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UC Strategic Sourcing has answered your request for a comprehensive listing of Systemwide Supplier Agreements. These currently contracted supplier agreements are available for use by all University of California locations.

Check out the UC Procurement Systemwide Contract Listing landing page where you’ll find additional linked pages with listings by commodity category:

On the main landing page, you’ll also find links to UC & OMNIA Partners competitively-bid contracts and the corresponding contract launch resources in SharePoint: 

 

Leveraging UC System

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Benefits

Strategic Sourcing benefits your department through savings in money, time, and resources:

  • Federal funding agencies encourage the use of state and locally sourced agreements. Using a UCOP Agreement supplier is a valid justification for your purchase as the source selection of the Form A.
  • Products and services valued at over $100,000, and purchased through Strategic Sourcing agreements, do not have to go through the competitive bid process, saving time and money
  • Gateway, UCSB's online buying site, offers one-stop shopping via online catalogs featuring many of the goods and services negotiated through Strategic Sourcing contracts
  • Volume sales, generated when your department buys from Strategic Sourcing suppliers, make it easier for the University to negotiate even better prices when contracts are renewed
  • Focuses on the total cost of ownership, not just the purchase price: free shipping, free returns, warranties, and excellent customer service
  • These vendors have agreed to, and signed common UC Terms and Conditions to protect us from any unforeseen issues that non-catalog vendors may present, such as no returns, unexpected or high shipping fees, no warranty, distributor fees, etc.

Six Ways

Six Ways - strategic sourcing is different from traditional measures:

  • 1. Total Cost, Not Just Purchase Price: From stor­age to repairs to disposal costs, there is more to a product or service than its sticker price. 
  • 2. Data Driven Analysis: Strategic sourcing promotes the analysis of data aimed at determining the University’s needs and past purchasing history. Through this data, as opposed to anecdotal infor­mation, UC more clearly understands the nature of its businesses and the products and services that it purchases.
  • 3. Consolidating Purchasing Power: By leverag­ing the buying power of all UC locations, strategic sourcing creates strength in negotiating contracts that combine purchases from all locations. These contracts allow UC to get the best combination of pricing, quality of product and service.
  • 4. Tighter Supplier Relationships: By narrow­ing the number of suppliers used in the business, “partnering” in alliances, and entering into mutually beneficial contracts, UC and its suppliers can work together to achieve standardization and improve­ments in cost, quality, and higher levels of custom­er-based service.
  • 5. Realigned Business Processes: Strategic sourc­ing redesigns the work and information flow to eliminate redundancies and extraneous tasks.
  • 6. Improved Teamwork and Purchasing Skills: Detailed information about products and the buyers’ and sellers’ needs is essential to strategic sourcing. By creating cross-functional teams, a supplier can overcome organizational barriers and inspire