News

July 16, 2021

On July 26, BearBuy will be updated with minor improvements to continue on the path of streamlining, simplifying and modernizing the user shopping experience.



July 16, 2021
BearBuy supplier Thermo Fisher Scientific has temporarily discontinued some chemicals and reagents. Read more to see the list of items and alternative suppliers.


July 16, 2021
An expanded Agilent product portfolio is now available to the University of California research community through Neta Scientific, Inc. See full article for more information.


July 16, 2021
BearBuy production downtime will take place between Friday, July 23, at 6 p.m. through Sunday, July 25, at 9 a.m. to upgrade from release version 21.1 to 21.2. To avoid delays, please complete all BearBuy requests prior to the system maintenance. BearBuy will be available on Monday, July 26.


June 11, 2021

In order to better track and manage our chemical and other hazardous materials purchases, three new commodity codes have been created and the existing Chemicals Commodity Code (00025 Chemicals-5220



June 11, 2021

In July, UCSF will introduce ChemCentral, a chemical management program that delivers commonly used chemicals to researchers and assists in managing inventory at safe levels.



June 11, 2021

In preparation for fiscal year end close, all BearBuy Match Exception Handlers and Voucher Approvers should approve/reject all vouchers pending in their queues.



June 2, 2021

Don't Just Think Local, Vacation Local

By Carol Tady, Communications & Customer Response Supervisor



May 17, 2021

CDW-G will be updating the punch-out catalog landing page on Wednesday, May 19. The new page will include quick links to ergonomic items, a new way to search for orders and quotes.



May 11, 2021
UCSF is changing the way third party temporary workers are ordered by departments. Currently, this is done via BearBuy in partnership with Supply Chain Management (SCM). Soon, requesting a temporary worker from an outside agency will be done using a standard form that will be routed directly to a managed service provider, Vizient. SCM Strategic Procurement will no longer be involved in this process. 


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