Purchasing & Procurement

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Updates from the UCSF Anchor Institution Initiative on AAPI Heritage Month and the first UCSF Pre-Design Supplier Diversity Forum.

May 11, 2021


A few reminders from Accounts Payable on Transcepta invoicing, buying goods and services, and using the Payment Request Form.

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. 

May 11, 2021


Supply Chain Management is delighted to announce the availability of a Workspace Facilities by Office Depot punch-out catalog in BearBuy.

April 2, 2021


BearBuy production downtime will take place between Friday, April 9 at 6 p.m through Sunday, April 11 at 9 a.m. to upgrade from release version 20.3 to 21.1. To avoid delays, please compete all BearBuy requests prior to the system maintenance. BearBuy will be available on Monday, April 12. 

April 2, 2021


BearBuy will be updated with a new user interface that streamlines, simplifies and modernizes the user shopping experience and interface and document layouts.

April 2, 2021


To continue our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion we are sharing a recent experience UCSF had with local business owner, Diana Sison of Little Skillet. The restaurant is one of our recent additions to the America To-Go Supplier Diversity Program.

March 11, 2021


SCM Strategic Sourcing collaborated with America to Go to create a new landing page that highlights how catering shoppers are using their money.

March 11, 2021


Jaggaer, the supplier of BearBuy, will be implementing a new user experience (UX) with the 21.1 release which will go live Monday, April 12. 

March 11, 2021


Supply Chain Management announces two new Hosted Catalogs in BearBuy: Controlco and Microbiz Security Company.

March 11, 2021

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