Tag Archive: Procurement

IT Sourcing Committee & IT Strategic Sourcing Center of Excellence wins UC Tech Yvonne Tevis UC-wide Collaboration golden award

August 15, 2023 All Articles, , , , , ,

Tom Trappler and David Wilson accepting the UC Tech Yvonne Tevis UC-wide Collaboration golden award presesnted by Van Williams, Gabriel Gonzales, and Joe Bengfort

This year, the IT Sourcing Committee & IT Strategic Sourcing Center of Excellence won UC Tech Yvonne Tevis UC-wide Collaboration golden award, presented at the UC Tech Awards ceremony at the UC Tech 2023 Conference. Learn more about their project…
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IT Sourcing Achieves $70 M in Benefit for UC

March 2, 2022 All Articles, , , , , , 1

UC Office of the President in Oakland

By Yvonne Tevis. Efforts led by UC Systemwide Procurement’s IT strategic sourcing team achieved almost $70 M in “benefit” for UC in fiscal year 2021 by negotiating contracts with suppliers. That is $25 M more than in the previous year!…
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UC Gets Discount for Microsoft Azure

November 18, 2020 All Articles, , , , , , , , 0

Microsoft Azure Logo

By Thomas Trappler. Since 2014, the UC wide agreement with Microsoft (2018.000231) has made Microsoft’s Azure products available for use under terms and conditions aligned with UC’s needs, policy, and the law. Effective July 1, 2020, as a result…
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UC Gets a Systemwide Integrated Library System

June 24, 2020 All Articles, , , , , 0

Doe Library and The Bancroft Library on the UC Berkeley campus were photographed on Aug. 9, 2019. (Photo by Violet Carter for the UC Berkeley Library)

By Bala Balakumar. The University of California recently negotiated a systemwide agreement for an integrated library system (SLIS) for all UC campus libraries. The deal is projected to provide a total financial benefit of $815,795 over three years.  Previously, each UC library had independently licensed integrated…
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Zoom Site Licenses Help UC Meet Online Demand

April 1, 2020 All Articles, , , , , , , , , 0

Illustration of a desktop computer with pop-up windows outside of the computer.

By Yvonne Tevis. To slow the spread of COVID-19, UC staff are working from home and classes are going online. Demand for remote work tools has skyrocketed. “I should have bought stock in Zoom” is a common refrain. Fortunately, the…
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UC Gets Discount for Amazon Web Services

December 11, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles, , , , , 0

Logo for Amazon Web Services (AWS).

By Thomas Trappler. Since 2013, the UC wide agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) (Agreement# UCOP-19) has made AWS products available for use under terms and conditions aligned with UC’s needs, policy, and the law. Effective October 1, 2019,…
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Backstage: How UC Got the IT Infrastructure Deals

July 24, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles, , , , , , , 0

Procurement word map with a hand appearing to write

By Yvonne Tevis. About one year ago, UC struck amazing deals with IT infrastructure companies – deals that likely will save the university up to $16M a year for five years. It’s true, UC Procurement rocks negotiation. But UC also…
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UC Gets Systemwide Agreement for Gradescope Online Grading System

June 12, 2019 All Articles, Feature Articles, , , 0

By Roshni Pratap. A new systemwide agreement is in place for Gradescope, effective April 2, 2019. What is Gradescope? Gradescope is a market leader in the digital grading space designed to make grading more consistent, fair, and efficient. Gradescope…
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