Office of the Comptroller

Mission

Obtain all goods and services necessary for the staff, faculty and students in the most cost effective and efficient manner. Provide value-added service to support the teaching and research consistent with the mission of SSU. Maintain a commitment to excellence through professional ethics and best business practices. Encourage open competition among vendors through fair negotiation, competitive bidding and contract buying.

We are bound by our profession to continuously strive to seek innovative and effective processes that do not impede, but rather facilitate the acquisition process.

Vision Statement

Our vision is to create customer satisfaction by providing value and efficiency to each procurement request while at the same time operating within university policy, state law and sound business practices.

Guiding Principles

Purchasing strives for continued process and service improvements of the University’s procurement and acquisition functions. The specific goals are to:

• Streamline and continual improvement of the procurement function of the University
• Continued enhancement of all services provided by purchasing to its customers.
• Ensure compliance with all state and federal regulations