iBuy (online purchasing)

iBuy Vendors

Types of Vendors

Hosted – Hosted vendors are so classified because their catalogs are resident (hosted) within iBuy. Static lists of items and prices are loaded to the system at pre-determined intervals. This effort is coordinated among SciQuest, the vendor, and University Procurement.

Punchout – To access the items and prices of punchout vendors, iBuy users navigate from iBuy to the vendor website, where shopping occurs. When the user is done shopping, s/he clicks “checkout” on the vendor site and is returned to iBuy, where her/his selected items populate the iBuy shopping cart.

Internal – Vendors internal to the University of Illinois, e.g., campus stores, can also be added to iBuy as either hosted or punchout.

e–Invoice – Catalog vendors who submit invoices electronically through the iBuy application.

iBuy Vendors

Currently Available

Hosted Vendors

Punchout Vendors

e–Invoice Vendors

AmSan
(Janitorial Supplies)

Bio Company Incorporated
(Life Science)

Chemglass
(Life Science)

Denville Scientific
(Life Science)

DotScientific
(Lab Supplies)

Fermentas
(Life Science)

LabSource
(Life Science)

Midwest Computer Products Inc
(Audio Visual)

Santa Cruz
(Life Science)

Sanyo North America
(Life Science)

SKC Communications
(Audio Visual)

UIC Microstations

UIS Central Stores
(Miscellaneous Printed Items, Recycled Toners, and Paper Products)

UIUC ECE Store

UIUC Illini Flash Drive

UIUC Printing

Applied BioSystems
(Life Science)

CDW-G
(Computer Peripherals)

CIM
(Audio Visual)

Dell
(Desktops/Laptops)

Englewood/Wesco/EESCO
(Electrical products)

Fisher Scientific
(Laboratory Supplies and Equipment)

Henry Schein, Inc.
(Dental Supplies)

Hewlett Packard
(Desktops/Laptops/Printers)

Invitrogen
(Life Science)

iStores
(Computers, Copy Paper, Janitorial Supplies, Restaurant Supplies, Maintenance and Repair Supplies)

More-Direct
(Computer Peripherals)

OfficeMax
(Office Supplies)

Promega
(Life Science Research Products)

United Visual
(Audio Visual)

Sigma-Aldrich
(Life Sciences)

VWR
(Lab/Scientific Supplies)

W W Grainger
(Maintenance Repair Operations Supplies)

Zones
(Computer Peripherals)

 

Bio Company Incorporated

CDWG

Chemglass

Dell

Dot Scientific

Fisher Scientific

Henry Schein, Inc.

MoreDirect

Office Max

Promega

Santa Cruz

Sigma-Aldrich

VWR

WESCO

WW Grainger

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Adding Vendors

University Procurement will monitor iBuy, Banner, and P-Card to identify vendors that potentially should be added to iBuy. iBuy users are encouraged to submit ideas for additional vendors, as well. All potential vendors will be evaluated on several criteria, including:

  • volume of spend,
  • volume of transactions,
  • and the number of departments/units ordering from the vendor.

New vendors may be added as either hosted or punchout depending on the nature of their product/service, the vendors’ technological sophistication, and which model better serves the University’s needs.

To request that a new vendor be added, please follow the steps outlined in the iBuy vendor Setup section of the Payments to Vendors and Students site.

Note: A vendor must be established as an e-procurement vendor in Banner to be used in iBuy.

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Last Updated: January 27, 2012