No. University-contracted vendors must be used to purchase office supplies and other specified goods. You can access a full list of contracted suppliers and vendors on Procurements website at www.kent.edu/procurement/supplier-or-vendor-contracts.
Our frequent analysis and price monitoring shows that our contract pricing has significantly lower pricing than Amazon on our most commonly used items. the University���s use of the Amazon Business account enables a convenience to the University buying community as a resource to locating those hard-to-find, specialized, or non-contracted items.
Please contact Procurement at procurement@kent.edu with questions.