How to Purchase a Dell Computer for UNT

Begin by checking with your departmental computer support manager or group, to ensure that you purchase the exact configuration specified for your college or department. If a specific configuration is required, follow the purchasing instructions from your computer support group.

OTHERWISE, you will have to configure your own computer by following these steps:
1. Log in to Dell's special website for UNT institutional purchases, accessible via premier.dell.com. To request a login account to UNT's Dell Premier site, please contact CITC’s Brenda Kirk (brenda.kirk@unt.edu).
2. Select a purchase method, either UNT Purchase Order or UNT P-Card credit card. (Do not order equipment for UNT with a personal credit card and seek reimbursement.) Note that Dell products purchased with an UNT Purchase Order (ePro Requisition) must be shipped to Central Receiving. Products ordered via P-Card must be shipped directly to the department.
3. Select “UNT Standard Configurations” from the tabs at the top of the web page.
4. Select a Desktop or Notebook. If desired, click on “Customize”.
5. Click on “Add to Cart”.
6. Click on “Save as eQuote”. Provide requested information and click on “Continue”. The eQuote will be emailed to you at the address provided.

NOTE: If you are ordering a large number of computers, you may want to forward your eQuote to Dell’s Eric Wippo (eric_wippo@dell.com) to find out if additional discounts are available. Eric may be able to send you an adjusted eQuote. Eric's eQuotes are not viewable at premier.dell.com, but they can be processed using the "ePro" method below.

7. E-Mail the eQuote to the purchasing person in your department. Do not re-use eQuotes for subsequent orders; they are only valid once and only until the specified date. The quantity of systems ordered must match the quantity of systems specified in the eQuote.

If ordering via ePro, proceed to step 8 below. If ordering via PCard, skip to step 108 below.

8. EPro Method: In the ePro “description” field, enter a one-line description that matches the “base unit” description in the eQuote. In the “justification” field, include
(a) Requisition prepared by [your name]
(b) Contact information: [your campus phone number]
(c) Dell Purchase; eQuote # [eQuote number] attached
(d) Purchase of [name of computer model, e.g. “Dell Latitude Notebook”] for [department name]
(e) Total amount: [amount of entire requisition]
(f) Reference DIR Contract #SDD-192
(g) Deliver to: [building and room number], Attention [person who will take delivery of equipment]

9. Attach the eQuote and submit.
10. END

108. P-Card Method: Find the eQuote in Premier.
109. Click on “Place Order"
110. Verify quantities and click on “Checkout”
111. Enter your Contact Information
112. Select your Ship To address (If your department's shipping address is not listed, email eric_wippo@dell.com or susan.pierce@unt.edu to have it added promptly).
113. Select “Treat order as tax-exempt.”
114. Enter your P-Card information; use “Purchase Order Number” to help identify this purchase on P-Card billing statement.
115. Enter the DeptID that will be used to pay for this P-Card charge click “Continue”
116. END