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   <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Purchase of Equipment
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         <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The College of Nursing follows all UNMC, University of Nebraska, and State guidelines regarding the purchase of equipment.</li>
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         <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The Principal Investigator/Project Director, initiates the purchasing of research equipment through the Administrative Coordinator in the Niedfelt Nursing Research Center (NNRC) of computer equipment through the Workstation Specialist, and of instructional equipment through the Learning Resource Center Coordinator.  For purchases of equipment over $15,000, a competitive bidding process must take place by the UNMC Purchasing Department.</li>
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         <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The NNRC Administrative Coordinator maintains records of all research equipment purchased.  The Workstation Specialist maintains records of all computer equipment purchased, and the Learning Resource Center (LRC) Coordinator maintains records of all the instructional equipment purchased.  All equipment of $5,000 or more is tagged and maintained on a master equipment list by UNMC.  All other equipment purchased with grant funds of $100 or more, is inventoried by the NNRC, Workstation Specialist, or LRC Coordinator, respectively.  In addition, the PI or PD of a grant maintains an inventory of all equipment purchased.</li>
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         <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Purchase of Computers - The Workstation Specialist of the CON must authorize and place into inventory all hardware and software purchases.</li>
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   <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Maintenance of Equipment
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         <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Service contracts and/or maintenance of equipment purchased on a grant are charged to the grant.  After the grant has terminated, maintenance may be charged to special maintenance funds in the NNRC, Learning Resource Center, or to Division budgets within the CON.  Authorization for charges to these funds must be pre-approved by the individual accountable for the budget to be charged.</li>
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         <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">All computer equipment is to be inventoried on a yearly basis.  Equipment on loan outside the College must be brought into one of the four campuses on a yearly basis for inventory.</li>
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