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ARC3 and Airgas Price Increase

August 15, 2022

To: Buy Carolina Users, University Business Managers, Campus Unit Finance Leads From: Procurement Services A new Mandatory State Term Contract was implemented with ARC3 and Airgas in March 2022 and subsequent changes to the state pricing were submitted in July. There have been … Read more

DDD – Purchasing Thresholds and How to Build a Better Requisition

August 9, 2022

To help campus adjust to new purchasing benefits and opportunities, the Purchasing Services team held a webinar to educate users on the new purchasing environment. If you were unable to attend, or you would like to review the information, you can access both the slides and the webinar on the ConnectCarolina user information page.

Reminder to Notify Payroll of Employee’s Working Outside of the State of North Carolina

August 4, 2022

To notify Payroll of an out-of-state employee, please submit the form “Notice of Employee Working Outside of North Carolina” to MultistateTax@unc.edu and one of our Tax Team members will process the information.  The best time to submit this form is before an employee has been paid for work out of state.  However, all cases should be reported as soon as they are identified to best comply with various state requirements.

Increase of Small Purchase and Informal Bidding Thresholds

July 1, 2022

Recently, the state of North Carolina updated its small purchase and bidding thresholds in administrative code 01 NCAC 05B, which resulted in a significant rise in these thresholds. To align our policies, we have updated the 1200 policy and procedure series — which cover the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s purchase of goods and services.

ARC3 Price Increases and Erroneous Charge

May 13, 2022

Please note that due to supply and distribution challenges, as well as rising costs of industrial gas cylinders, ARC3 Gases is having to raise their prices significantly (between 7.5% and 12% for most of their products) for all orders placed on or after June 1, 2022. Details are in the linked flyer.