---
type: entity
title: Referat Beschaffung
tags: [administration, procurement, university-greifswald, inventory]
related: [print-management-system, data-carrier-disposal]
created: 2026-06-30
updated: 2026-07-01
sources: ["output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_dienste_allgemein_druck_management_system_geraetestandorte.md", "output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_support_dienstleistungen_datentraegerentsorgung.md"]
---

# Referat Beschaffung

The **Referat Beschaffung** is the administrative department at the **Universität Greifswald** responsible for procurement and the management of institutional/university assets.

## Role in Hardware Lifecycle
The Referat Beschaffung is responsible for the **inventory and release** of university hardware. 

When entire computers are to be decommissioned, the Referat Beschaffung must first authorize the disposal to ensure that the university's inventory records are correctly updated. Only after this administrative release can the storage media be submitted to the [[universitatsrechenzentrum-urz]] for [[data-carrier-disposal]].

## Print Management
In the context of the [[print-management-system]], the Referat Beschaffung acts as the coordinating authority for printers that are not subject to **Central Billing**. Staff members wishing to use such devices must first clarify the usage terms with the Referat Beschaffung.