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Welcome to Procurement and Payment Services
Our team serves UT Austin as a trusted partner while providing integrated procure-to-payment support. The vision of the team is to deliver value through innovative solutions that meet the University’s needs in a streamlined and compliant way.
Under the procurement and payment services (PPS) umbrella, our units seek to provide training, ongoing support and development to colleges, schools, units and researchers; strategically address sourcing, contracting, revenue generating opportunities and payment needs, while safeguarding for the highest-level of qualified and diverse supplier performance.
Contact Us
Please note: All staff members are working remotely. For this reason, please allow up to 48 hours for a response to your email. In order to help expedite your inquiry, please contact the correct department directly. Please refer to the following email addresses below:
- Procurement:
- MPLABS Team: Purchasing-MPLABS@austin.utexas.edu
- DEPT Team: Purchasing-DEPT@austin.utexas.edu
- Historically Underutilized Business/Small Business: hub@austin.utexas.edu
- Procurement Card (ProCard): purchasing-procards@austin.utexas.edu
- Business Contracts: vpcfo.contracts@austin.utexas.edu
- Payment Services
- Vendor ID and PIF: vid@austin.utexas.edu
- Accounts Payable Services: oa.ap@austin.utexas.edu
- Travel Reimbursements or Direct Billing: oa.travel@austin.utexas.edu
- Central Billed Airfare (CBA): oa.cbatravel@austin.utexas.edu
- Cash Advances: oa.cashadvances@austin.utexas.edu
If you are not sure where to begin, take this quick survey that will guide you to the correct unit.