Insider News is a publication of Business & Financial Services and Campus Procurement and Real Estate Services, bringing you the latest updates and news from both organizations.

Dear CFAOs, We are asking each area to recommend 5–6 department testers to support upcoming user acceptance testing (UAT) for Oracle Redwood and Labviva. These will be two separate UAT efforts. Individuals may participate in one or both, depending on their experience and interest. Please send your recommendations to Andrea Barwinski ( andreamc@ucr.edu) by Friday...

Dear Colleagues, We invite you to join us for the next User Group meeting. As UCR organizations continue to evolve, the User Group is evolving with them. These meetings will continue to bring together updates and resources from Business & Financial Services (BFS) and Campus Procurement & Real Estate Services. Date: Wednesday, September 30 Time...

Remaining Procurement Process Improvement Series sessions will be moved back one week.

The issue affecting the Receiver and Deliver-To Location fields is a system bug.

Effective September 1, Procurement Services transitioned from Business & Financial Services to the new Campus Procurement and Real Estate Services division.

Effective September 1, 2026, UCR’s departmental low-value purchasing threshold will increase from $10,000 to $15,000 for qualifying routine, low-risk purchases.

Before purchasing software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), cloud services, cloud storage, subscriptions, or other technology, departments must follow the approved Procurement and ITS review process.

Please be advised of two upcoming planned maintenance events affecting Financial Systems.

Join us this Friday, July 31, from 1:00–1:45 p.m. to learn about purchasing Office Supplies, Printing & Copier Services.

Beginning Monday, July 6, UC Riverside will transition to the Oracle Redwood My Receipts module. To help Department Receivers prepare for the transition, two live Zoom training sessions have been scheduled.

Oracle Financials will be unavailable on Saturday, June 27, 2026, from 12:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. As part of this release, the Oracle Financials Single Sign-On (SSO) login page will receive a visual refresh.

A biweekly learning series focused on helping departments better understand the various ways to buy and pay for goods and services.

Continued industry-wide demand for memory and storage chips impacting computer hardware pricing and availability

Additional fuel surcharge line on applicable ODP Business Solutions orders and invoices.

Dear Colleagues, Oracle Financials users may see a notification related to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management (IAM) upgrade when navigating to certain Oracle pages, including Payables Invoices, Payments, and Suppliers. No action is required from campus users at this time. Users should continue normal activity within Oracle Financials and may dismiss or...

Dear Oracle Financials Users, As a reminder, Oracle Financials will be unavailable starting today, Friday, May 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM PST until Saturday, May 16 2026, at 10:00 AM PST. The following system enhancements will be available in conjunction with the 26B quarterly release. Please note that the "Classic" version of the purchase requisitions...

Dear CFAOs, As noted in our recent newsletter, Oracle Purchasing, Receiving, and Supplier modules will be migrating to the new Redwood user interface to improve usability. Similar to the Redwood Self Service Procurement (Purchase Requisitions) module launched in July 2025, this transition will be required for all Oracle Purchasing users. We will roll out these...

Dear Colleagues, As part of UC Riverside’s ongoing commitment to continuous improvement, Business and Financial Services (BFS) is requesting campus input through two brief surveys focused on Concur Travel & Expense and Procurement Services. At the most recent Campus Finance Committee meeting on January 15, 2026, campus leadership requested feedback on both Procurement and Concur...

Dear Colleagues, This message provides a clarification regarding yesterday’s AT&T iPhone promotion announcement. The promotion applies only to UCR AT&T business accounts and must follow the standard campus approval and procurement process. Please note: Department FAOs/FOMs must approve and accept financial responsibility. This promotion is not available for personal AT&T accounts. All requests must be...