Evaluation Purchase Orders Expense Items
Evaluation may be conducted for a variety of reasons. Post evaluations commitments are not made prior to an evaluation completions and Corporate Purchasing will be the sole source of information on the status of an evaluation and any post evaluation implementation with any vendor.
All expensed items being evaluated must be obtained via purchase order, even if they are no charge items. No unapproved investigational items may be brought in for evaluation without the written consent of the responsible affiliate committee on investigational devises. The Johns Hopkins Health System Purchase Requisition (JHHS 15-193100; FSKMC 8691-009; JHMSC 14-0055), is utilized for ordering expensed items for evaluation.
The Following information must be supplied when ordering evaluation items:
- Manufacturer’s product number
- Quantity
- Purchase unit of measure
- Complete and accurate product description
- Suggested list price (if known)
- If item is totally new or a substitute/replacement item
- The manufacturer’s number and description of item it is replacing
- The length of the evaluation including start/stop dates
- The signature of the department administrator on the requisition to acknowledge the evaluation process
- Budget impact statement (will be potential cost savings, cost increase, or budget neutral if evaluation is successful and product is implemented).
