Consulting Services

From Terri Lessard in Purchasing:

The first question is how your department will be paying for the consultant and if the consultant should really be an employee. Requests for a consultant should be submitted using the Non Catalog Goods and Services form unless you are hiring a consultant to do data analysis or IT related work.

If you are using Federal funds, you would use commodity code 133 for Consulting Services – Grant Funded.  You will need to complete the Hire a Consultant form and a detailed Statement of Work (SOW).  If you need an SOW template, please reach out to Terri Lessard here and I can share some templates with you.

If you are using department funds, you would use Commodity Code 132 for Consulting Services.  There are some questions I would ask related to the type of work being done and whether the consultant should be on special payroll.