Procurement Process and Organizational Authority

Resource authority and the process for approval of requests

• The responsibility to request appropriate technology resources (hardware, software and training) shall be the responsibility of the department or division.
• These requests will be coordinated and prioritized through the Technology Committee. The Technology Committee, with the assistance of the IS and Learning Technologies groups, will also seek to identify needs and opportunities (not otherwise requested) which may apply across campus or to a very specific population.
• The IS and Learning Technologies groups have a unique responsibility to anticipate instructional needs for the introduction or enhancement of specific technology to meet the mission and goals of the College. This will require that IS and Learning Technologies groups have a detailed understanding of the curricula delivered by the College and the technological applications which may be applied to those areas of instruction.

Budget process

• The budget process for technology will be through the College's normal budgeting process, with the exception that these requests should be developed with the assistance of IS and Learning Technologies and coordinated through the Technology Committee prior to the request being made for budgeting purposes.
• Technology requests which may require new access to high demand spaces will need to allow time to address schedule issues. Technology requests requiring new facilities or renovation to existing facilities will need to allow time to address capital improvement issues.

Request/approval process

• President's Council's Technology Purchasing Guidelines of January 12, 2000
• Memorandum on Technology Hardware/Software Guidelines of August 2, 2002

Last modified: November 15, 2005 by Technology Committee Chair  © Copyright 1999-2005 Kellogg Community College. All rights reserved.