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Three Small Businesses Added for Promotion, Marketing Needs

January 8, 2024
Small businesses play a significant role in the California economy but often face major challenges. UC's Small Business First program helps connect UC Merced with businesses that deserve our support. As of Nov. 1, 2023, UC Merced’s Procurement team, through a competitive bid process,...

New Food Ordering Process for Events

October 12, 2023
Are you in charge of ordering food for groups? There is a new process in place. On Oct. 18, 2023, UC Merced ended its relationship with catering management service America To Go. All to-go orders for food now should be entered as a CBS2 purchasing ticket or ordered directly from the food...

Mitigation Measures in Case of UPS Strike

July 14, 2023
A potentially disruptive situation is developing in which UPS delivery service workers could go on strike Aug. 1 when their contract expires. The UC system and UC Merced are taking proactive steps in an effort to maintain continuous operations. UC Merced’s Procurement team is working...

Notifications to Reconcile P-Card Transactions to Begin

February 27, 2023
Campus colleagues, This week, the Division of Finance and Administration will begin notifying Procurement Card holders who have unreconciled transactions that they are approaching or in violation of the campus P-Card policy. If you are a cardholder and have transactions more than 10 business...

Find Skilled Freelance Talent Through Upwork

September 19, 2022
UC Merced has partnered with Upwork, an online-based service that connects freelancers and clients, to assist the university with tasks and projects. Upwork's talent base of individuals and agencies can provide more than 10,000 skills, such as finance and accounting, customer support,...

Fall Semester '22 Tips & Reminders on Purchasing

August 26, 2022
As we settle into the fall semester 2022, here are some reminders and resources to help you navigate procurement at UC Merced: Automated routing for research administrator approval Delegating approval via Vacation Rule: Establish approvers in Business Process Management for a...

P-Card Updates: Transaction Workflow Changes; New Application Required from All Users

May 6, 2022
Effective immediately, all Procurement Card (P-card) transactions shall be posted in Concur within 10 business days of the transaction date. If possible, please add multiple transactions to an expense report. Effective May 9, 2022, all outstanding transactions in Concur older than 10...

Automated Routing for RA Approval on Oracle Purchase Requisitions

April 8, 2022
On Friday, April 15, the Division of Finance and Administration, along with Procurement Services, will release an update to the Oracle Purchase Requisition workflow that automates approval routing to Research Administrators (RA). The process will be like what was available on the Jaggaer Bobcat Buy...

New Payment Plus Service for Suppliers

March 3, 2022
We are pleased to inform you that UC Merced has successfully partnered with U.S. Bank to implement an important initiative to expand our commercial card program by using their Payment Plus product. This service allows for the secure delivery of automated Visa card payments to our suppliers. We...

Introducing the Small Business First Program

December 16, 2021
Dear Campus Colleagues, There are an estimated 30.2 million small businesses in the United States, including 4.1 million in California. All told, they employ nearly half of the nation’s workforce. A far-reaching program at UC Merced and the University of California will step up our support...

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