Our Strategic Sourcing Team works to proactively identify suppliers and implement master contracts for frequently purchased commodities by working with the UC System Wide Sourcing Centers of Excellence and leveraging GPO partnerships. In close coordination with our eCommerce Team, those contracts with sufficient transaction volume and spend to support automated catalog connections through BobcatBuy/Oracle are enabled as catalog suppliers.
Life Sciences/Lab Supplies
Supplier
Available Purchase Categories
Airgas USA, LLC
Compressed gas
Bio Rad Laboratories
Reagents and research supplies
Dharmacon Inc.
Research and applied markets; Dharmacon; HyClone; services; cell analysis; cell therapy and bioprocesses
Fisher Scientific Company LLC
Lab equipment and lab supplies
Medline Industries Inc.
Medical supplies
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation
Lab materials, technologies and services for research and bioproduction (Oligo)
New England Biolabs
Discovery and development of molecular biology reagents
Praxair Distribution Inc.
Compress gas
Qiagen
Sample ASSAY technologies for molecular diagnostics, applied testing, academic and pharmaceutical
Spectrum Laboratory Products Inc.
Chemicals, lab supplies, lab equipment and lab safety items
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Asheville) LLC
Scientific equipment: microscopes, etc.
VWR International Inc.
Lab equipment and supplies
Office Supplies and Miscellaneous Goods
Supplier
Description
Office Depot
Office supplies and miscellaneous goods
Maintenance, Repair and Operations Supplies and Equipment
Supplier
Description
Fastenal Company
Industrial and Safety Supplies - Maintenance Repair and Operation Supplies (MRO)
W.W. Grainger Inc.
Industrial and Safety Supplies - Maintenance Repair and Operation Supplies (MRO)
Graybar Electrical
Electrical, Lighting, Data Communications and Security Products and Related Products, Services and Solutions
Waxie Enterprises
Janitorial and Sanitary Supplies - Maintenance Repair and Operation Supplies (MRO)
HD Supply Facilities
Industrial and Safety Supplies - Maintenance Repair and Operation Supplies (MRO)
Anixter
Cabling and Networking Products and Solutions, Security System Services
Information Technology and Related
Supplier
Description
CDW Government (HP and Apple Products)
Laptops (HP and Apple), IT Peripherals
Dell Marketing
Laptops, Desktops, Peripherals, Servers, Storage
B&H Photo
Photography, Pro Video, TVs and Entertainment, Surveillance, Optics
Lenovo
Laptops, Desktops, Servers, Storage
Furniture
Supplier
Description
Tangram
Approved Workstations, Seating for General use and other approved furniture. All furniture purchases require Space Planning approval and requested items are routed to them automatically. We suggest you reach out to Space Planning in advance of requesting a purchase to discuss options.
Other
Supplier
Description
Amazon Business
One-time purchases of items not available through other commodity-specific catalogs and contracts.
