Procurement Team

Head of Procurement

Gary McKinnon
Email: g.mckinnon@abdn.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1224 27 2821

Gary heads the section and oversees the work of the team. He deals with the travel, laboratory maintenance and service contracts, and any enquiries relating to these areas should be directed to him. Gary also has to approve any orders for values greater than £100,000 (apart from building work done through Estates) and any sole supplier transaction over £25,000.

Contracts Manager

Helane Duncan
Email: h.duncan@abdn.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1224 27 3521

Helane is the Contracts Manager, responsible for supplier administration and supervising the work of the Contract Officers. She oversees all of the University Managed Contracts that Procurement is responsible for and manages the day-to-day tendering and contract activity.

Supplier Administrator

vacant
Email: Procurement@abdn.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1224 27 2824

Procurement are currently dealing with anything to do with Suppliers - from setting them up on the system, amending details of existing Suppliers, to carrying out credit checks. They also maintain the supplier information and product catalogues held for the EPS (eProcurement Scotland) purchasing system.

Contract Officers

Kamariah Ismail
Email: k.ismail@abdn.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1224 27 2010

Awo Frimpong (Maternity Leave)
Email: a.frimpong@abdn.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1224 27 4057 

Lukasz Szalasnik (Maternity Cover)
Email: l.szalasnik@abdn.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1224 27 4057 

Kamariah, Awo and Lukasz administer various contracts held by the University. Kamariah is responsible for the vehicle leases and RAC membership. Awo/Lukasz looks after the University's contract with Office Depot, who provide the University with stationery, paper and computer consumables.

Procurement Assistants

Demie Hall
Email: demie.hall@abdn.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1224 27 4467

Linda Leslie
Email: l.leslie@abdn.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1224 27 4467

Demie and Linda are the first point of contact for queries by fax, telephone, email or post and assist their colleagues with administrative tasks when required. They are also the first call for Supplier Forms, and ensure that the forms are completed correctly and assist users.