Procurement Services' mission is to excel at delivering value by being a front-end strategic partner with the Boston College community; research, teaching, administration, and all practice missions by leveraging the overall purchasing power of the institution, establishing a world-class supply base and providing superior customer service by dispersing university funds in an accurate, timely, and reliable manner to achieve a sustainable focus and competitive advantages.
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Boston College Purchasing professionals and those personnel with procurement responsibility must have a highly developed sense of professional ethics to protect their own and Boston College鈥檚 reputation for fair dealing. To strengthen ethical awareness, and to provide guidelines to staff, Boston College Procurement Services promotes the Boston College Procurement Code of Ethics.
Doing Business With BC
ANNOUNCEMENTS
2022-Jan: Temporary Masking Period: January 14-31, 2022
Given upcoming global and domestic travel by members of the BC community, as well as the current high levels of transmissibility of the Omicron variant, the University will institute a temporary masking requirement on campus whenever physical distancing听cannot be maintained.听 This masking period will be from Friday, January 14, corresponding with the return of students, through Monday, January 31, 2022.
2021-Oct: UPDATED POST COVID-19 Requirements for Vendors, Contractors and Suppliers
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听听听听鈥淲e are strongly encouraging all of our vendors, contractors and suppliers to get vaccinated if they are going to be on our 听听听听campus.听 Anyone not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 is required to wear a mask at all times while on Boston College鈥檚 听听听听campus, both indoors and outdoors.鈥�
This information may be of relevance to companies who are doing business, or wish to do business, with Boston College. Boston College is a diverse community and requires a great deal of resources to keep it running well. Your help in providing these resources is greatly appreciated.
We hope you find this information helpful. If you require additional information, please contact the Procurement Services Office at 617-552-3055 or by e-mail at听purchase@bc.edu.
In order to pre-qualify to provide goods or services to Boston College, email purchase@bc.edu with a brief description of the services your company provides and any other relevant information. Your information will be forwarded to the appropriate buyer.
Copyright/Logo Use
Use of the name and/or logo of Boston College are restricted by the University. For information concerning their use, please see the University Communications Policies and Guidelines.
Supplier Registration Forms
All new Companies or Individuals providing services or goods to Boston College must register as a Supplier.
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Credit Information
Boston College鈥檚 financial information is available online on the Controller鈥檚 webpage.听
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Trade References
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WB Mason
647 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02210
508-726-0987
Account representative: Jeff DePaul听jeff.depaul@wbmason.com
Metropolitan Pipe and Supply Co
30 Inner Belt Rd
Sommerville,听 MA 02143
617-492-6400
Account Rep: Lenny Mangano听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 Accounting/Reporting:听Bob Keating/CJ Kanouff
Creative Office Pavilion
303 Binney St.
Cambridge, MA 02141
617-492-6400
Account representative:听Meghan McDonnell Meghan.mcdonnell@cop-inc.com
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W-9 Form
To access a completed signed W-9 Form for any Grantor, Contractor, Donor or other Payor requesting a W-9 Form to make payments to Boston College download the form below. 听听
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Tax Exempt Forms
Boston College is exempt from Massachusetts State Sales Tax as a non-profit organization. This exempt status should only be used for purchases made for BC business. Goods and services purchased from out-of-state vendors for delivery and use in Massachusetts are exempt from sales tax if they are used in the conduct of the University's exempt enterprise, i.e. education and research. The University is not exempt from the Room Tax levied by hotels, motels and inns in Massachusetts or any other state or city charging room tax. As a general rule, Boston College is not exempt from Massachusetts Meals Tax.
- ST-2 Certificate of Exemption
- ST-5 Sales Tax Exempt Purchase Certificate
- ST-5C Contractor's Sales Tax Exempt Purchase Certificate
- ST-4 Sales Tax Resale Certificate
- ST-12 Exempt Use Certificate
- For 501(c)(3) form, contact the Controller's Office @ 617.552.2729 for a copy of the Exempt Status Determination Letter
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Other states where Boston College is exempt:
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Supplier Diversity
In recent years, higher education institutions have made commitments to explore and create a strategic plan to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion within their organizations. Procurement Services supports the mission of the University by promoting a culture that embraces diversity and inclusion for all members of the Boston College community.听
The social justice movement and string of recent systematic injustice events have expedited the need for Sourcing & Procurement across institutions to establish a formal Supplier Diversity Program to create a more diverse and inclusive supplier base and to provide increased access and opportunity to underrepresented diverse businesses, both locally and nationally, to provide products and service to each institution's community. Boston College will in 2021 and 2022 identify and implement a third-party capable of helping the university to establish a baseline of current, contracted spend with diverse businesses. Establishing a 鈥渃urrent state鈥� is critically important in bringing credibility to a potential program, and it serves as the launching point in establishing key performance indicators to measure the programs continuous improvement.
Rev Date: 2/2021