Hazardous Material Procurement

Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) works with Procurement Services on purchases of lab materials and equipment.  University policy requires all chemical, biological, and gas purchases be completed in TechBuy and for review and approval by EHS personnel. This allows EHS to integrate federal, state, local, and institutional regulations into procurement ensuring only authorized individuals are purchasing hazardous materials.  Chemicals (7C0061), biologicals (7C0062), and gases (7C0031) must be coded appropriately to ensure proper routing and reporting for the University.

Chemicals for academic spaces are inventoried through the Chemical Gateway system. Biologicals and gases are delivered directly to the department by the Vendor's carrier, Central Warehouse personnel, or the vendor (gases only). Some materials require review and approval by a Institutional Responsible Research Committee before acquisition. All materials require current safety training for the Principal Investigator and a current RRAMP Risk Assessment.

Orders in TechBuy

Hazardous chemical purchases must be shipped to the Central Warehouse so they can be barcoded by EHS personnel, which then deliver the chemicals to pickup locations in each building. These orders also require the researcher to indicate the lab space in which the items will be stored in the internal notes.  The address for the Central Warehouse is below for your reference.  It can also be located in TechBuy by searching 

TTU Central Warehouse
604 N Knoxville Ave.
Lubbock, TX 79415

Chemical, Biological and Gas Procurement Guide (Updated document coming soon!)

Orders on the PCard

It is a violation of the PCard guidelines to purchase chemicals, biologicals, or gases on the PCard.  However, EHS and Procurment understand that there are instances where this may be unavoidable.  In these rare cases, you must justify why the purchase must be on a PCard and receive approval from both EHS and the PCard office prior to making your purchase.  Email your justifcation and request to ehs.lab.safety@ttu.edu and purchasing.pcard@ttu.edu.