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title: "Fiscal Year Requisition Processing"
canonical: "https://kb.uconn.edu/space/FPB/28434759694/Fiscal%20Year%20Requisition%20Processing"
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These instructions will help you prepare your next fiscal year purchase requisitions.  These orders will be released on the last day of the current Fiscal Year. 

> 📝 **NOTE:** Blanket POs will need back up verifying how prices will apply:
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> 📝 **Cost Documentation**
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> 📝 - Blanket POs is for specific item(s): attach quote covering FY26 for discounted pricing or indicate prices will bill at list.
> 📝 - Blanket POs Covering full catalog/product list:
> 📝   - Use Comment Field of PR to indicate all pricing will be at list or seek discount on all items
> 📝   - If a blanket discount will be applied (i.e. UConn receives flat 5% off list price) then include a quote from supplier detailing the discount thru 6/30/2025
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> 📝 **Blanket PO Review**
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> 📝 - Procurement will review all orders and may contact you if further information is needed.
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> 📝 - Departments are responsible for ensuring invoice charges are in line with quoted or contracted pricing.
> 📝   - If you have any questions on contracted pricing, please contact the appropriate Buying team as defined here: [https://kb.uconn.edu/space/FPB/27713142882/Commodity+Code+Dictionary](https://kb.uconn.edu/space/FPB/27713142882/Commodity+Code+Dictionary) .

Go to the **Shopping Home** page to start a new **Blanket Order**.

![image-20260213-164238.png](media://e5f0ea0e-c890-4088-86eb-e5c6a8f8be86)

After completing the form, click the **Add to Cart** dropdown menu to select **Add to New Cart**.

![image-20260213-164303.png](media://5cf7a9c0-b566-484d-bc94-0120dbb8902a)

Please be sure that you change the accounting date in the *General* section of the requisition to July 1st of the new fiscal year.

![image-20260213-164616.png](media://250a468a-0210-4db2-9fd3-1605fb0296cf)

If you put an end date in the Product Description, be sure to update end date to the end to the end of the next fiscal year June 30th.

![image-20260213-164947.png](media://927b2ccd-7b97-4c95-b6ef-63421b93602d)

Requisitions with the accounting date set to July 1, of the new fiscal year, or after, will be processed, held in a queue, and PO’s will be released to the vendor in the last part of June to be ready for use on July 1. 

**In this example, the cart name should read **<u>**FY27**</u>

If you are creating a new PO to replace the previous FY PO, please put the old PO number in the cart name after the FY27.  **Example:  *****FY27-PO#123456***

![image-20260213-165232.png](media://863e76e7-2b02-484f-9239-8c992a82c90c)