Vendors

The online resource guide to working with University Facilities and Operations

Members of the Columbia University Facilities and Operations team work with a wide variety of vendors covering construction, maintenance and other industries, including general contractors, single trade contractors, as well as technical and creative consultants. The team also works closely with Columbia University Construction Facilities Sourcing, who help to identify sourcing opportunities and strategies that meet our operational and financial goals.

Prospective and current vendors

Please become familiar with four key resources, instructions and policies, including the following:

Become a Vendor

The basics on how to start working with Columbia University Facilities and Operations

COVID-19 Guidelines

All vendors are expected to comply with the University’s health and safety policies, which include mandatory vaccination.

Expectations and Requirements

What a vendor needs to know about working at Columbia

Key Resources for Existing Vendors

Explore the main resources available to current vendors

Minority-, Women- and Locally Owned Business Enterprises

Learn about diversity initiatives

Quick Links

How to submit an invoice (PDF)

Instructions on how to submit an invoice to Facilities and Operations

Check on an existing invoice

Inquire by using the email link above or call 212-854-6679.

Insurance requirements

Review insurance requirements and send certificate of insurance (see sample) to [email protected].

Opportunities for Minority-, Women- and Locally owned Business Enterprises

Explore policies

University policies applicable to vendors, from safety to ethics and more

Consult the design requirements

For design professionals and contractors

Compliance guidelines and procedures (PDF)

The key specific procedures required of contractors, along with campus-specific guidelines

Review the onboarding guidelines (PDF)

News

January 26, 2023

Facilities and Operations Joins Ascend NYC Program to Help Minority Businesses Grow and Increase Contract Opportunities

Columbia Facilities and Operations has joined forces with the Business Outreach Center Network to expand the Ascend NYC Program, a business development program that helps increase opportunities for businesses owned by people of color across New York City.

Grow Your Business with the CU Grow Vendor Development Program

The CU Grow Vendor Development program, one of many initiatives led by the CUFO group supporting the University’s comprehensive commitment to create and expand opportunities for minority-, women-, and locally-owned businesses (MWL), is recruiting for Cohort 7 which begins in February 2023.

CU Grow Graduates Sixth Cohort of Minority-, Women- and Locally Owned Businesses

The Columbia Facilities and Operations-led CU Grow Vendor Development Program, designed to help minority-, women- and locally owned (MWL) vendors grow their businesses, graduated its sixth cohort during a ceremony at Faculty House on December 12 – the first in person graduation since the beginning of the pandemic.