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<div style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:150%"><strong>Phase I certifications are past due and must be submitted immediately. </strong>Email <span style="text-decoration:underline"><a href="mailto:emf@ucr.edu" target="_blank">emf@ucr.edu</a></span><strong> </strong>for support.</span></div>
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<div style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:150%">Enhancements to the Payroll Certification Tool are expected in the <strong>second </strong><strong>week of January 2026</strong>, including automatic inclusion of Co-PIs (Sponsor Code 5400), new email reminders for Coordinators and PIs, and an admin job code listing to support Cost Notes review. Campus communication and updated training materials will be shared once the enhancements go live.</span></div>
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<div style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:150%">The UCR PPM Expense Detail Report requires a <strong>Department code</strong> in the Award Organization field. Using an Activity code will result in an error when running the report.</span></div></td></tr></tbody>
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<div style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:150%">Interest debt service payments for capital projects for the month of November have been posted to the ledger. Departments with capital projects funded through Bonds or the Central Bank can now review their ledgers to confirm that the charges have been recorded. If there are any questions or discrepancies, submit a ticket in the <a href="https://ucr.benchurl.com/c/l?u=135AEADE&e=1AC97D9&c=158834&&t=0&l=140710788&email=huTSExHnx%2Bl0Xu1EkKXg8aBanR218rId&seq=1" target="_blank">portal</a> to Service/Business Area: "General Acct, Web Recharge, & NCTs." </span></span></div>
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<em>Please add these dates to your calendar.</em>
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<li style="color:rgb(56,56,56);line-height:150%;font-size:15px"><span style="color:rgb(56,56,56);line-height:150%;font-size:15px"><strong><span style="line-height:150%">Jan 9:</span></strong><span style="font-weight:400;line-height:150%"> Suppliers</span></span></li>
<li style="color:rgb(56,56,56);line-height:150%;font-size:15px"><span style="color:rgb(56,56,56);line-height:150%;font-size:15px"><strong><span style="line-height:150%">Jan 16:</span></strong><span style="font-weight:400;line-height:150%"> Purchase Agreements</span></span></li>
<li style="color:rgb(56,56,56);line-height:150%;font-size:15px"><span style="color:rgb(56,56,56);line-height:150%;font-size:15px"><strong><span style="line-height:150%">Jan 23:</span></strong><span style="font-weight:400;line-height:150%"> Purchase Requisitions</span></span></li>
<li style="color:rgb(56,56,56);line-height:150%;font-size:15px"><span style="color:rgb(56,56,56);line-height:150%;font-size:15px"><strong><span style="line-height:150%">Jan 30:</span></strong><span style="font-weight:400;line-height:150%"> Purchase Orders (including Change Orders & Payment Status)</span></span></li>
<li style="color:rgb(56,56,56);line-height:150%;font-size:15px"><span style="color:rgb(56,56,56);line-height:150%;font-size:15px"><strong><span style="line-height:150%">Feb 6:</span></strong><span style="font-weight:400;line-height:150%"> Purchase Reports</span></span></li>
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<div style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:150%">Please note that <span style="text-decoration:underline;line-height:150%">each session</span> will include a buyer-led walk through of what a<strong> “perfect” requisition</strong> looks like for a specific commodity (for example, software). </span></div>
<h3 style="margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="color:rgb(56,56,56);line-height:150%;font-size:15px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;line-height:150%">All campus users of Oracle Procurement are welcome. Participants are encouraged to bring </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;line-height:150%"><strong>actual use cases or examples</strong> related to the session topic. If you’ve experienced challenges—or have insights to share—this is your opportunity to help improve Oracle Procurement for the broader campus community.</span></span></h3>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:17px;line-height:150%;color:rgb(0,98,155)"><strong>Purchasing Advisory:
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:150%"><span style="line-height:150%;font-size:15px">Due to a system issue, some punchout purchase orders created between <strong>December 9–12</strong> were not transmitted to suppliers. The issue has been resolved, and impacted purchase orders have been <strong>sent to suppliers via email</strong> by the procurement team, with the buyer or initiator copied for visibility. </span></p>
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<div style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:150%">This form was updated from “Non-Catalog Requisition for Lump Sum Purchases” to better guide departments. Use this request form when a purchase requires <strong>multiple payments or recurring invoicing within one year</strong>, including lump-sum (single payment) or blanket-style purchase orders.</span></div></td></tr></tbody>
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