As you may be aware, the President announced significant tariffs that will affect nearly all trading partners.
This development is expected to create substantial challenges for our procurement operations, including potential cancellations of purchase order requests and demands for renegotiation of pricing terms.
In light of this uncertainty, it is imperative that we take proactive measures to mitigate disruptions.
Some parts of the campus are still working remotely and some research-related facilities are still operating at lower levels.
UPDATE! As of July 25, 2023, Teamsters have reached tentative agreement with UPS for a new 5-year contract.
Many parts of the campus are operating on minimal staffing or working remotely. Also, many research-related facilities are still operating, but at lower levels.
Please click the following link to see the UC Berkeley Open Buildings list for open receiving docks with contact information and operational hours: https://supplychain.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/ucb_open_build_-_02_23_2022.pdf
To support the health and well-being of our UC community during the combined COVID-19 epidemic and 2020-2021 flu season, the University of California issued a systemwide executive order requiring that, effective November 1, 2020, all UC students and employees who are required or wish to access University premises must first receive a flu vaccine, subject to an approved exemption or accommodation. More information is available on UCnet's new
New inventory of KN95 and disposable 3 ply masks available. Please visit your Amazon Business Account to place orders.
In efforts of minimizing non-essential purchase order shipments to the University’s receiving areas and closed buildings, departments are urged to cancel open purchase orders for non-essential items that have been placed within the last 60 days by Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Please notify suppliers of your cancellations
If you are unsure whether your orders are essential or not, please see the following list that defines essential purchase orders below:
Many commonly purchased supplies are on backorder and have limited availability, including:
Where possible, items in BearBuy may have been flagged as LIMITED AVAILABILITY or in a few cases, the entire Supplier's catalog has been marked as Check for Availability.
Please see our newsletter on the following topics regarding SCM Coronavirus updates:
