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UC Procurement
May 2015
Power of our collective spend
In This Issue

COE Spotlight: Life Sciences / Fisher First for UC

 

UC is leveraging the collective buying power of its 10 campuses to save more than $10 million annually on laboratory supplies through a new systemwide agreement with a major distributor!  

 

Read more here  

 

 

Bill Cooper - AVP CFO
Sponsor's Corner

 

UC Procurement Services was a major presence at this year's National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP) annual meeting Read more     

 

Bill Cooper 
Associate Vice President  & Chief Procurement Officer

Can We Talk: Spend at the Department Level


With Spend Analytics now available for all campuses, campus procurement teams have the tools to produce spend information to share with departments.  Read more

 

Todd Wirsching

Analytics Manager

UCSF/UCB welcomes Vendor Master & P-card program to the SCM team!

 

UCSF/UCB's Vendor Master and P-Card program has transitioned from Accounts Payable to Supply Chain ManagementRead more 

 

Vanessa Wong

Director of Operations & Technology 

Monthly Pipeline Meetings
   

Once a month, UC Procurement Services holds a "pipeline" web/teleconference. The focus of the discussion is review major active or planned Strategic Sourcing initiatives in a given category as well as potential opportunity areas. Read more  

 

Nik Neu  

Project Management Office


New Federal Regulations Impact  Procurement Agreements
   

Recent regulations interpret the Employer Responsibility Provisions in the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).  All UC contracts with temporary or supplemental staffing firms must contain new legal language.   Read more 

   

 

Laurie Wolkow   

Chief of Staff & Director, Program Management Office

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The next edition of the P200 newsletter will be sent in July 2015.