Fiscal Affairs

How To Buy

The majority of the goods and services purchased at Central are available on existing DAS contracts. Visit the Department of Administrative State Contracting Portal to search for contracts by vendor name or key word.

Here are some vendor names and phone numbers for some commonly purchased items. This is by no means a complete list. If you have a question about a particular vendor, or a product or service not listed here, please call Purchasing and we'll be glad to help.

Note that vendors listed with the SBE, MBE, or WBE suffix are registered small, minority, or woman owned businesses. Central is committed to promoting utilization of set-aside (SBE), minority (MBE), and woman owned (WBE) business enterprises, encourages departments to use these businesses as much as possible. Please follow this link to the State's Supplier Diversity site to search for registered SBE/MBE/WBE companies by company name or key word.

W.B. Mason

Use WB Mason for your office supply needs, including toner cartridges and copy paper. Pricing includes desk top delivery (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays). Their State contract includes a large list of 'core' items that are very aggressively priced. Find the core list of  paper products HERE.  Find the core list of other  office supplies HERE.  Please contact  Purchasing@ccsu.edu  if you need a user name/password.

Amazon

Central has an Amazon Business account under CSCU (Connecticut State Colleges & Universities) and we all benefit from Prime as well as two day shipping. If you would like to be added to the Central Amazon Business account to reap these benefits, please email Sedina.Begic@ccsu.edu .

Contact Information Technology (IT) prior to purchasing any software or hardware to ensure that it is compatible with the Central system. Please remember to obtain prior approval of any computer related hardware purchases, including printers. The purchase should be reviewed by IT before actual purchase, especially if the equipment will be connected to the campus network. IT reserves the right to not support any hardware or connect it to the campus network if purchases are made without prior approval. For pricing, recommendations, and/or prior approval, please submit a request through https://itrequests.ccsu.edu and choose “Pricing/Approval Request.”

Call Chad Valk at the Media Center, x22035 The Media Center acts as the University resource for equipment and vendor selection for media related equipment, and Chad, as the Digital Media Production Coordinator, will ensure that you get the latest technology that meets your needs and is compatible with University standards.

Call Rene Karas at Facilities Management, x22301. Facilities Management is responsible for, among other things, the exterior and interior of every building on campus, and need to be involved in these purchases from start to finish. They may be aware of related issues like upcoming scheduled renovations or moves which may affect decisions to purchase now or wait.

Fill out the electrical requirement form and forward it to Joe Starzyk in East Hall.

Joe will make sure you don’t pop any circuits when you plug in your new purchase. Please contact Joe BEFORE you buy. There are many areas of campus that are at their limits for electrical supply, and a single additional desk fan can cause an electrical outage.

Infoshred, LLC (WBE) 
330 Nutmeg Road South 
PO Box 770 
South Windsor, CT 06074 
860.610.9069 (ask for Stacey J. DiPiazza)

Please use the following link to purchase all stationery, including business cards.

Central Stationery Store

Please allow 2-5 business days for your access to be granted.

Marketing Solutions Unlimited 

(previously known as Paladin Commercial Printers) 
109 Talcott Road 
West Hartford, CT 06110 
860.523.0670 (ask for Matt)

Elm Press Inc

16 Tremco Drive 
Terryville, CT 06786 
860.583.3600

If the copier will be networked (hooked up to one or more computers)  please submit a request through https://itrequests.ccsu.edu and choose “Pricing/Approval Request” before a decision is made.

A & A Office Systems (SBE)

909 Middle Street 
Middletown, CT 06457 
860.635.5053 (ask for Jay Nkonoki)

Please submit a request through https://itrequests.ccsu.edu and choose “Printer: Move / Add / Replacement” to have your new device configured.