Purchase Requisition
1. Any requesting department will raise a purchase requisition in 3 copies with the description, quantity and the required date as well as the nature of item (FF&E or other), clearly specified. In the case of a purchase requisition issued by the store department according to the system of “minimum stock reorder point”, the item code no, stock on hand, min/max stock and the average monthly usage shall be included.
2. After formal approval by the relevant Head of Department, the purchase requisition will be routed to purchasing department for subsequent action.
3. Whenever necessary, purchasing will arrange a meeting with the Requesting department to clarify details of their requirement:
- Whether the specifications and quantity are appropriate. With regard to the quantity of the order, the Stock on hand, consumption pattern, and expected consumption rate should be considered.
- Purchasing staff should follow the standard purchase specifications. The purchasing staff should not decide such specifications as paper thickness, paper stock, design, color and makers.
4. Purchasing will call for a written quotation form at least 3 suppliers and sample checking (if necessary) and the Department Head will be invited to check and comment. Any material variances must be notified
5. Quotes should be compared to specifications, price and date of delivery. Competitive pricing is one Component of the evaluation and may be outweighed by other factors. Pricing alone will not be a deciding factor unless all else (item specification, delivery timing and reliability, etc.) is equal. When more than one vendor submits a quote with the same price, the volume of business that is done with the respective vendors should be considered to select the vendor. In order to encourage competition among vendors, orders should not be placed with only one supplier.
6. The purchase request attached with the different quotations from the suppliers and proposed selected Supplier will be routed to the Financial Controller first and the General Manager second for approval, and sent back to purchasing for purchase order preparation.
For items with exclusive distributor and/or regular order (store items), purchase orders should be prepared and sent to management for approval at the same time that the purchase request (attached) as the quote/supplier is certain. Regular market tests should be performed however to assess the price validity.
7. For the daily market list, the sole signature of the Executive Chef is sufficient to initiate the order. When a fixed price system applies, only quantity will be stated and approved; when daily market price is applied, the Executive Chef must approve the market list after the quote given by the purchasing staff.