QMUL Procurement Process checklist

You have been directed here because you completed the full HMRC Employment Status Indicator (ESI) questionnaire, with the outcome being that the person you are looking to engage is classed as self-employed.

Please refer to the following checklists to ensure you provide all relevant information when:

• requesting an individual to be set up as a new supplier with a self-employed status
• when raising a requisition for a supplier with self-employed status

You can find further information about QMUL's Procurement procedures here.

Please send all new supplier requests to Chris Hallahan, Procurement Team, Room W117, Queens’ Building, Mile End Campus, London E1 4NS. finance-procurement@qmul.ac.uk

QMUL Procurement checklist

Requesting a new supplier to be set up on Agresso with self-employed status

Please include the following documentation:

• Copy of completed HMRC ESI questionnaire showing all the 'Enquiry Details' screens with the answers provided to each question and the 'ESI Result.
• Supplier contact and bank details supported by documentation received from supplier on letter headed paper (refer to NSF Guidance Notes for further information).

Raising a purchase requisition on Agresso for a self-employed supplier

Please ensure you attach the following documentation to the requisition:

• Quotes received as part of the procurement process (if applicable in line with the QMUL Procurement procedures) http://qm-web.finance.qmul.ac.uk/purchasing/index.html
• Copy of "Contract For Service" signed by an authorised QMUL representative (in line with the Scheme of Delegation of Financial Authority) and the supplier when the contract is awarded attach to Purchase Requisition
• Contract Template for Self Employed Individuals 

If you have any queries about the Procurement process including requesting a new supplier, please contact a member of the Procurement Team.