• IHL Board Policy #707 makes clear that no one other than the IHL Board, the Institutional Executive Officers, and those MSU officials to whom contract signature authority has been specifically granted in writing by the MSU President, are authorized to sign any contract, of any type, on behalf of MSU.

  See https://legal.msstate.edu/legal/contracts.php for more information.

Revenue Generating Contracts are reviewed and negotiated by OSP. Purchasing Contracts are reviewed and negotiated by OCA. The MSU Foundation should be contacted if the proposal will be seeking funding from another foundation.

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• To amend and/or extend a contract that was processed originally in Bully Buy, please submit a new contract request with a contract type of “Amendment.” The Parent Contract number should be the number of the original contract that is being amended.
• If the contract was not processed originally in Bully Buy, please contact OCA and we will enter the original contract in Bully Buy for it to be amended. 

Users will have access to view all of their contract requests from the Bully Buy home page.  From there, you will be able to see where your request is in the process. If the contract needs to be expedited, please contact OCA.

Once the contract has been signed, you will receive a copy by email. You can also download the signed agreement from the Bully Buy contract record.

You will be notified by email when your contract is complete.  You will also be able to access it from the Bully Buy home page.

It is our goal to process your contracts quickly and efficiently. However, it may take longer to review more complex contracts, and time must be allowed for negotiating terms if necessary.  Please submit your contracts as soon as possible to allow plenty of time for processing.