Capital Requests

What qualifies as a “Capital” request?
Generally, anything over $1,500 with a life of greater than one year qualifies as a capital request and requires a different process than purchasing goods and services. However, there are exceptions to this rule. If you have questions on whether or not your request qualifies as “capital”, please contact Mike Meisel at mmeisel@umm.edu or by phone at 410-328-0825.
How do I purchase capital equipment?

For UMMC Clinical Equipment Capital Requests: Clinical staff should notify their manager or director of any requests for clinical equipment. The manager or director should filter this request to the Clinical Engineering (CE) team for an assessment. The Clinical Engineering team will help identify the validity of the request and if deemed valid, will take care of submitting a capital request. If the request has been approved by Clinical Engineering, that CE team will fill out the Equipment Capital Request Form and submit that form for processing. Contact Clinical Engineering at clinicalequipment@umm.edu or Support Operations Service Center at 410-328-5174.

For UMMC Facilities Capital Requests: If you have a request related to facilities, please contact Linda Whitmore’s team for an assessment. Linda’s team will help identify the validity of the request and if deemed valid, will take care of submitting a capital request. If the request has been approved by Linda’s team, Linda’s team will fill out the Facilities Capital Request Form and submit that form for processing. Contact Facilities at 410-328-5174.
For UMMC IT Capital Requests: Smaller requests such as a computer, printer, etc. should be made to your manager or director. That manager or director should contact the IT team for an assessment. IT will perform an assessment and inform you of the next steps. For larger requests, an IT Steering Committee reviews all major requests. Please contact Mike Meisel at mmeisel@umm.edu or by phone at 410-328-0825 to find out how to get your request on the agenda to present at this committee. If the request has been approved by IT, please fill out the IT Capital Request Form, obtain a signature from a Vice President of IT, and submit that form to Lucy Rermgosakul at lrermgosakul@umm.edu.

Capital request process at UMROI, UM Shore Medical at Easton, Dorchester, Chestertown, and UM St. Joseph Medical Center:
The capital request process at these facilities is not uniform at this time. For questions on how to submit a capital request at these facilities, please contact your Manager or Director for guidance. Most requests at these facilities require the CFOs and/or COOs signature. If your request has been authorized through the required internal processes at your facility, please fill out the Capital Request Form for your facility and obtain the necessary signatures. Once you have all the necessary signatures, please submit the form to Lucy Rermgosakul at lrermgosakul@umm.edu.

Capital request process for UM BWMC, UMMC Midtown, UM Upper Chesapeake, UM Harford Memorial and UM Charles Regional:
Contact your manager or director for guidance. Capital purchasing requests are handled at the hospital level and do not come through corporate at this point.

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