University of Iowa
Division of Sponsored Programs

Outgoing Subaward Roles and Responsibilities: Purchasing

Purchasing

Reviews PReq and Approves

  • Reviews the PReq and ensures that the sole source questions are complete
  • Upon receipt of the PReq and fully signed subaward, the Purchasing Agent (PA) reviews the Preq, checks contract details and approves the PReq. 
  • Assigns a Purchase Order (PO) number
    • *If over $25,000.00, the PReq is reviewed and approved by the Director of Purchasing.
  • Loads the PReq into PSoft, makes final changes and approves the PO.  The PO dispatch processes run nightly and the following business day the PO is printed.
  • Electronically sends the fully executed subaward and PO to subawardee or the original PO documents to DSP