Dear Campus Community,

Supply Chain Management (SCM) would like to let you know of important updates and events. 

This month's features:  

• SCM Winter Curtailment
• Reminder: Rainin Service Clinic Dates for 2025
• Bears that Buy Open Office Hours: Here to Make Purchasing BEARable
• Supplier Expo 2024 Digital Guide



If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact the BearBUY Help Desk at 510-664-9000 (options 1, 2) or bearbuyhelp@berkeley.edu for immediate assistance.

Thank you for your continued support, 

Supply Chain Management

SCM Winter Break and Curtailment

Business Services (BearBUY, Procurement, Business Contracts & Brand Protection, Property Management, and Library Bindery) will observe the winter curtailment/holiday break beginning at noon, 12/23/2024 and returning to the office on 01/06/2025.



The campus community was encouraged to submit requests for services and high-value orders (over $10,000) by 12/01/2024 for any goods or services required for research and operational continuity in December. Business Services will make every effort to complete work in the order submitted. During the curtailment period, self-service tools such as BearBUY, BETS, and BCMS will be available, although approvals will be impacted by staff availability.

Catalog orders that meet auto-approval thresholds will continue to dispatch normally in BearBUY. Orders requiring additional approval levels may be delayed based on departmental staffing levels across campus.

Emergency Life-Safety acquisitions and automatic approvals (such as catalog orders under $1,000.00) will continue to be processed over the curtailment periods.

If you have an emergency during this time, please email your assigned buyer and copy supplychain@berkeley.edu with the subject line "Emergency Acquisition" and be sure to include a description of the business need as well as a PO or Requisition Number. A buyer will contact you as soon as possible during regular business hours.

As a reminder: Only those emergencies necessary to protect the life-safety of the campus community will be processed. Departments must plan to obtain sufficient safety stock to maintain research continuity.

Please report any service issues or unscheduled downtime to bearbuyhelp@berkeley.edu. When checking Service Levels, please note a delay in turnaround time due to limited staffing.

For emergencies related to Moving Services and Property Management, please contact Eric Anglim, Director, 510-409-0044, eanglim@berkeley.edu; include a description of the emergency and return contact information.

Source: https://supplychain.berkeley.edu/news/supply-chain-management-winter-curtailment-2024

Rainin Service Clinic Dates for 2025

We are pleased to announce new dates for monthly service clinics for those who use Rainin's pipette calibration services. The first clinic for 2025 will be on January 21, 2025.

Please see the following link for the 2025 calendar: https://supplychain.berkeley.edu/bearbuy-rainin-pipette-calibration-service-clinics

Bears that Buy Open Office Hours:

Here to Make Purchasing BEARable

Please join us for our next remote office hour tomorrow, Tuesday, December 17, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.

We encourage you to submit topics of discussion and/or questions in advance in this Google form.

Just so you know – individuals from the Procurement, BearBUY Solutions, Account Payable, and BRS teams will attend to listen to your questions and provide information about purchasing at Berkeley. The Open Office Hours will be held every third Tuesday of the month from 10:00 to 10:50 a.m.

Instructions and Zoom URL:

• To attend office hours, you MUST first be signed in to your Berkeley Zoom account. Please see How to sign in to your UC Berkeley Zoom account.
• You don't need to register. Join the Bears that Buy Open Office Hours or enter the Meeting ID 98644166884 in the Zoom desktop client.

Please check out the Supplier Expo Digital Guide for more information: contract number, supplier contact information, new shopper quick reference guide, and BearBUY support/resources information.

The Supplier Expo Digital Guide will be available until February 28, 2025.