Read "Comparison of Expenditure Allocation vs. Service Center," to learn whether you simply need to set up an Expenditure Allocation PTA. 

Once you determine that it is appropriate to set up a service center, submit Exhibit A "Request for Establishing A New Service Center" to the service center administrator.

A service center operates facilities or research labs as self-sustaining “businesses” that provide on-going products or services in support of the University’s teaching and research functions. A service center will charge you for the services provided. They must recover their operational costs annually through rate(s) to users based on an approved budget and approved rate(s). The service center uses an approved rate, by combining salary, labor and materials expenses to charge services actually provided each month.