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2024

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  • Procurement Services Office Hours
  • Department Buyer Training Sessions
  • Tracking of Aging POs
  • Update on the E2E Procurement Process
  • Supplier Showcase Update
  • B&H Photo Contract Migration
  • Vector Laboratories - New Hosted Catalog
  • Airgas USA - Account Number Required on UCIBuy POs
  • Request an Airgas Account Number within UCIBuy
  • Takara Bio Hosted Catalog Contract Updates
  • New Events and Venue Agreements Page
  • PALCard Tips and Reminders
  • FY 2024 Asset Inventory Certification Document (AICD)
  • Addressing Small Business First
  • Sustainable Procurement
  • Training & Workshop Requests

2023

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  • Procurement Services New Mailing Address
  • Department Buyer Training Sessions
  • Campus AP Billing Address Change
  • New ODP Representatives
  • Vendor Name Update
  • PALCard Pickup
  • ODP PALCard Account
  • Contract Managers, Cardholders and Reconcilers Update
  • Gift Cards and Gifts
  • FY 2024 Asset Inventory Certification Document (AICD)
  • It's Awards Season
  • Small Business First Tools & Resources
  • Sustainable Procurement
  • Training & Workshop Requests

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  • Department Buyer Training Sessions
  • POA - PO Amendment Best Practice
  • ODP Email Domain Update
  • UCIBuy Updates and Announcements
  • PALCard Pickup
  • Reminder: Transactions Restricted
  • FedEx Office - Printing Services
  • CDW-G Apple Website
  • Federal Export Laws and University Requirements
  • Updated Purchase Agreement Templates
  • Detailed Information Required for Low-Risk Procurements
  • New Team Members
  • Asset Updates
  • Small Business Stars
  • Sustainable Procurement
  • Training & Workshop Requests

2022

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  • 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

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  • Department Buyer Training Sessions
  • UCIBuy Updates & Announcements
  • New Sales & Services Agreement Template
  • Campus Events Review
  • Campus Department Responsibility
  • Reconciling Auto-Approved PCDO Transactions
  • Surplus Pickup & Peter's Exchange
  • Small Business First Tools & Resources
  • ECOBuy Selections in UCIBuy

2021

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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