BearBuy

BearBuy is UC Berkeley’s web-based marketplace where we go to shop and manage most of our business-related purchases and payments. Our “Procure-to-Pay” system, BearBuy, provides staff, faculty, graduate students with active appointments and other employees with an intuitive, easy to use interface, catalog shopping and electronically-enabled workflows.

How do I get started?! Visit the SCM webpage to learn how to login in to BearBuy, find our region, connect with a tiered analyst for contracts greater than $10,000 and general purchasing support, https://supplychain.berkeley.edu/bearbuy/getting-started

Training

Training Sessions are offered to the campus, through the UC Learning Center  and are based on particular a BearBuy role or function. Below are two courses that will aid your shopping experiencing within BearBuy. 

• BearBUY 1.0 Basics for Shoppers

  This is an ESSENTIAL eCourse training for ALL employees who will purchase goods and services on behalf of the University through the eProcurement system, BearBUY. Participants will learn BearBUY basics, terminologies, catalogs & forms, and workflow.

  To take this eCourse, click on the following course #: 

  BEESS950-Online(link is external) 

  For closed captions, please click on the “CC” button located at the lower right-hand corner of the training.

  eCourse Browser Compatibility:

  Chrome & Edge (preferred)

  FireFox & Safari (unsupported)

  Internet Explorer (incompatible – Per Microsoft, Internet Explorer will no longer work or exist starting 06/15/2022.)

• BearBUY 2.0 Intermediate for Shoppers

  This is an ESSENTIAL eCourse training for ALL employees who will purchase goods and services on behalf of the University through the eProcurement system, BearBUY. Participants will learn what to do after their purchase order is generated in BearBUY. 

  To take this eCourse, click on the following course #: 
  BEESS960-Online(link is external)

  Prerequisite: Basics for Shoppers

Please send any training inquiries to bearbuyhelp@berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail) or You may virtually visit their office hours held every 3rd Tuesday of the month from 10:00 AM to 10: 50AM. For any questions and assistance after an office hour is conducted, please email supplychain@berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail). Visit their webpage, https://supplychain.berkeley.edu/bears-buy-open-office-hours

• Helpful guides
  • Procurement Forms Required PO Documents
  • How to prepare a Non-Catalog form in BearBuy (PDF)
  • How to prepare an Off Campus Event Request form in BearBuy (PDF)
  • How to prepare an After the Fact PO form in BearBuy (PDF)
  • How to Find the Status of Your Order
  • Recieving Instructions and How to Create a Receipt to prevent Match Exception

Need assistance with determining which method to use for purchasing goods and services?

Please visit Supply Chain Management’s webpage, Methods for Purchasing Goods and Services. Services are categorized by type and each link provides a description as well as suggested backup documentation to process a purchase order successfully within BearBuy. 

Remember to use BearBuy best practices when submitting purchasing requests on behalf of Berkeley Law

1. We avoid using personal funds to make purchases for reimbursement or services.  We use BearBuy to proactively manage our purchasing activity.
2. We avoid making unauthorized purchases – this is defined as buying goods and services from vendors before a BearBuy Purchase Order has been created and authorized.
3. We use separate shopping carts for items purchased via each catalog type – hosted, punch-out, and non-catalogs.  Cart contents may include items from a variety of vendors selected from the same catalog type.
4. We use separate shopping carts for each type of BearBuy form – one form to a cart.
5. We use shopping cart names to allow Shoppers, Cart Authorizers, and others to easily identify and retrieve our carts in BearBuy.
6. We use the shopping cart Comments field to share information about our purchase and to record the chartstring. Please be sure to tag your Business Services department rep. or RSS requisition creator in the comments before submitting if requiring assistance.