In order to streamline the process of requesting a waiver for competition and increase internal controls with our auditing processes, the Department of Purchasing Services has revised 1232.1.1f – Customer Request for a Brand/Specific Waiver of Competition to allow for space in the form to include the statement of justification. This will eliminate the need to submit a separate justification memo on department letterhead.

The MCU Purchase Approval Form that was implemented on March 19, 2020 will no longer be required for campus purchases as of 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021.

On October 12, 2021, 1270.1 – Procedure for Employee Relocation Compensation was updated to include specific instructions on what should be included in the ePAR comment section.

The October 2021 GSHIP premium file has been uploaded into Connect Carolina and departments now have access to the GradStar GSHIP Administrator Premium Maintenance page to update allocations to Research Assistants/Teaching Assistants (RA/TAs).

As we previously announced in May, Travel Services has successfully consolidated unused airline ticket credits from University travel cancelled due to COVID-19. To streamline the process to reuse these funds, a journal entry was posted on Friday to centrally credit the value of these tickets back to the original CFS used to purchase them.

As a reminder, the only CFS elements which are required when the Traveler submits the Report are the Business Unit and Department ID.  It is the expectation that the CFS will be reviewed and added/updated as necessary during the approval process. See the memo on how to review expense reports.

All Finance forms have been moved into the Finance and Budget website, finance.unc.edu. If you have bookmarked a form in the Ethics and Policy electronic policy repository and linked it to the form cover page, you will experience a broken link. You may update your bookmark by going to https://finance.unc.edu/forms/.

The September 2021 GSHIP premium file has been uploaded into Connect Carolina. The total cost allocation must equal the monthly premium amount of $351.92. The last day to make changes in the system will be Friday, Sept. 24, 2021.

World Travel, Inc. phone lines have been fully restored. Travelers and Travel Arrangers may once again contact WTI by phone at 877-602-4950 or 484-948-2535.

World Travel, Inc. is experiencing a systemwide phone outage due to remnants of Hurricane Ida. For immediate assistance, please email World Travel at uncch_travel@worldtravelinc.com.