To view and order furniture products online, please visit these Web sites: Steelcase@Marketplace Preview and BKM@UCSD.

Background: If you purchase tables, chairs, file cabinets, free-standing steel or laminate desks, bookcases, paneled office systems, task chairs, or side chairs, you must place your order with Steelcase, Inc. At UCSD, Steelcase works through a local supplier, BKM. The information below explains who to contact at different stages of the purchasing process:

• Before you have a work order number: To begin a furniture project or obtain a quote, contact the Steelcase UC Services Center at (877) 722-9090. The center will assign a work order and alert a BKM representative to contact you within 24 hours.

• When you have a work order number: If you have a work order number or a quote number and have questions about your order, delivery, installation, or billing, contact the BKM UC Response Desk, (858) 569-4791.

• During the design and preparation phase: Contact BKM designers/sales directly:
  • Ginger Miner
    (858) 569-4779
  • Tina Geisler
    (858) 569-4783
  • Kim Preciado
    (858) 569-4765

For a step-by-step description of the purchasing process, please see How to Buy Furniture From Steelcase.

If you have general questions, you can visit the Steelcase Web site or contact Brant Yancey in Purchasing, (858) 534-6721.