Strategic Sourcing is a systemwide procurement strategy. It takes advantage of the combined buying power of 10 UC campuses and their affiliates to cut costs for common goods and services. This approach provides better pricing, quality, and overall service. Our goal is to leverage the UC System buying power to achieve lower costs of purchasing goods and services without compromising quality or service.
How it works: For each commodity, a team of purchasing professionals from each UC campus:
- Studies the expenditures, usage rate data, life-cycle costs, targeted savings, and other factors
- Combines the data from all campuses
- Creates solicitations and/or negotiations
- Awards and issues contracts to be used by all or multiple campuses
The initiative also strives to comply with
UC Sustainability Policies and Best Practices by incorporating environmentally friendly products and services.
For all UC systemwide agreements, see the
UCOP Systemwide Agreements page. As a UC employee you can access this page and click where it reads "If you are located on campus, you may proceed to the PPP website." Once you get to the searchable database, you will be able to choose the commodity type for which you are searching from a drop down list of commodities. You do not need to enter a keyword.
Supplier Support and Contacts for UC Systemwide Agreements
If you require assistance with UC systemwide suppliers, please contact Berkeley Strategic Sourcing directly with any problems or concerns regarding supplier’s products, technical support, personnel and services. We will work with the suppliers to resolve any issues and, if necessary, initiate any escalation of systemwide agreement issues to UCOP Strategic Sourcing.