The University of Ottawa sends POs by email in one of the following ways:

• From a generic Workday email address created for the University of Ottawa with a PDF copy of the PO attached.
• From a generic uOttawa employee email address, with PDF copy of the PO attached.

The University of Ottawa now uses an optical character recognition (OCR) tool to process all supplier invoices with a PO. All PO invoices addressed to the University must be sent to [email protected]. Moreover, suppliers must send each invoice on a separate document to allow the OCR tool to correctly process each invoice. 

The University of Ottawa issues electronic payments to its suppliers. The available payment methods are:

• EFT payments - available for Canadian suppliers billing in CAD currency. 
• ACH payments - available for US suppliers billing in USD currency*.
• Wire transfer payments – available for international suppliers in any currency. The supplier’s bank account must be able to accept the currency indicated.

*If a US supplier is billing in CAD currency, they will be paid by wire transfers or EFT if they have a Canadian bank account.

Cheque payments are issued on an exceptional basis, mainly for financial institutions and government bodies. Please note that they are processed every two weeks and may require additional delivery time.

Current suppliers can submit changes through their supplier account on the Workday Strategic Sourcing (WSS) site. For first-time changes they must request an editing link by contacting[email protected].