What We Buy
ORAU is involved in many initiatives such as administering and/or responding to:
- Science education programs
- Student and faculty education opportunities
- Worldwide emergency response and training,
- Unique emergencies, such as terrorist attacks or radiation accidents,
- Research and training to help organizations protect the health and safety of their employees
- Environment preservation and public protection of radiological hazardous site characterization and cleanup verification
A wide variety of products and services are purchased to accomplish the goals of the prime and other contracts held by ORAU.
Purchases include but are not limited to:
- Computer hardware, software and supplies
- Electrical and electronic instruments and systems
- Mechanical equipment and supplies
- Laboratory, safety and operating products
- Environmental and waste management services
- Professional and administrative services
- Engineering support services
- Research & development
- National security operations
- Information technology
- Construction materials and services
Only ORAU procurement services staff possesses the authority to commit to purchases.
Suppliers should act only on purchase commitments made by authorized procurement services personnel.