9.50 Receiving

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PURPOSE:

To provide direction to University departments on policies related to purchasing documents, the corresponding items received by departments and how to report errors as well as notify Financial Services Property Management of the receipt of assets and their unique identifying information.

SOURCE:

Powers and duties of the University President, Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) Policy 3-802

Authority below applies ONLY to Federal Property (acquisition dollars or title):

  • Government Property, 48 C.F.R. § 45
  • Government Property, 48 C.F.R. § 52.245-1
  • Government Property, 48 C.F.R. § 245
  • Government Property, 48 C.F.R. § 1852.245
  • Uniform Guidance, 2 C.F.R. § 200

POLICY:  Financial Services Purchasing Policies
The department is charged with the responsibility of checking all deliveries/packages they receive (outside of Central Receiving) for any discrepancies incident to shipment and for notifying Property Management of the receipt of assets and their unique identifying information.


PROCEDURE

CUSTODIAL DEPARTMENT
  1. Departments have the responsibility to inspect all delivered products against the invoice to ensure all items are received and accounted for.
     
  2. For specific instructions on how to handle errors in shipping by the Vendor, damages, and/or shortages/overages, please refer to the Purchasing Policy 5.0. Special Responsibilities of University Departments.
     
  3. Departments also have the responsibility to notify Property Management of the model number, serial number and receive date of newly received assets that are assigned an N- or A-tag so that these assets can be updated in UAccess Financials.