Procurement
Procurement works with schools, departments, vendors, and stakeholders to provide goods and services of the highest quality and value for the district.
We are dedicated to meeting our goal through competitive pricing while adhering to relevant laws, Board of Education rules, policies, and procedures.
Procurement Manual
Procurement Manual (January 2024)
For Schools and Departments
Visit the Employee Intranet to access Procurement information for schools, networks and other departments.
Purchase Order Inquiries
If you have a question or a discrepancy about a PO please contact the school or department who created the PO. The school or department contact information is located on the upper right side of the PO under the FOR DELIVERY TO section. For all other PO questions, please complete the Procurement Customer Service Request.
Invoicing or Payment Inquiries
If you have any questions about invoicing or payment, please contact the Accounts Payable department at 773-553-2760 or accountspayable@cps.edu. Please be sure to login the iSupplier Portal to review the status of active Purchase Orders. In order to ensure timely payment, all invoices must meet the following requirements:
- Invoices must be submitted to cpsinvoice@cps.edu
- Must be submitted in PDF format
- Must contain valid CPS issued Purchase Order numbers
- Include the invoice date, and breakout description of services/goods must relate to the corresponding Purchase Order
- Must include unique invoice number (duplicate invoice numbers will fail when attempting to be processed)
* Please be sure to receive a Purchase Order prior to providing goods or services. Doing so would prevent additional payment delays.
Invoicing or Payment Inquiries
If you have any questions about invoicing or payment, please contact the Accounts Payable department at 773-553-2760 or accountspayable@cps.edu. Please be sure to login the iSupplier Portal to review the status of active Purchase Orders. In order to ensure timely payment, all invoices must meet the following requirements:
- Invoices must be submitted to cpsinvoice@cps.edu
- Must be submitted in PDF format
- Must contain valid CPS issued Purchase Order numbers
- Include the invoice date, and breakout description of services/goods must relate to the corresponding Purchase Order
- Must include unique invoice number (duplicate invoice numbers will fail when attempting to be processed)
* Please be sure to receive a Purchase Order prior to providing goods or services. Doing so would prevent additional payment delays.
Department of Procurement
773-553-2280
773-553-2251 (Fax)
Vendors/External Users, please submit your questions via Procurement Customer Service Request Form.
CPS Internal Users, please submit your questions via Procurement School Support.
Office of Business Diversity
773-553-2980
773-553-2998 (Fax)
Customer Service
For purchase order inquiries, contact the school or department who created the order directly.
For invoicing or payment inquiries, contact Accounts Payable at 773-553-2760 or accountspayable@cps.edu. Send all invoices directly to Accounts Payable at cpsinvoice@cps.edu.
For all other questions, submit a customer service request with the procurement department below.