Student and Family Engagement
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Student Financial Hub
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Purchases
Purchases
- House PTA
- Use for:
- Dining
- Catering
- Caltech Store
- Caltech room reservations
- Cleaning fees
- Etc.
- Use one of 3 House P-cards
- Contact Student Financial Hub (Hub) for assistance.
- Out-of-Pocket Reimbursement
- Use one of 3 House P-cards
- Contact the Hub for assistance
- Use a Hub P-card
- Temporary purchase limit increase MAY be needed depending on amount
- Takes 3-5 business days
- Request for a House P-card Limit Increase
- Takes 3-5 business days
- Note: Student Cards don't allow TRAVEL.
- Contact the Hub to discuss the best purchasing options.
- 4-week lead time.
- Set up vendors as supplies
- 10K justification paperwork
- Depending on Vendor's preferred payment method:
- TechMart
- Check
- ACH
- Wire Transfer
- Hub P-card with a purchase limit increase.
- TechMart
- TechMart is an online purchasing network that Caltech Procurement uses to manage purchasing requests.
- A member of the Hub will need to navigate on behalf of the student group.
- TechMart is usually used to purchase ‘big ticket' items.
- Often Procurement will require a particular purchase to be made through TechMart.
- Big ticket items
- Services (Catering, Speaker, etc.)
- Any purchasing requiring tax collection or reporting (usually a service)
- Honorarium
- Prizes