University of California Office of the President (UCOP) has established contracts with the following life science providers.  

• Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT): IDT develops, manufactures, and markets nucleic acid products for the life sciences industry in the areas of academic and commercial research, agriculture, medical diagnostics, and pharmaceutical development. Contract Details. 
• Pacific Biosciences: Specializes in long-read DNA sequencing technology. They sell instruments, consumables, and software for genetic analysis. Contract Details. 
• Matheson Gases: To provide gases, accessories, service agreements, maintenance, software updates, installations, and services systemwide. Gases include but are not limited to laboratory, industrial, medical, and related accessories and services. Specifically, dewars, cylinder gases (including a rental model), bulk, liquid helium, liquid nitrogen, dry ice delivery, equipment hard goods, accessories, as well as maintenance of gases for UC-owned and supplier-owned equipment in compressed and cryogenic form. Contract Details.  
• Gentinge: AB autoclaves and sterilizers: To provide equipment and maintenance services for Autoclaves/Sterilizers, washers and cage washers. Contract Details.  
• Bioneer Inc: Bioneer is a provider of oligonucleotide-based therapeutics, PCR diagnostics as well as drug screening tools. Their core competencies reside in DNA/RNA oligonucleotide synthesis chemistry, process development and instrument technology. Contract Details.  

UC contracts simplify and speed approval for purchase requisitions over $10,000 which must be reviewed by SCM Procurement. Sourcing items from these suppliers, when possible, reduces the information required to create a purchase requisition as well as the subsequent review by Buyers to generate a purchase order. The listed suppliers have competitively bid systemwide agreements with the University of California; therefore, no additional justifications are needed when submitting your requisition. 

A complete list of UC Contracts are below.   

• General Agreements 
• Life Science