Welcome to Rensselaer’s Purchasing Department!

The Purchasing department assists the Rensselaer community with the procurement of goods and services. We provide responsive, efficient, and timely acquisitions of quality products and services at fair and reasonable pricing, consistent with Institute requirements and Federal guidelines. We also foster an inclusive procurement system.

The Purchasing staff is available to help you:

• use OSCAR, RPI’s eProcurement system
• identify sources, including diversity suppliers
• solicit and review quotes, bids and proposals
• negotiate terms and conditions
• issue and expedite orders
• resolve vendor issues
• use our corporate credit card (P-Card) solution for small dollar purchases and business travel

The Quick Starts menu offers selected procedural and policy highlights designed to help you complete your purchasing tasks quickly. Quick Starts provide step-by-step references for many of the frequently used purchasing procedures and transactions. Select a Quick Start by purchasing, payment or receiving. Each Quick Start will provide you with links to the form(s) you will need, as well as links to the related purchasing policies if you would like know more. Please refer to the Full Purchasing Policies for complete information.