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Reaction - Purchase Request Category
Description of the "Purchase Request Category" options in Reaction with examples
- All Other – This is the "catch all" category when none of the below categories seems to fit.
- Catered Event – Food purchased for an event on/off campus.
- Chemical – All chemicals and chemical agents used in research should be classified as "Chemical:. This will notify the SCS Safety Officer, Shane Brownfield, that a chemical purchase is occurring.
- This is NOT for cleaning supplies or other end user products.
- This is NOT for cleaning supplies or other end user products.
- Equip-New – "Equipment" is defined as a purchase in excess of $5000
- Equip-Repair/Maint – Maintenance of equipment.
- EXAMPLE: Warranty upgrades would fall in here
- EXAMPLE: Warranty upgrades would fall in here
- Equip-Works with existing – Purchases that will be used with or added to existing equipment.
- Fabricated equipment – Multiple items purchased together to create a single item for the purpose of inventory. For questions about this, please email scs-inventory@illinois.edu.
- Purchase of Goods / Resale – Storeroom and/or Shops purchases that will be resold directly or that will be used as part of a larger repair. THIS IS NOT FOR LAB USERS.
- Software – All software and electronic services purchases.
- Supplies-Expendable – Items that are "used up" or have a reasonably short shelf life and discarded or replaced. This includes office supplies, computer accessories such as keyboard or speakers, and research materials such as beakers.
- EXAMPLE: A tool such as a saw would not be an expendable supply, but saw blades would be.