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To celebrate Women’s History Month, the UCSF Anchor Institution Initiative is highlighting the importance of supporting women-owned businesses.


March 15, 2022


On March 21 BearBuy will be updated with an improvement to the new experience view.  The 22.1 update includes the ability to Expand/Collapse line items. Expand All and Collapse All options have been added to line items on requisition, purchase order and invoice documents. 


March 15, 2022


On January 3, all One Workplace (OWP) campus deliveries transitioned to their third-party partner Corporate Interior Solutions (CIS), a small, minority-owned business.


February 14, 2022


At the end of January, Supply Chain Management (SCM) hosted two webinars in response to customer feedback requesting further guidance on subcontract invoice approvals and payment guidelines for honoraria, purchase orders, gifts and research subjects.


February 14, 2022


As you may know, Supply Chain Management (SCM) recently created a task force to examine and improve the customer experience around the invoice and payment processes. We want to once again provide an update on the group’s progress. 


February 14, 2022


On December 13, 2021 the University of California (UC) upgraded the supplier search platform, Explorer Professional, to Single Sign-On (SSO) access. Individual credentials are no longer needed, streamlining access to the database. 

January 18, 2022


As 2021 ends, we want to reflect on some of the outcomes the Anchor Institution Initiative Procurement team made toward our supplier diversity objectives. Here’s a few highlights: 


December 14, 2021


On November 15, BearBuy will be updated with more improvements to streamline, simplify, and modernize the user interface (UI) with an update to the Approvals page. Read the full article to learn more.

November 9, 2021


UCSF’s new chemical management program, ChemCentral, which launched this fall, is now available in BearBuy. Researchers in the Weill Neurosciences building can purchase chemicals through the ChemCentral link located at the top of the BearBuy home page.

November 9, 2021


Expanding Supplier Diversity Measures


November 9, 2021

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