Purchasing Lab Equipment

Contact Valerie Croft at vcroft@che.utexas.edu or 512-471-2023 in CPE 1.450C to request access to procurement and purchasing systems.  To initiate a purchase, submit a completed Department Requisition Form with current online catalog pricing (or a quote) to Valerie.  Email submission is preferred.  Additional documents may be required depending upon the amount of the purchase request, the funding used, and the pool of vendors available to fill the request.  Please do not submit purchase requests to vendors directly without prior authorization.

Fellowship students will need to have a zero-hour University Affiliate assignment created so that they can be authorized to use UT Market, the online procurement tool. Contact your group administrator or the executive assistant for assignments.

Purchasing Equipment

If the equipment you plan to purchase will require any of the items below, contact Shallaco McDonald (see the next section) before ordering.

1.)     New Electrical Power – If 220 or 480V outlets or dedicated 120V circuits will be required to power the new equipment

2.)     Exhaust -  If the equipment will require any type of ventilation, such as a snorkel, a canopy, a gas cabinet, etc.)

3.)     Heat Load – If the equipment will produce excessive heat load

4.)     Utilities – If the equipment is to be tied into domestic water, compressed air or requires a drain

5.)     Gases – If the equipment be using toxic gases, i.e., gases that require a gas cabinet

6.)     Physical Dimensions that present challenges for receiving and delivery to the laboratory – weight, special delivery requirements, elevator restrictions

7.)     General – Any equipment that requires a modification/renovation to the lab

After it is agreed that the equipment can be installed and operated within CPE and is purchased and installed, an inspection is recommended to insure that the installation was done completely and correctly.