As of 5/2024, Costco is no longer accepting new accounts for UCSB departments. However, you can use the FlexCard for your membership fee and non-food/beverage purchases (food purchases can only be paid for with the Corp Card).
Costco does not allow accounts in the UCSB or UCSB department name; rather they must be in the individual’s name.
For those departments “grandfathered” in with existing accounts, they are still accepting Walk In Purchase Orders as follows:
- Costco has agreed to honor the 2014 UCSB Master Contract with Costco for any department that currently has an account.
- UCSB limits the membership to the Business card priced at $60. Executive Memberships are NOT allowed.
- Memberships are restricted to up to 6 cards per account ($60 per group of 2 cards).
- Only Walk-In PO's in Gateway can be used, or the FlexCard. If using a PO, print out your Walk-In PO before going to Costco.
- Take your printed out Walk-In PO to the Membership counter, and walk away with your product(s). Costco will provide you with an Invoice.
- To pay invoices, please write your Gateway Walk-In PO # on the invoice, and send the product invoices to invoicesONLY@bfs.ucsb.edu.
- Membership invoices ($60) can be paid on the FlexCard or processed on a Payment Request for Memberships directly to Accounts Payable.