Procurement Services
Notice to Suppliers
Fraudulent Purchase Order Activity
We want to alert you to an active scam involving purchase orders and requests for product quotations that purport to originate from The University of North Florida but are in fact fraudulent. We can share some common traits or themes of these fraudulent emails that may help reduce the risk to your company in becoming a financial victim of this scam:
- The email message is poorly written, with misspellings and awkward sentence structure.
- The sender's email address or website link is not authentic to The University of North Florida.
- The message requests the shipment of products to a non-University of North Florida address.
- The message may include an attachment that is designed to look like a purchase order, may include a logo or other graphic, and a signature that may look legitimate.
If you believe you have received a fraudulent email, purchase order, or request for a quote that appears to be from The University of North Florida and would like to verify its legitimacy before responding and/or filling the order. you can contact Procurement Services by phone, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (EST) at (904) 620-2730.
UNF Supplier Portal
All new vendors/suppliers who wish to do business with the University will now register via the UNF Supplier Portal. The Portal is located on the Supplier Resources page. Completion of the registration process is required to do business with the University, unless a payee is one of the following:
- UNF Student or Prospective UNF Student
- UNF Employee or Prospective UNF Employee
- Refund Recipient
Invitations sent to suppliers requesting that they register to do business with the University will come from the UNF@sciquest.com email address and will clearly reflect UNF's Supplier Registration Team contact information (supplierhelp@unf.edu; (904) 620-2730).
For more information about the UNF Supplier Portal, see Supplier Resources and/or direct questions to the Supplier Help inbox.
Cost Savings
The University of North Florida has recognized the following cost savings due to Procurement Services actions:
- FY 18 Total: $ 8,497,348
- FY 19 Total: $ 9,804,057
- FY 20 Total: $10,296,099
- FY 21 Total: $ 5,765,260
- FY 22 Total: $ 9,547,715
- FY 23 Total: $10,426,620