Purchasing Department - University of Connecticut

Office supply vendors interested in providing the required goods and services should submit
their proposals and discounted prices based on the General Terms and Conditions as well as
technical specifications provided.
1.2 Background
The state’s flagship institution of higher learning, the University of Connecticut is ranked among
the Top 20 public universities in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. UConn’s main campus
in Storrs is admitting the highest-achieving freshman in University history. The total enrollment in
Fall 2010 was just over 30,000 students (undergraduate and graduate). UConn continues to
enhance the campus through the state-supported UConn 2000 / 21 st Century UConn program.
As of October 2010, 105 projects totaling nearly $1.8 billion have been authorized and more than
10 million square feet of new and renovated space has been completed.
UConn Technology Park: Within the next five years, the University plans to construct a roughly
300 acre technology park (tech park) located near North Campus on the main campus at Storrs.
The park will include several large structures containing laboratories along with highly specialized
equipment used for collaborative research and academic purposes. In partnership with the
University’s Office of Technology Commercialization, the Tech Park will promote economic
growth through the provision of a state of the art research facility space combined with the
guidance of UConn’s renowned research faculty and students.
The UConn Health Center, located in Farmington, Connecticut, is home to the School of Medicine,
School of Dental Medicine, John Dempsey Hospital, UConn Medical Group, UConn Health
Partners, University Dentists and a thriving research enterprise, which now includes the new Cell
and Genome Sciences Building. It is closely linked with the University of Connecticut’s main
campus in Storrs through multiple, cross-campus academic and administrative projects. In fact, the
UConn Health Center represents half of the University: half of its budget; half of its employees and half of
its research portfolio.
Bioscience Connecticut: To be completed in 2018, the University of Connecticut plans to
implement the Bioscience Connecticut renovation project at the Health Center to transform the
campus into a state-of-the-art Bioscience research site.
The Bioscience center, which will be part of a new research triangle in Connecticut, will provide
increased access to high quality health care, create 16,400 new jobs by 2037, and aid the Health
Center in graduating more dentists and physicians to meet growing state needs. Plans to meet these
objectives include the renovation of existing Health Center facilities to increase research
productivity and capacity, a 30% enrollment increase in medical and dental schools and the
construction of a new patient tower and ambulatory care facility.
Husky Buy and SciQuest: The requested items must be available for purchase through a
punch-out web hosted catalog within the University of Connecticut & UCHC Husky Buy
application. Husky Buy is the UCHC & University’s online procurement system where faculty
and staff can purchase products electronically at any time. The University has partnered with
SciQuest, Inc. to provide this purchasing tool to its academic and administrative community.
SciQuest is a Web-based sourcing and requisitioning solution for laboratory products, office
supplies, electronics and other commodities. Through Husky Buy, researchers and other end
users at the University of Connecticut & UCHC will be able to easily source and purchase
products from suppliers who make their data available electronically through the application.
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