{"id":57,"date":"2014-05-27T10:58:48","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T17:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2025-01-21T10:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:25:11","slug":"id-1150","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/id-1150\/","title":{"rendered":"1150 Contract and Purchasing Signature Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Original Date: 8\/17\/2004 * Last Revision Effective: 1\/21\/2025<br \/>\nPolicy Contact: Vice President, Administrative Services<\/p>\n<h2>Policy<\/h2>\n<p>In order to carry on the day-to-day business of Bellevue College, it is necessary for the president to delegate signature authority to certain individuals.<\/p>\n<h3>Contract Signature Authority<\/h3>\n<p>The table in 1150P Contract and Purchasing Signature Authority (Procedures) lists the approved delegated signature authority for most documents.<\/p>\n<p>Outside specific delegated signature authority, no individual has the authority to commit Bellevue College contractually to goods and service or any type of agreement. Contracts signed by unauthorized employees or agents are not valid and do not bind the college. Items requiring signatures that are not addressed by this list must be submitted to the vice president of administrative services for approval.<\/p>\n<p>All college contracts shall be reviewed and approved as to legal form and validity before execution.<\/p>\n<h3>Purchasing Signature Authority<\/h3>\n<p>Certain designated employees in college departments have authority to purchase goods and services directly with suppliers via procurement cards and requisitions. Purchasing guidelines and limits are listed in 1150P Contract and Purchasing Signature Authority (Procedures).<\/p>\n<h2>Responsibilities<\/h2>\n<p>President\u2019s Cabinet<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Approves master signature authority list.<\/li>\n<li>Authorizes distribution of list within the college community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vice President of Administrative Services<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maintains the master signature authority list at the direction of president\u2019s cabinet.<\/li>\n<li>Ensures that the list is posted on the employee portal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Revision History<\/h2>\n<p>Original 8\/17\/2004<br \/>\nRevisions 3\/22\/2005; 5\/21\/2009; 2\/3\/2015; 2\/10\/2017; 1\/21\/2025<\/p>\n<h2>Approved By<\/h2>\n<p>Board of Trustees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original Date: 8\/17\/2004 * Last Revision Effective: 1\/21\/2025 Policy Contact: Vice President, Administrative Services Policy In order to carry on the day-to-day business of Bellevue College, it is necessary for the president to delegate signature authority to certain individuals. Contract Signature Authority The table in 1150P Contract and Purchasing Signature Authority (Procedures) lists the approved <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/id-1150\/\">...more about 1150 Contract and Purchasing Signature Authority<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2699,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-57","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2699"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3966,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions\/3966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}