Office of Purchasing Services
W-600 Wyman Park Building
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore MD 21218-2695
(410) 516-8383 / Fax (410) 516-7262
www.jhu.edu/~purchasing/ |
| May 24, 2002 |
| To: |
Homewood Campus Faculty and Staff |
| From: |
Paul N. Beyer, Director of Purchasing |
| Subject: |
Homewood Campus Receiving Procedures |
In accordance with the University's plan to reduce vehicular
traffic on the Homewood campus, effective June 10, 2002, a
Central Receiving Station will begin operation. This facility
will serve as the primary receiving point for supplies and
equipment delivered to the Homewood campus. The Receiving
Station shall operate Monday-Friday from 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Except as noted below, deliveries for departments and offices
located on the Homewood campus, should be addressed as
follows:
Name of Recipient
Room Number/Building of Recipient
Johns Hopkins Homewood Receiving
3001 Remington Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21211
Receiving Station personnel shall receive and deliver all goods
received to departments and offices located on campus. All goods
received by 3:00 p.m. shall be delivered the same day.
Exceptions
1. Departments and offices located in the Alumni Memorial
Residences, Athletic Center, Bloomberg Center, all offices and
departments on the east side of Charles Street, Olin Hall, ROTC,
Wolman Hall, and Wyman Park Building shall continue to receive
deliveries directly from vendors, and should continue to use
current delivery addresses.
2. The following deliveries shall continue to be made
directly to campus. Orders for these items and services should
continue to be addressed directly to the appropriate campus
delivery location.
Deliveries from Office Depot
Laboratory gases
Bottled water
Dry Ice
Overnight express delivery packages (before 10:30 a.m.) from
FedEx, UPS, and DHL
Large equipment
Rental furniture and equipment
Animals
Food and beverages
Facilities management supplies
Access to campus by large delivery trucks will be restricted.
Deliveries of large, heavy pieces of equipment, furniture, etc.,
shall be scheduled in advance. Purchasing Services and the
Security office shall coordinate the delivery of such items with
vendors and campus departments and offices.
Arrangements for the outbound shipping of material, other than
those being shipped via overnight express delivery, may be
arranged by contacting the Central Receiving Station. Receiving
Station personnel shall collect and ship out the material.
A Material Return Request form should be completed and provided
to Receiving Station personnel along with the item(s) to be
shipped out. Material cannot be shipped without a completed
Material Return Request form. Copies of the form may be
obtained from the Central Receiving Station, or the University
Supply Store located in Mudd Hall.
NOTICE: A Town Hall meeting to discuss campus receiving
procedures will be held on Friday, May 31st, from 10:30 a.m.
until noon in Shaffer Hall, Room 3. Please attend the meeting to
ask questions, and learn more about campus receiving
procedures.
For additional information regarding campus receiving procedures,
please contact:
Mr. Gary Cartwright, Homewood Manager of Stores and
Receiving - 410.516.7028
Ms. Judy Zimmer, Associate Director of Purchasing Services
- 410.516.8383
Mr. Neil Blackmon, Homewood Shipping/Receiving Coordinator -
410.516.6169
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