Software Acquisiton Form

Software Acquisition Process

  1. Obtain approval from your supervisor to use the software.
    • If software isn’t free, also get approval and a cost center for the purchase.
  2. Complete the request form.
  3. Provide answers to follow up questions from Information Technology.
    • A meeting may also be requested as IT and IT Security review the request and determine which purchasing steps are appropriate.
    • Other factors that may need to be discussed:
      • additional hardware needs (including servers)
      • commitment of IT personnel hours
      • equivalent product already owned and supported by the University

For more information, please see the Software Acquisition Process