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Shipping Animals
Animal Billing recommends that the UW Department use the Off Campus Customer’s Courier Account for shipping. This is one less item to track.

If you will be using Comparative Medicine’s account with the courier, please complete the Outgoing Shipment Request Form and send via email to billing@uw.edu.
Off Campus Customer paying for expenses:
There are two options:
(Option A) Comparative Medicine responsible for billing to Off Campus Customer

 

Use this process if you want the Off Campus Customer to be billed for all expenses (freight, Health Certificate…), but do not want to be responsible for tracking, billing, and receivables. There is a 15.6% indirect cost that is added to the total bill on all off campus customers.
  1. Complete the Request to Setup 22-XXXX Budget Form to setup a dummy budget for the off campus customer and send via email to billing@uw.edu.
  2. Contact the courier to make shipping arrangements, when the customer is ready to receive the shipment, use the 22-XXXX budget number as a release #.
  3. If tests need to be ordered on these animals make sure to use the 22-XXXX budget assigned.
  4. At the time of any requests for this shipment, please use the 22-XXXX budget assigned.  This includes freight charges, Health Certificate, Rodent Health Monitoring Report, per diems, and tests.
(Option B) UW Department responsible for billing to Off Campus Customer
  Use this process if you want to be responsible for tracking and billing to the Off Campus Customer. If using DCM’s acct # with the courier, Comparative Medicine will bill you for all expenses.
  1. Contact the courier to make shipping arrangements, when the customer is ready to receive the shipment, use your budget number as the release #.
  2. If tests need to be ordered on these animals make sure to bill to your budget.
  3. All charges for this shipment will be billed to your budget at the time of request.  This includes: freight charges, Health Certificate, Rodent Health Monitoring Report, per diems, and tests.
  4. After completing #1 through #3, gather all documentation to use as support to bill the Off Campus Customer.
UW Department paying for expenses:
There is one option:
Comparative Medicine responsible for billing UW Department
  Use this process if the Off Campus Customer is not paying for any expenses. Comparative Medicine will bill your budget.
  1. Contact the courier to make shipping arrangements, when the customer is ready to receive the shipment, use your budget number as the release #.
  2. If tests need to be ordered on these animals make sure to bill to your budget.
  3. All charges for this shipment will be billed to your budget at the time of request.  This includes: freight charges, Health Certificate, Rodent Health Monitoring Report, per diems, and tests.



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