Chapter 2 – Fiscal Management

23010.7.2 Operating Expense Items

• Whenever possible, purchase orders shall be placed directly with the manufacturer rather than local vendors. Canteen purchasing shall be geared to take advantage of the many promotional offers and special discounts available. If minimum case requirements exceed one institution’s/facility’s needs, arrangements can be made with other institutions/facilities to split orders with the purchase orders and invoices processed by Headquarters to allocate expenditures to the participating institutions/facilities.

• Institutions/facilities are encouraged to solicit sample or promotional merchandise that can be given to the inmate population.

• Existing State contracts for items that are used to operate the institutions/facilities shall be used for purchasing IWFInmate Welfare Fund items when the prices are lower than from other resources.

• Products from the CALPIACalifornia Prison Industry Authority (formerly PIA) may be offered for sale to inmates through the canteens on the same basis as commodities purchased from commercial sources.