About Us

Purchasing Services leverages USC's collective buying power to procure annually more than $450 million in goods and services.

The department's professional staff are committed to:

• Negotiating best-value contracts (see List of Contract Suppliers)
• Selecting responsive and qualified suppliers
• Utilizing qualified diverse suppliers
• Facilitating prompt payment and delivery
• Assuring compliance to USC and sponsored-project policies and procedures

Purchasing Services works in tandem with Supplier Diversity Services to reach the university's goal to procure, regardless of source of funds, 15% of all purchases with diverse suppliers, including woman, minority, and veteran owned businesses. Whenever possible, departments should use a diverse supplier. Diverse Suppliers can be located on the Trojan Supplier eSearch. For further assistance, contact a representative from Supplier Diversity Services.

Purchasing Services is a department within Business Services.  Business Services is a department within Business and Financial Services.

• Director of Purchasing Services
• Purchasing Services Organizational Chart (pdf)
• Business Services Organizational Chart (pdf)
• Phone and Fax Numbers, Addresses and Maps, and Office Hours

Purchasing Services is divided into two departments:

• Purchasing Services (composed of the following teams):
  • Health Sciences Team
  • Facilities Team
  • Printing Team
  • Supply Team
  • Technical Team
  • Trojan Services Team
  • Travel Management Services
    Note: although not a Purchasing Team, travel procurement information is also on this site.
• Surplus Sales
  Among other things, Surplus Sales provides low cost items for sale to USC students, faculty, staff and departments. Visit the Surplus Sales web site for more information about services provided, and check out the Trojan eFlyer for examples of the types of items sold through Surplus Sales.