Purchasing and Reimbursements

About Purchasing and Reimbursements (P&R)

BEARS provides support to the UC Berkeley campus with Purchasing services as well as assistance with complex Travel and Entertainment (T&E) Reimbursements.

The Direct Enter process introduced and managed by the Controller’s Office must be used by staff, student employees, and faculty to directly enter all travel reimbursement requests (versus filling out T&E forms and submitting in BearBUY). 

Visitors, vendors, and students that are not employees should use the reimbursement forms available under Related Forms and Documents (in the panel on the right) and forward to either Gwen Crociata or Azar Golpayegani, your BEARS P&R contacts shown below.

If your department needs additional help with using the reimbursement system, Divisional Finance Leaders (DFLs) can offer additional support and guidance regarding Direct Enter for campus departments. The improved process provides a much faster turnaround time (in some cases, five (5) business days or less for processing) and you’ll have online visibility into the status of your reimbursement.