Dear Campus Community,

Supply Chain Management (SCM) would like to inform you of important updates and events. 

This month's features:  

• Neta Scientific: Preferred Small Business Supplier for Agilent
• UPDATED! BearBUY Landing Page
• Bears that Buy Open Office Hours: Here to Make Purchasing BEARable
• Upwork Reminder



If you have any questions, please contact the BearBUY Help Desk at 

510-664-9000 (options 1, 2) or bearbuyhelp@berkeley.edu for immediate assistance.

Thank you for your continued support, 

Supply Chain Management

Neta Scientific: Preferred Small Business Supplier for Agilent

Neta Scientific and Agilent Technologies have partnered to provide most of Agilent's product line through Neta Scientific with the same low costs and delivery times as going direct. Purchasing from Neta will support contract and grant requirements to purchase from small businesses. Agilent's Seahorse line will remain available from Agilent's new and smaller direct catalog.

See the following flyer for more details: https://supplychain.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/ucop_neta_flyer_10-2021.pdf

The BearBUY landing page has had a FACELIFT to provide you with new tools to navigate across your tasks and find ways to make purchases. When you log into BearBUY today, you will notice the following NEW tiles in the left-hand column:

Guided Buying Pilot:

This is a series of dashboards to provide guidance on frequent types of purchases to support daily activities in offices, labs, buildings, IT, and event management. These dashboards are a work in progress and content will be modified continuously based on your feedback over the next several months.

My Orders and Tasks:

This is a one stop location for all of your pending tasks in BearBUY.  You will be able to see your current approvals, draft carts, requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, and know which purchase orders you need to create a receipt of a pending voucher. This section is tailored to your BearBUY profile so it will look different for each user.

Support/Training Resources:

Quick Links:

By popular demand, we have added a list of  quick links to frequently requested information and forms that support BearBUY Purchasing from Accounting, Regional Services, Risk Management, and Vendoring.

These guided dashboards will remain in a pilot rollout for the next 90 days and are intended to continually evolve in response to campus users feedback. So please do not hesitate to share your thoughts via supplychain@berkeley.edu.

Bears that Buy Open Office Hours:

Here to Make Purchasing BEARable

Please join us at our next remote office hour next Tuesday, September 19, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.!

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is pleased to announce a remote open office hour program based on the concept, Bears that Buy Open Office Hours: Here to Make Purchasing BEARable! Representatives from SCM will be on hand to listen to your questions and provide information about purchasing at Berkeley. This will be held every 3rd Tuesday of the month from 10:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.

Instructions and Zoom URL:

• Please register to attend PRIOR to the office hour. 
• By registering in advance, you can add a question, comment, or topic of interest which will allow us to assist you very specifically with your needs. 
• To attend the office hour, you MUST be signed in to your Berkeley Zoom account either via the browser and CalNet at https://berkeley.zoom.us/signin or in your Zoom desktop client. For additional instructions, please see How to sign in to your UC Berkeley Zoom account.

Skilled Freelancers through Upwork!

SCM has launched the Upwork Enterprise and UC Berkeley partnership which is available to use for all employees and faculty! This partnership gives you access to:

• A global talent pool of 20 million freelancers across 10K+ skill sets in over 180 countries.
• Source, engage and pay your global talent workforce in an easy-to-use solution.
• A dedicated program team that can set up your projects and guide you through future engagements.
• Work classification and work protection services for your projects to ensure you are compliant with labor laws.
• Paying your existing talent that you are working with today through Upwork’s Bring Your Own Talent solution.

The Upwork team is more than happy to come to your team meetings or meet 1-on-1 for a demo or to help you get started on your projects. You can learn more about Upwork through our Upwork website or reach out to our dedicated Upwork team to help get your project started at ucberkeley-programteam@upwork.com.

Have you recently used a freelancer through Upwork using this new partnership? We would love to hear about your experience! Please send any Upwork feedback, suggestions, and experience to riza@berkeley.edu.