EARLY ORDERING FY21

IMPORTANT NOTE: Early Ordering this year is limited to DMM Warehouse items ONLY!

Due to COVID 19 restrictions, delivery of orders is subject to the accessibility of school locations. 

 

 BACK by POPULAR DEMAND! 

A SUMMER 2020 OFFER from COPY-PLUS!

Click here to view our NEW limited time offer to get COLOR COPIES for instructional materials! 


FY21 - Hot Early Ordering Links

Welcome Memo 

Schedule PDO dates--help with Early Ordering

Early Ordering Reminders and Checking Out in FMS

FY21 - General Topics

Auto Delivery Supply List  

Bookbinding Services  

Contract Summaries (Bids)

 
Magazine and Newspaper Ordering (under construction! Please check back for updated information.)
 

Textbooks, Reading & Instructional Materials  

Warehouse Catalog (Excel version). Search and sort with links to images.

***NOTE: Warehouse catalog prices may be lower than pricing displayed in FMS in some cases. Please use FMS pricing as the correct pricing as you budget for your purchases.***

Warehouse Catalog Illustrated (searchable with images) - under construction!

Water Cooler Rental & Bottled Water  

 

FY21 - Non-Catalog Requests (NCR)

NCR: Categories

NCR: Billed by US $

NCR: Goods & Items

NCR: Instructional Materials, Books, Multimedia

NCR: Videos, DVDs, Audio Book/Play Away

 

FY21 - Resources

Many guides and tutorials for ordering through FMS are available on the Financial Management System web site.

Need help with Excel files and catalogs? Check out this quick tutorial on Working with Excel Files.

Adding Attachments to a Requisition

Early Ordering Checklist: Best Practices for Schools (by Debbie Camp) 

FMS Responsibilities Access Request Form

School Activity Codes

Summer 2020 Surplus Pick-up Schedule  (Subject to change based on school accessibility due to COVID 19.)

Summer Unpacking Assistance Schedule for elementary schools (NOT YET AVAILABLE--to be determined based on COVID 19 restrictions and school access.)    

Transfer Funds to Blue Bag Postage  

****IMPORTANT UPDATE: The last date to process an approved JV transfer into, or out of, your Blue Bag account has been extended to Monday, June 8, 2020. Surplus funds in your Blue Bag account can only be tranferred back to the funding account from which they were drawn. You cannot do a JV transfer into an IAF account. ****

Using Contract Summaries to Search FMS

Understanding FMS Account Numbers

Understanding FMS Purchase Orders

 

Contacts

See the left side of this page for links to the Department of Materials Management

Procurement Unit

Account/Billing Questions

Financial Management System

MCPS Help Desk

Technology Products