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Agreements - PS
February 28, 2024
IT Consulting UC-Wide Agreements
SWP launches 12 new systemwide strategic agreements with top-tier IT Consulting firms.
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Procurement
July 03, 2024
Procurement Dashboard Enables Better Outcomes
The UC Procurement Dashboard enables data-driven decision-making and is crucial to ensure more efficient and effective procurement operations.
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Agreement - Food
April 18, 2024
Riverside's Chef Tye Nielsen represents UC in Culinary Challenge
Congratulations to Chef Tye Nielsen, University of California - Riverside, for being selected for the National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS) Culinary Challenge.
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Agreement - Food
March 08, 2024
Regenerative Beef Gets a Boost from California Universities
The UC system uses its purchasing power to buy grass-fed meat from local ranchers for its 10 universities and five medical centers.
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Procurement
January 25, 2024
UC Procurement in the News
UC Procurement outlines risks to medicine and research as helium supplies dwindle and the US helium stockpile is sold to a private gas supplier.
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Procurement
December 01, 2023
Check Out What Happened at CHEC
UC Procurement (SWP and UCSD) took home three awards at the CHEC Conference in late November at UCLA.
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Procurement
September 22, 2023
Changing the Microscope Purchasing Game
Since implementing the UC-wide microscope agreements in Spring 2023, microscope purchases are going from quote to PO in two days!
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Procurement
September 22, 2023
New Digital Home for UC Procurement
UC Procurement launching new website uniting five different sites into one resource.
Procurement
September 22, 2023
Creating a Sustainable Food Supply
How UC can achieve economic, ecological and health goals by developing a supply chain of high-quality regional meats using regenerative practices and creating a regenerative agriculture movement across California.
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Procurement
February 25, 2021
Covered Services: Year One Done
One year ago, UC began implementing Regents Policy 5402 (Policy Generally Prohibiting Contracting for Services), and reached collective bargaining agreements with AFSCME (Association of Federal, State, County, and Municipal Employees) bargaining units.