Purchasing in Oracle

Purchasing through BobcatBuy+

BobcatBuy+ streamlines the catalog ordering process through Oracle. BobcatBuy+ combines ease of search, just like regular online shopping, and robust product information to bring you into an updated shopping experience. This easy, simple, and intelligent solution empowers campus users to make well-informed buying decisions based on product, price, and shopping comparisons. BobcatBuy+ does all of that for you in its intuitive layout, with our specific UC Pricing and competitively bid suppliers already loaded and ready for your orders.

BobcatBuy+ Resources

Click-by-Click BobcatBuy+ Guide (pdf, SSO required)

Video: How to Place a Catalog Order using BobcatBuy+ (SSO required).  The video reviews:

• Oracle navigation to BobcatBuy+
• Home page review
• Shop Direct suppliers
• Search functionality and available filters
• How to review offers on a product
• How to view additional information from product screen
• How to add to cart
• How to search using preselected categories
• How to check out and return your cart back to Oracle for requisitioning

Video: Self-Service Procurement Requisition Video (SSO Required). This video reviews:

• how to build requisitions in Oracle
• add a funding source
• add additional approvers
• check your requisition status
• review approvers
• and how to complete a requisition request.

Additional information on how to buy at UC Merced is available via the Supply Chain website at https://supplychain.ucmerced.edu/procurement/how-buy-uc-merced 

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