FOOD SERVICE DISTRIBUTORS
This vendor type will typically only be used for vendors within the University's Dining Services Department and The Inn.
Food Services Distributors deliver bulk food and/ or beverage to be used and/ or sold by the University's Dining Services Department and The Inn.
The Food Service Distributor is required to provide an insurance certificate evidencing the below insurance requirements and the signed Food Service Distributors Statement of Responsibility prior to providing services and/ or products to the University. If the Food Service Distributor is a new vendor to the University, the Food Service Distributor will upload the insurance certificate and Food Service Distributors Statement of Responsibility into PaymentWorks as part of the onboarding process.
INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS
¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥ University listed as the certificate holder (¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥ University, Attn: Insurance and Risk Management, 800 Lancaster Avenue, ¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥, PA 19085)
¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥ University named as additional insured
General Liability: $3,000,000 each occurrence
Automobile Liability: $3,000,000 each accident
The General Liability and Automobile Liability limits may be met via an Umbrella/ Excess Liability policy.
 Workers Compensation: Statutory*
Employers Liability: $100,000/ $500,000/ $100,000*
*If Vendor is a sole proprietor or otherwise not required by law to carry workers compensation/ employers liability, these requirements are waived as long as the Vendor attests in writing that those providing services on ¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥'s campus carry health insurance.
If your maximum limits do not meet the above required limits, please provide a certificate evidencing your maximum limits and advise that these are your maximum limits. It is recognized that certain small vendors, contractors, or groups may not meet ¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥ University’s standard insurance requirement limits. In those cases, a request for an exception may be made to the Insurance and Risk Management Department. However, no exceptions to the limits outlined above are permitted without the approval of the Insurance and Risk Management Department.
Note: The above insurance requirements apply to the Vendor, as well as all subcontractors hired by the Vendor to provide services and/or products to ¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥ University.
AGREEMENT
The Statement of Responsibility will apply to all services and/ or products Food Service Distributor provides to ¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥.
Payment Information
- ¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥ University has partnered with PaymentWorks to handle all onboarding of all new Payees. PaymentWorks is a cloud-based software that is free of charge to our Payees. This software lets you enter all your information about your company or as an individual and allows this information to be reviewed quickly and efficiently by the University. This also helps reduce the risk of fraud for both the University and the Payee by ensuring information is accurate and verified as required. Updating your information is done quickly as you can request all updates through PaymentWorks as well. Payees will also be able to monitor their invoices and see exactly when their payments will be processed for payment. Once set-up in PaymentWorks, you will be able to link to other Universities and companies that already use this system for their vendor management.
- Payees must receive an invitation from ¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥ University in order to become an approved Payee within our purchase order and payment system. This invitation must be initiated by a University Department. Please be sure to fill out your information in PaymentWorks correctly and accurately to avoid any delays in your onboarding process with ¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥ University. Payees that require picking a Vendor Type Classification Code should refer to the Vendor Classification Guide to help you choose the correct information to provide in PaymentWorks. Choosing the correct Vendor type helps the University identify insurance requirements as well as other documentation that needs to be provided as part of your on-boarding process.
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- Questions can be sent directly to Procurement or by contacting PaymentWorks.
- All vendors must follow the Invoice Processing Procedures to ensure timely payment.
- The University will not issue any purchase orders or release any payments to the vendor until these forms are received by the Procurement Office.
- All Vendor must comply with our Procurement Office Terms and Conditions.
- Questions regarding any of these forms can be directed to Procurement.
Please review ¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥'s Updated Purchase Order Terms and Conditions (2017).
1099-MISC Pennsylvania Tax Information
Beginning January 1, 2018, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue now requires that payments of Pennsylvania source non-employee compensation or business income to a non-resident individual or disregarded entity that has a non-resident member and is reported on a 1099-MISC, have withheld from such payments an amount equal to the tax rate specified at 72 P.S. § 7302 (which is currently 3.07%). Effective June 26, 2018, ¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥ University will withhold and remit income tax from all payments made if the vendor meets the above stated requirements. A Form 1099-MISC will also be filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue noting the full year’s Pennsylvania source non-employee compensation or business income earned and any tax withheld and remitted to the State.
More information about these changes can be found here. All questions regarding this tax should be addressed by your accountant, or you can contact the PA Department of Revenue.
1099-MISC/REV-1832
The 1099-MISC Withholding Exemption Certificate should be filled out if you are EXEMPT from Pennsylvania's 1099-MISC withholding. Once the form has been completed, please send it to procurement@villanova.edu.
Or mail to:
¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥ University
Procurement Office
789 E. Lancaster Ave.
¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥, PA 19085
¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥ FEIN: 23-1352688
Notices
If any of your employees will be on ¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥ campus and have direct contact with minors, you must ensure that the Reporting and Clearance Amendment is completed an on file at ¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥ Procurement Office.
This company and its principles:
- Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from a covered transaction by any Federal Department or Agency.
- Have not within a three-year period preceding the effective date of this agreement convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining,attempting to obtain, or performing public (Federal, State or Local) transaction or contract under a public transaction; violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery,bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property.
- Are not presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity (Federal, State or Local) with commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (b) herein; Have not within a three-year period preceding this application/proposal had one or more public transactions (Federal, State or Local) terminated for cause or default.
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