3.14 Vendors on Campus
I. Purpose
To establish guidelines for inviting vendors or organizations on campus.
II. Scope
This policy covers vendors and organizations invited by student clubs and organizations.
III. General
The sponsoring student club or organization will:
- be responsible for the invited business/organization/vendor providing at least one student club
or organization representative to oversee the business/organization/vendor while on College
property. - complete all necessary paperwork with the Director, Student Life Programs;
- explain and enforce all pertinent Bucks County Community College policies and procedures.
IV. Procedures
President, February 1, 2016
V. Approval
President, February 1, 2016
VI. Responsibility
Student clubs and organizations may invite and sponsor organizations and vendors to solicit on Bucks County Community College campuses with prior permission from the Director, Student Life Programs. In some cases the President’s Cabinet may need to review and approve the request. If the outside company or vendor will be soliciting for profit (ticket sales, merchandise sales, etc.), they will agree to relinquish 10% of each day’s profits to the sponsoring student club or organization.
Bucks County Community College prohibits solicitation by any business, organization, or vendor whose intention is to sell products, register, or establish contracts with Bucks County Community College students, faculty, or staff on any Bucks County Community College campus or site, as described below. These include, but are not limited to, credit card companies, cellular phone companies, banks, and other vendors. For-profit vendors whose solicitations are directed at individuals may only operate on campus in support of student club and organization fundraising events; vendors sponsoring a college event are exempt.
A student club or organization may not sponsor businesses that:
- solicit the sale of credit cards, cellular phones, banking products, tobacco products or alcohol or;
- promote the use or sale of illegal substances, or any other product that the College deems
inappropriate for Bucks County Community College.