Procurement Announcements

May132021

Procurement Customer Service Feedback

Procurement is launching what we call a “Customer Service Feedback” form. It is a short survey that will allow our campus community to provide direct feedback to Procurement and Supply Chain Services all year long. We want to know how we’re doing and your responses will help us better understand where we can make improvements. Complete the survey here:

Procurement Customer Service Feedback Form

All responses are anonymous unless you choose to provide your personal information.

Thank you in advance for your feedback!

Feb12021

Notice to Vendors: Fraudulent Purchase Order Email Activity

We want to alert you to an email scam involving fraudulent purchase orders and requests for product quotations purporting to originate from UC Santa Cruz. While the university cannot prevent this illegal action, we are actively working to inform our suppliers of this on-going activity. Common features of these supplier-targeted counterfeit UCSC orders include:

• The email message is poorly written, with misspellings and awkward sentence structure
• Orders start with an e-mail inquiry asking for a quote for a small order followed by a subsequent request for a larger order
• The order designates a Ship-To address that is not a UCSC facility or indicates the product will be picked up at the supplier’s premises
• Invalid contact information, such as email addresses using deceptive extensions; e.g. @ucsantascruz.com or @ucsc.mygbiz.com
• The message may include an attachment designed to look like a purchase order, and it may include a logo or other graphic, and in some cases, a signature
• Please note that the university’s internet address is www.ucsc.edu and it is not our practice to ask our suppliers to ship to addresses that are not UCSC campus facilities. It is also not our practice to place orders for merchandise that will be picked up at supplier premises
• The request lists the address of UC Office of the President in Oakland, which is not a UCSC address
• The request includes the title of Procurement Chancellor, which is a fictitious position

If you believe you have received a fraudulent order or quotation request, you may forward it to UCSC Procurement Services at buy4me@ucsc.edu to verify the communication’s legitimacy before responding. You may also contact the Procurement Services department by telephone at: 831-459-2311.

Apr132020

Financial Affairs Response to COVID-19
During this unprecedented time, our entire UCSC community has been directly impacted by the magnitude of the global COVID-19 crisis. Many temporary adjustments have been, and continue to be, made to our financial policy and processes in order to accommodate our UCSC community and to help our campus navigate this difficult period.

For more information on the response and related resources, please visit our Financial Affairs Response to COVID-19 page.​