{"id":22244,"date":"2016-11-03T14:43:46","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T21:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/?page_id=22244"},"modified":"2025-11-05T11:05:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T19:05:22","slug":"bppm-50-21","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/business-policies-and-procedures-manual\/bppm-50-21\/","title":{"rendered":"50.21 Solicitation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-font-size--xxmedium\">Business Policies and Procedures Manual&nbsp;(previously Business Policies and Procedures Manual)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solicitation<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p><strong>UPPM 50.21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information contact:<\/strong><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;Office of Finance and Operations<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;509-335-5524<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Definition<\/h3>\n<p>A solicitor is one who contacts WSU staff, faculty, or students for the purpose of canvassing, petitioning, and\/or merchandising, including buying or selling.<\/p>\n<h4>Applicability<\/h4>\n<p>This policy applies to solicitation within the boundaries of WSU-owned or controlled property. (<a href=\"http:\/\/apps.leg.wa.gov\/WAC\/default.aspx?cite=504-35-030\">WAC 504-35-030(5)<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>This policy also applies to solicitation contacts made by telephone, facsimile machine, e-mail, or any other means of contacting WSU staff, faculty, or students.<\/p>\n<h3>Prior Approval<\/h3>\n<p>Solicitors may contact WSU staff, faculty, and\/or students with appropriate approval.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Before contacting WSU staff, faculty, and\/or students, a solicitor must obtain written approval from the Office of Finance and Operations.<\/li>\n<li>The Office of Finance and Operations specifies the conditions of solicitation. The conditions may specify individuals to be contacted, specific times contact is appropriate, and\/or acceptable locations for the contact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Vendors<\/h3>\n<p>WSU&#8217;s Purchasing Services coordinates the activities of vendor representatives. See <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/business-policies-and-procedures-manual\/bppm-70-11\/\">UPPM 70.11<\/a> for procedures vendor representatives use to contact WSU employees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: .8rem\">_______________________<br><strong>Revisions:<\/strong>&nbsp; June 2004 (Rev. 245); Mar. 1995 (Rev. 96); Dec. 1984 &#8211; new policy (Rev. 58).<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business Policies and Procedures Manual&nbsp;(previously Business Policies and Procedures Manual) Solicitation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1061,"featured_media":0,"parent":50633,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22244"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1061"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22244"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68634,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22244\/revisions\/68634"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=22244"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=22244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}