VENDOR CONTRACT (BLANKET ORDERS) (Department Purchasing Delegation “B”) (http://www.matmgt.ucsf.edu/mmdPurGuide.html#anchor976238) When supplies or services are used repeatedly from the same supplier/vendor, it may be advantageous to establish a blanket order/vendor contract for a specified period of time to ease the administrative burden of repeatedly placing purchase orders for the same item, provide price protection and assure adequate availability of supplies. A separate vendor contract should be established between the supplier/vendor and each UCSF department with designated General Ledger Chartfields and SpeedChart. After Campus Purchasing Department establishes the blanket order/vendor contract, the originating department issues releases against it by referencing the vendor contract and providing the vendor with the Speedchart purchase order number accompanied with a “B” delegation and followed by a unique four digit departmental reference number (e.g., xxxxxBnnnn or xxxxxBnnnn/