To purchase goods or services, create a BearBuy requisition and purchase order (PO) prior to making the purchase. POs help ensure authorization, financial controls, and policy compliance. Purchasing of goods or services without using a pre-approved PO is considered unauthorized per UC Policy.
January 17, 2023
The UCOP Central Travel Office continues to promote the travel program, across all 10 UC campuses and 5 medical centers, by offering UC travelers access to many value added benefits, such as priori
January 17, 2023
As part of our ongoing BearBuy invoicing project, Supply Chain Management (SCM) has created three new web pages to assist customers and suppliers in the process.
January 17, 2023
As part of the UCSF Anchor Institution Mission and Supply Chain Man
January 17, 2023
University of California Procurement Services has a new contract with Dell to replace SHI as systemwide value-added reseller (VAR) for Microsoft, Adobe, Netskope and Microfocus software. The change will take effect on February 1, 2023.
January 11, 2023
The University of California's mileage reimbursement rates for expenses incurred in connection with the business use of a private automobile will increase in accordance with the Internal Revenue Se
December 15, 2022
During the busy holiday season, you might be tempted to have personal packages delivered to your campus location.
December 14, 2022
Southwest Airlines has notified business clients and travel management companies, including the UC Travel Center (UCTC), t
December 13, 2022
In a recent pilot program, the UCSF Anchor Institution Mission (AIM) procurement team partnered with the UCSF Office of Sustainability (OS) to secure water bottles from a woman-owned San Francisco business. Design Like Whoa, which provides sustainable, branded apparel and accessories, created 500 bottles used in a campaign to promote newly installed water-bottle fillers in UCSF buildings.
December 7, 2022
The state of Georgia has been added to the state of California's ban on state-funded travel. The prohibition was implemented as a result of discriminatory legislation signed into law this year by those states and brings the total of states banned under Assembly Bill 1887 (AB 1887) to 23.