SLAC uses Blanket Order Agreements, or BOAs, to acquire lower value, fixed-price supplies and services. The price for each supply or service is included in the BOA. Only designated SLAC personnel identified in the agreement are authorized to place Blanket Order Releases—BORs—to release funds against the BOA, within specified dollar limits, without direct action by a Procurement Specialist.

If you are an authorized BOR requestor, please familiarize yourself with these five simple steps to correctly place a BOR:

1. Review the available funding balance under the Blanket Order Agreement (BOA).
   If funding is insufficient, do not continue. Please contact the Buyer to address the funding deficiency.
2. Before ordering goods/services, generate a Blanket Order Release (BOR):
   • Enter an estimated value ($) for the BOR.
   • Sign, date, and forward the original BOR (not a copy) to the buyer
3. The Business Information Systems will alert the appropriate buyer (via e-mail) that a BOR was generated against the specified BOA.
4. The buyer will review, sign, and date the BOR. Then the buyer will forward the BOR to the purchasing coordinator, Chuck Taniguchi, to record
5. The purchasing coordinator will forward the completed BOR to the Accounts Payable department.

Please contact Alan Kong (x4138) if you have any questions regarding this process.