FAIR AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
UC San Diego is committed to the University of California's goal of providing suppliers with fair and equal opportunity to compete for business at all UCs.
What We Expect From Our Suppliers
FOSTERING A GOOD BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
Ensure a good working relationship with the University of California, San Diego by following these tips and guidelines.
- Refrain from offering gifts, gratuities, or anything that appears to influence purchasing decisions
- Keep us informed
- When specifications can be improved to provide a better performance, a longer-life product, and/or lower cost
- With your latest catalogs and current prices
- On backorders, plant closures, impending shortages, or strikes
- On company changes such as a new address, new contact information, new owner, etc.
- Of new technological advancements
SUPPLIER OBLIGATIONS
Receiving a University of California purchase order carries with it the obligation to supply the ordered goods or services at the agreed-upon price, at the promised time, and without the need for buyer's intervention, renegotiation, or continued expediting.
UC San Diego Expects the Following from All Suppliers:
- Dependable products and services
- Delivery as promised
- Competitive prices
- No substitutions
- Good communication
- Timely resolution of warranty claims
- Compliance with purchasing, shipping, and invoicing procedures