Shared Service Center, eTravel Requests will be housed within the originating department – instead of the Service Center providing final approval, the finance officer will. All travel reimbursements will need to be requested via email to pssc.servicecenter@osu.edu.

What this means for you:

• All travel requests will need to be entered as currently done but the Procurement Shared Service Center will not review for compliance.
• Your fiscal coordinator, chair/director and finance coordinator will review for business purpose. Continue to include who, what, when, where and why.
• All pre-payments and reimbursements for travel (once the Travel Request has been final approved) must be requested via the Procurement Shared Service Center email, pssc.servicecenter@osu.edu.
• If pre-payments and reimbursements are not requested via the email, your request will not be processed. Please work with your fiscal coordinator or travel request initiator (if utilized) to determine who should issue the email.