Buy/pay for goods or services
Northeastern faculty and staff sometimes must buy goods or services for work-related purposes. Northeastern’s preferred channel for purchasing goods or services is the online portal myMarketplace. If you can’t make a purchase in myMarketplace, you must use a requisition (for purchases greater than $5,000) or an AMEX card. Another payment tool, Direct Pay, is an option of last resort for purchases less than $5,000. Keep reading to determine which purchasing method is best for you.
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checkSolution 1: Use myMarketplace (preferred method for all purchases)
myMarketplace is a convenient, easy-to-use online shopping site that authorized faculty and staff can use to buy goods of any value. If you don’t have access, please request an account using this link. Learn more about myMarketplace here.
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Step 1
Log in to the Employee Hub and select Resources > Financial Services.
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Step 2
Select myMarketplace.
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Step 3
Select a vendor and click through to make a purchase.
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Step 4
If the purchase will not go through, use a requisition, an AMEX card, or Direct Pay, as described below in Solution 4.
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checkSolution 2: Use a requisition (for purchases greater than $5,000)
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Step 1
Log in to the Employee Hub and select Resources > Financial Services.
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Step 2
Click on Banner Finance (SSB), click the Finance tab, then click on Requisition.
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Step 3
Fill out the Requisition Form.
If you do not find the vendor in the vendor search, click this link to request that vendor be added to Husky IntelliBuy.
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Step 4
Write down the requisition number that appears once the form is complete.
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Step 5
Email procurement@northeastern.edu and include the requisition number in the subject line. Include the following required backup documentation:
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checkSolution 3: Use an AMEX card (for purchases less than $5,000)
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Step 1
To buy goods or services that are not available on myMarketplace and that cost less than $5,000, use Northeastern’s AMEX card, also called the NUCard. See Related Tasks below to learn how to apply for and use an AMEX .
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checkSolution 4: Use Vendor Payment Request form (for purchases less than $5,000)
Only use Vendor Payment Request if the goods or services are not available in myMarketplace, the cost is less than $5,000, the vendor does not accept an AMEX (NUCard), and the vendor does not require a purchase order. You may also submit a Vendor Payment Request in lieu of a requisition.