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2022
- Supplier Showcase
- Department Buyer Training Sessions
- PO Transmission Enhancement
- UCIBuy Updates & Announcements
- Sierra Medical Science
- New Verizon Contact
- GASB 87 Lease Review
- Asset Audit
- Small Business First Tools & Resources
- Sustainable Procurement
- Department Buyer Training Sessions
- UCIBuy Updates & Annoucements
- New Sales & Services Agreement Template
- Campus Events Review
- Campus Department Responsibility
- Reconciling Auto-Approved PCDO Transactions
- Surplus Pickup & Peter's Exchance
- Small Business First Tools & Resources
- ECOBuy Selections in UCIBuy
2021
- Procurement Services Moved
- Hazardous Materials Sign-Off Advisory
- Software Procurement
- User Interface (UX) Update
- UCIBuy Updates and Announcements
- Vendor Name Update
- Card Address Updates
- Data Disposal Day Event
- Department Buyer Training Sessions
- Training & Workshop Requests
- Sustainable Procurement
- 2020-2021 Fiscal Year-End Close Deadlines and Information
- Purchase Order Void and Close Instructions
- UCIBuy Preferred Browser
- Use Tax and GEC Instructions
- Copier Lease Payments
- FY 2022 Asset Inventory Certification Document (AICD)
- GASB 87 – Object Code for Requisition and Purchase Order
- UC Small Business First (SBF) Initiative
- Department Buyer Training Sessions
- Training & Workshop Requests
- January 26th Department Buyer Training Session
- List of Contracted Suppliers
- UCI Campus Reviewed Software List
- Neta Scientific Contract Award Revision
- UCIBuy Updates and Announcements
- How to Expedite the Contract Review Process
- Campus Department Responsibility
- Image Scanning in PCDO
- University Property Leaving Campus Form
- UC Small Business First Initiative
- Buying Green Products in UCIBuy
2020
- Training Sessions You May Have Missed
- UCIBuy Updates and Announcements
- Source Selection & Price Reasonableness Justification (SSPR) Form Reminder
- UCI's Licensing Program
- Cell Phone/Data Services Contracts
- Equipment Management Reminder: Update Assets
- UC Small Business First Initiative
- UC Sustainable Procurement: You Can Make a Difference
- Training & Workshop Requests
- Remaining Procurement Fiscal Close Deadlines
- UCIBuy High Demand Items
- CDW-G Supplier Update
- New Team Members
- Sales & Service Activities Update
- PALCard Fiscal Close Deadlines
- COVID-19 PALCard Bank Statements Downloads
- Best Practices & Reminders
- New PALCard Team Member
- Equipment Policy Updates
- Surplus Pickup
- Use of University Property, Electronic Devices Offsite
- UC Sustainable Procurement & Diversity Goals
- Training & Workshop Requests
- Procurement Services Open Forum
- New Systemwide Agreements
- Microsoft Team for Department Buyers
- Paper Grows Trees
- UCIBuy No Longer Supported by Internet Explorer Versions 6.10
- New in UCIBuy
- GE Healthcare Life Sciences Legal Entity Name Change
- Updated Contract Templates
- Best Practices & Reminders
- Managing Your Equipment Inventory
- Training or Workshop Requests
2019
- New Website - Coming Soon
- June Open Forum
- UCIBuy Supplier Pipeline
- Green Lab Programs
- Amendments for Services
- Trademarks
- UCI Stationery
- Awards, Gifts, Employee Moral and Catering Services
- Surplus Pick Up Form is Now Dynamic
- KFS 2019 Asset Inventory Certification Documents (AICD)
- Training or Workshop Requests
- 2019 Supplier Showcase Recap
- Procurement Services Open Forum
- Uniform Guidance (UG) Procurement Standards Update
- Pre-Approved Ergo Items in UCIBuy
- Updated Contract Templates
- Policy Reminders
- Regalia Policy
- Amazon Business - No personal purchases
- 2019 Asset Inventory Certification Document (AICD)
- Training or Workshop Requests
- 2019 Supplier Showcase - Register Now
- Best Practices
- Collaboration With Departmental Buyers
- Software Purchases
- UCIBuy - New Landing Page
- New Supplier: Medline
- Supplier Pipeline - Coming in the New Year
- Sustainable Procurement Policy
- Contracted Suppliers
- Updated Contract Templates
- Cell Phone Purchases and Services
- Amazon Business Migration
- B&H Photo Migration
- Peter's Exchange - Resell Surplus Property and Dispose of E-Waste Properly
- Training or Workshop Requests
2018
- Uniform Guidance-Procurement Standards
- UCI Sustainability Efforts Earn Rare Stars - Platinum Rating
- Supplier Showcase - Save the Date!
- New HIPAA and FERPA-Complaint Document Scaning Supplier - Spectrum Information Services
- UC Contracted Amazon Business Accounts
- Servey Winners
- Security Camera Purchases with PALCard
- PCDO Backup Scanning
- Dun & Bradstreet Correction
- New Agreement with Courier Graphics
- Spotlight Middle-Earth Housing Operations Team
- New in UCIBuy - Cell Signaling Technology
- Don't Let Money Walk Out The Door
- Training or Workshop Requests
- Procurement Policy BFB-BUS-43 Changes
- Save the Date!
- Reminder - Use 100% Recycled Copy Paper
- Office Depot New User Setup
- Vendor Requests
- Drone Purchases with PALCard
- New ThermoFisher Configurables Punchout
- CatUsource Tool
- Peter's Exchange
- Reminder: Update Assets
- Stop By And Say Hi
2017
- December Purchase Orders
- Updated Conflict of Interest Form
- Announcing the SMART by GEP Platform
- PALCard Office Depot Website
- New in UCIBuy : Diamond Gloves
- UCIBuy Office Depot Punchout Catalog
- Contract Process Changes
- Asset Inventory Certification Document (AICD)
- Training or Workshop Resources
- UCI Benefits FY 16/17
- First Annual Green Lab Fair
- Contract Analyst Department Assignments
- PCDO Reconciliation
- PALCard Reminders
- New in UCIBuy : IKA Works Inc.
- Freight Savings from Sigma Aldrich
- UCIMC--Now Using KFS For Asset Management
- Asset Inventory Certification Document (AICD)
- Training Resources
- Supplier Showcase Registration
- New Office Depot|Max UCI Representative
- Relocation Services
- Sustainable vs. Green Procurement
- Cyber Liability Insurance
- To Tax or Not To Tax
- Fees Allowed on PALCard
- GE Healthcare Dharmacon Update
- Product Search Tip
- Don't Let Money Walk Out the Door
- Reminder: Update Assets
- Purchase Order Amendments (POAs)
2016
- December Purchase Orders
- Nestle Water Reminder
- Supplier Showcase - Save the Date!
- Shopping at The Hill
- End-of-Year Employee Appreciation Event
- New in UCIBuy
- Hotel, Conference, Catering, and Agreements
- Managing Equipment Inventory Reminders
- Training or Workshop Requests
- New Systemwide Zoom Agreement for Video, Web and Audio Conferencing
- Fair Work/Fair Wage Increase
- UCIBuy Supplier Spotlight: WAXIE
- Apple Contact Update
- Purchasing Methods Guide & KFS Decision Tree Update
- UCIBuy Fridge Program
- Consultant Follow-on Agreements
- Updated Agreement Documents
- ThermoFisher Promotional Sale
- Save the Date!
- P200 Evolves to SC500
- Apple Discount
- UCI Bookstore Discount
- ThermoFisher Biosafety Cabinet Limited Time Offer
- Competitive Sourcing Tools
- Securing Your PALCard
- New in UCIBuy
- Reminder
- Equipment Audit
- New Online Training Coming Soon!
- Policy Updates (707-11 & 707-10)
- Purchasing Protocol Document
- Recurring Payment Reminder
- New Local Agreement (Genewiz)
- PALCard Celebrates 20 Years
- Cell Phone Purchases and Services
- UCIBuy Enablement Request
- New Contract Services Team Member
- Procedure for Employee Changes
- Save the Date (Supplier Showcase)
- 2015-16 Fiscal Year-End Close Dates
- Purchasing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
- Domestic Refrigerators/Freezers Used In Lab Environments
- Fisher Scientific TSX Ultra-Low Temperature Freezer Offer
- Procedure for Employee Changes
- UCIBuy Updates
- Performance Agreements Only Allowed on POs
- New Surplus Pick-Up Request Form
- April 13th Open Forum
- New Purchasing ZotPortal Layout
- KFS Vendor Onboarding (KVO) New URL
- Purchasing Survey Update
- Additional Charges
- Help Eliminate Use of Styrofoam Items
- Update to Contract Manager Request Form
- New Punchout Catalogs for Sigma-Aldrich and VWR
- Coming Soon to UCIBuy
- Photography Services Update
- Asset Inventory Certification Document (AICD) Update
- Peter's Exchange
- Purchase Order Amendments (POA) Instructions
2015
- KFS Vendor Onboarding (KVO) New URL
- Purchasing Survey Update
- Additional Charges
- Help Eliminate Use of Styrofoam Items
- Update to Contract Manager Request Form
- New Punchout Catalogs for Sigma-Aldrich and VWR
- Coming Soon to UCIBuy
- Photography Services Update
- Asset Inventory Certification Document (AICD) Update
- Peter's Exchange
- Purchase Order Amendments (POA) Instructions
- KFS Vendor Onboarding (KVO) New URL
- Purchasing Survey Update
- Additional Charges
- Help Eliminate Use of Styrofoam Items
- Update to Contract Manager Request Form
- New Punchout Catalogs for Sigma-Aldrich and VWR
- Coming Soon to UCIBuy
- Photography Services Update
- Asset Inventory Certification Document (AICD) Update
- Peter's Exchange
- Purchase Order Amendments (POA) Instructions
- KFS Vendor Onboarding (KVO) New URL
- Purchasing Survey Update
- Additional Charges
- Help Eliminate Use of Styrofoam Items
- Update to Contract Manager Request Form
- New Punchout Catalogs for Sigma-Aldrich and VWR
- Coming Soon to UCIBuy
- Photography Services Update
- Asset Inventory Certification Document (AICD) Update
- Peter's Exchange
- Purchase Order Amendments (POA) Instructions
- KFS Vendor Onboarding (KVO) New URL
- Purchasing Survey Update
- Additional Charges
- Help Eliminate Use of Styrofoam Items
- Update to Contract Manager Request Form
- New Punchout Catalogs for Sigma-Aldrich and VWR
- Coming Soon to UCIBuy
- Photography Services Update
- Asset Inventory Certification Document (AICD) Update
- Peter's Exchange
- Purchase Order Amendments (POA) Instructions
- KFS Vendor Onboarding (KVO) New URL
- Purchasing Survey Update
- Additional Charges
- Help Eliminate Use of Styrofoam Items
- Update to Contract Manager Request Form
- New Punchout Catalogs for Sigma-Aldrich and VWR
- Coming Soon to UCIBuy
- Photography Services Update
- Asset Inventory Certification Document (AICD) Update
- Peter's Exchange
- Purchase Order Amendments (POA) Instructions
- KFS Vendor Onboarding (KVO) New URL
- Purchasing Survey Update
- Additional Charges
- Help Eliminate Use of Styrofoam Items
- Update to Contract Manager Request Form
- New Punchout Catalogs for Sigma-Aldrich and VWR
- Coming Soon to UCIBuy
- Photography Services Update
- Asset Inventory Certification Document (AICD) Update
- Peter's Exchange
- Purchase Order Amendments (POA) Instructions