UTPA Materials Management

The following links will allow University faculty and staff to browse items available on established contracts. Departments wishing to use available contracts should follow Best Value guidelines.

UTPA Contracts
Group Contracts

Printers (HP, Epson, Lexmark etc.)
Cellular Services- Sprint
Note: For equipment information contact Purchasing x2161
Pager Services- Metrocall Rates

Texas A & M

Computers- Dell (See Dell ordering procedures file)

E & I

Moving and relocation services

State Wide (TPSS)

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Vendor Support Areas

Bid Opportunities
Buyer Duties and Departments
CMBL/HUB Information
Texas Procurement and Support Services (TPSS) - State Purchasing
UTPA Terms and Conditions

Bid Opportunities

Texas Procurement and Support Services (State Purchasing)

CMBL/HUB Information

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Links

Computer-Industry/Product News

Ziff Davis Magazines - Computer Shopper, Family PC, MacUser, Windows Sources, etc
SEMATECH - semiconductor manufacturing technology.

Consumer & Business Information

The Wall Street Journal - $ Fee for access
National Fraud Information - Daily reports of frauds and scams
Better Business Bureau
Consumer Information Center Pueblo, CO
Dun & Bradstreet Information Services - business info for credit, marketing and purchasing decisions
PRO-Net - Small Business Administration
The Universal Currency Converter - Currency conversion calculations
Minority Business Entrepreneur Magazine - publication about minority and women business owners.
Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce (TAMACC)

Federal Government Information

Federal Register - Search the Federal Register
Commerce Business Daily - bidding opportunities, contracts awarded, and surplus government sales.
U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer

General WWW Search Tools

Yahoo - Keyword or category search
Altavista - Claims to index over 30 million pages
Switchboard - Nationwide "White Pages"
Worldwide Yellow Pages - Business listings from throughout the world
Commercial Sites Index - Claims 35,000+ listings of company WWW sites

Higher Education News & Info

The Chronicle of Higher Education - Summary info. free - $ fee for details
College and University Home Pages - Links to colleges and universities worldwide

Legal

Uniform Commercial Code - Text of Ucc
Thomas - US Congressional legislation
U.S. General Services Administration

Product/Company Source Locators

Thomas Register - Search for manufacturers of products
Tech Savvy - Search for suppliers, products, and access company online catalogs
E & I Cooperative Service, Inc. - E & I contract information and more

Professional

NAEB Newsgroup Archives - NAEB Web Site
NAPM - National Association of Purchasing Management
Black Enterprise Online

Reference

Research -It - language tools, e.g., Webster's dict., computing dict., thesaurus, etc.
Commodity Class & Item Codes and Descriptions (Texas)
Dictionaries - An Index of Online Resources

Shipper Information

United States Postal Serv (USPS) - Zip code finder and more
Federal Express Tracking System

United Parcel Service(UPS) - Tracking web page.

Standards, Codes

ANSI Standards - American Nat'l Standards Institute-and others alike
ISO - International Standards Organization

Trade Show Information

Trade Show Central - Lists over 8,000 trade show events and information

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