Strategic Sourcing

Stretch your department dollars by taking advantage of UC's Strategic Sourcing initiative.

Strategic Sourcing combines the buying power of all UC campuses, medical centers and labs to negotiate with suppliers.

Benefits

It benefits your department through savings in money, time, and resources:

• Products and services valued at over $50,000 and purchased through Strategic Sourcing agreements do not have to go through the competitive bid process, saving time and resources.
• Strategic Sourcing agreements provide greater savings through larger discounts.
• Marketplace, UCSD's online buying site, offers one-stop shopping via online catalogs featuring many of the goods and services negotiated through Strategic Sourcing. Those who do not yet have access to Marketplace may still take advantage of these agreements through traditional purchasing methods.
• Volume sales, generated when your department buys from Strategic Sourcing vendors, make it easier for the university to negotiate even better prices when contracts are renewed.

Current opportunities

Strategic Source commodities will be added to this page as they become available. Click the links below for current opportunities:

• Office supplies
• Laboratory supplies, chemicals, and equipment
• Maintenance, repair, and operations supplies
• Appliances
• Computers
• Janitorial supplies
• Office equipment (copiers and fax machines)
• Printers

See a current list of Strategic Sourcing agreements available on systemwide initiatives. Contact a procurement specialist for more information on a specific commodity.

Additional information

As part of its dedication to sustainability, including promoting a shift to greener markets and more environmentally friendly communities, the university will incorporate its commitment to environmentally preferable purchasing into existing Strategic Sourcing efforts.

Support for Strategic Sourcing: The University of California Office of the President gives high priority to the Strategic Sourcing initiative, and UC chancellors and vice chancellors endorse it.

For more information, see Strategic Sourcing Facts (Word file) (PDF).

Buy & Pay

Competitive Bids

• Strategic Sourcing
  • OfficeMax Office Products
• Sole Source Justification