Purchasing

The full procurement lifecycle, with compliance built-in.

Requisitions, purchase orders, bids, contracts and procurement method compliance that doesn’t depend on your team remembering every threshold.

RequisitionsEncumbrancesBid thresholdsAudit-ready
Aclarian contract approval screen
Capabilities

What Purchasing does for your team


Aclarian tracks the full lifecycle from requisition through purchase order and contract execution. Purchasing method compliance is enforced at the request, not discovered at the audit.

01

Purchase requisitions

Create requisitions with department, project, and grant coding. Approval routing respects delegation and dollar thresholds across funds and departments.

Requisition Coding
DepartmentParks & Recreation
Project / grantPK-2026-04
Dollar thresholdWithin limit
ApprovalRouted ✓
02

Purchase orders

Convert approved requisitions to POs with encumbrance posting. POs are visible to A/P for three-way matching.

Requisition to PO
Requisitionapproved
PO 2026-114encumbrance posted
A/Pthree-way match
03

Contract approval and amendment

Manage contracts with milestone tracking, amendments, and expiration alerts. Never miss a renewal or amendment deadline.

Contract Timeline
Aclarian contract approval form with milestone tracking and amendments
04

Purchasing method configuration

Configure thresholds for small purchases, informal quotes, formal bids, and sole source with audit-ready justification capture.

Method Thresholds
Small purchaseUnder 5,000
Informal quotes5,000 – 25,000
Formal bidOver 25,000
Sole sourceJustification ✓
05

Approval workflows

Multi-level routing with full delegation rules. Department head, finance director, city manager, council — whichever approval path your policy requires.

Approval Path
Dept headapproved
Finance Directorapproved
Councilfinal
AI in Purchasing

AI suggests, you decide


Attach the bid responses to a requisition. The system checks them against your Purchasing policy and flags the missing W-9 before you route for approval.

AI

Procurement policy document review

Attach your quotes and supporting documents. The system reviews them against your Purchasing policy and flags what’s present, what’s missing, and any anomalies.

AI

Contract extraction

Upload a contract and the system pulls key fields — dates, amounts, vendor, terms — and generates a plain-English summary you can review in a minute.

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