Name of the Agency: Sunny Center Policy #: 0042023
Effective Date: October 10,2022 Revised: October 10,2023
Making Purchasing Decisions
Purpose:
It is the policy of Sunny Center to always follow purchasing guidelines approved by the Center and not to deviate from them unless there is executive management approval.
Scope:
Staff, Administration, Doctors
Responsible Party:
Sunny center program administrators, Staff
Attachments:
N/A
PROCEDURE:
i. The Sunny Center obtains goods and services by various methods designed to optimize cost effectiveness and timeliness of delivery. These methods include standard contracting, affiliation agreements, cost sharing agreements and bidding process just to name a few.
ii. Employee will comply with the following: a. Will not circumvent or ignore these purchasing methods without specific approval from a member of executive management. b. Notify Supervisor, Chief Compliance Officer or Compliance Line with information knowledge of purchases outside of official channels.
iii. Any employee who circumvent or ignore official purchasing methods will be subject to progressive discipline up to and including termination.