As a member of the Canadian University Business Association (CAUBO), Faculty and staff purchasing goods and services are encouraged to use negotiated rates in a number of areas including:
Please visit http://www.caubo.ca/pr/agreements_e.cfm for further information.
In addition, the University as a member of the Interuniversity Services enjoys favourable purchase rates of various types of goods and services.
Interuniversity Services Inc. (ISI) is a not-for-profit company incorporated in 1984 by four independent Halifax universities. ISI currently provides selected central administrative services to nineteen member institutions in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland, thus reducing their overall operating costs, improving services and providing a framework for cooperation among the universities, while maintaining their independence.
For more information please visit http://www.interuniversity.ns.ca/
The university also has negotiated favourable rates with Dell which are the computers supported on campus.
The campus bookstore is the preferred supplier for supplies purchased by university faculty and staff. In addition the bookstore may provide favourable purchases costs on other goods such as software. For more information please contact the bookstore at 566-0625.
