PROCUREMENT NEWS Procurement Services Newsletter July 2016

Procurement Fair 2016

Procurement Services had our first ever combined Travel and Purchasing fair showcasing our Travel and TechMart suppliers. We had a wonderful turnout and positive feed-back from campus. We hope you had a chance to come by and participate, enjoy our photobooth and eat some deli-cious desserts provided by our suppliers. We hope to see you next year!

Subcon-

tracts Team Left to Right:: Daniel Vest, Randall Howard, Ruth

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Purchasing Highlights

New Employees:

Armando Munoz, Purchasing Agent

Armando has worked as a Buyer for the Los Angeles County Office of Education and as an IT Procurement/Inventory Specialist at Bank of the West. He is familiar with bidding procurements, negotiating long-term contracts, issuing RFP’s and applying strategic sourcing to identify and consolidate materials in order to maximize cost saving opportuni-ties. With 12 years of experience under his belt, we know his experience and personality will make him an exceptional fit to not only the Buyer’s team, but to the entire Procure-ment Department.

Mario Zavala, Purchasing Agent

Mario comes with 13 years of procurement/purchasing experience from the United States District Court. He started as a Records & Procurement Manager, and was promoted up to a Certified Procurement Officer Level III. His experience includes procurement admin-istration, marketing and negotiations, warehouse management, internal and external au-dits and contract compliance. We are excited to bring Mario onboard as his wealth of knowledge in procurement will be very beneficial to our team.

Also, we have updated the Purchasing Services Assignment Listing. Below lists the cur-rent Buyer for each respective Dept/Div. This list can be found on our website at: http://procurement.caltech.edu/departments/purchasinghome

Division/Department Primary Backup

Athenaeum Rudy Zepeda John Broeckel

Athletics John Broeckel Armando Munoz

Biology/BBE Phyllis Burton Briana Nakawatase

CACR Armando Munoz Rudy Zepeda

Campus Life John Broeckel Briana Nakawatase

Chemistry/CCE Phyllis Burton Rudy Zepeda

Development Rudy Zepeda Mario Zavala

Dining John Broeckel Mario Zavala

EAS Rudy Zepeda Mario Zavala

Facilities Armando Munoz Briana Nakawatase

Finance/HR/Research Admin Mario Zavala Phyllis Burton

GPS Armando Munoz Mario Zavala

Graphic Resources John Broeckel Briana Nakawatase

HSS Mario Zavala Armando Munoz

IMSS John Broeckel Armando Munoz

PMA Briana Nakawatase Rudy Zepeda

Provost, President's Office, OGC, Library, CAPSI, JPL Mario Zavala Armando Munoz

Safety/Security John Broeckel Briana Nakawatase

SIRTF/IPAC John Broeckel Rudy Zepeda

Student Affairs (Health, Counseling, etc.) Armando Munoz Phyllis Burton

Commodity:

Computer John Broeckel Rudy Zepeda

Consulting Daniel Vest Briana Nakawatase

Other Assignments:

Closeouts: Briana Nakawatase TBD

Phone Ext.

Armando x2631

Briana x4997

Danny x2567

Genelle x6276

John x4679

Mario x6231

Phyllis x6279

Rudy x2578

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New Process for Ordering Compressed Gases for Research Labs

Purchasing Services is excited to announce that Caltech has a new preferred compressed gas provider, Airgas! After successful negotiations, Caltech signed a contract with Airgas to provide compressed gas, specialty gas, and gas mixtures at a minimum 35% discount off list price.

The Facilities Department is transitioning from their current process of ordering cylinders of compressed gases for lab use to a more efficient and streamlined way. To simplify the ordering process, research groups will be able to order compressed gases directly through TechMart, rather than through the Facili-ties Department. The TechMart pricing will reflect negotiated discounts (starting at a minimum of 35% off list price) that are available to Caltech through TechMart.

Coming soon, Airgas will be setup as a Punchout supplier in TechMart!

If you are interested in purchasing through TechMart and do not currently have a TechMart account, please contact TechMartHelp@caltech.edu.

For the Facilities announcement about this new ordering process, please visit https://facilities.caltech.edu/about.

Purchasing Services and VWR are pleased to announce, effective immediately, the VWR Stock-room hosted catalog is now available for shopping in TechMart. Click on the VWR International Stores tile in TechMart to place an order for an in-stock item and then pick up your order the same day!

Purchasing Highlights continued...

Contact Us

Procurement Hotline

(626) 395 - 8900

procurementhotline@caltech.edu

Procurement Services - Consider it Done!

1200 E. California Blvd. MC 103-6

Pasadena, CA 91125

Visit our Website at:

https://procurement.caltech.edu/

Newsletter Editors Rachel Fisher & Sophia Hurst

Please email psnewsletter@caltech.edu with any questions or comments.

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