Welcome TO THE PURCHASING OFFICE
The Purchasing Office (PURO), being the University’s centralized purchasing agent, aims to provide professional and high quality services to assist users in acquiring the goods and services required, whilst ensuring compliance with the University’s Purchasing and Tendering Regulations and Procedures (PTRP). We aim to ensure public funds are properly spent and obtain goods and services at the best value for money. Customer Service and Compliance with Regulations are the core values of our office. Our motto is : Delivering high quality service whilst complying with policy.
Fraudulent emails falsely claiming to be sending from the Purchasing Office of HKUST
Recently, it has come to our attention that some suppliers received emails from anonymous domains (e.g. hkustedu.hk, hkustedu-hk.com, hkust-edu-hk.org) falsely claiming to be sending from the Purchasing Office of HKUST.
This is to inform you that these emails are suspected to be fraudulent emails for scamming activities. They are not issued by HKUST or HKUST Purchasing Office. If you receive suspicious emails claiming to be issued by HKUST, please check the domain of the email senders. Emails issued by HKUST-senders use the domain of @ust.hk.
Suspicious domains such as “hkustedu.hk”, “hkustedu-hk.com” and "hkust-edu-hk.org" do not belong to HKUST and you should be highly alerted when reading their emails.
The matter is now under investigation. Should you have any additional enquiries, please feel free to contact Purchasing Office general hotline at 2358-6406. Such information can also be found published in our official website https://puro.hkust.edu.hk/contact-us
Additional information for tackling scamming/phishing e-mails can be found via below government websites.
Anti-Deception Coordination Centre:
https://www.adcc.gov.hk/en-hk/home.html
About the “Anti-Scam Helpline”:
https://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/contact_us.html#hotlines
Latest Version of HKUST's Terms and Conditions for Suppliers
The Terms and Conditions for suppliers would be reviewed and updated from time to time. Suppliers are advised to review the most updated and relevant terms and conditions posted in the "Terms and Conditions" page under the "Suppliers" section.
Link: https://puro.hkust.edu.hk/terms-and-conditions