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Distribution, Storage & Mail

Need to get it done? Distribution, Storage & Mail is your partner in productivity! Moving, delivering, installing, storing, shredding, surplus, mail solutions, recycling,  and more–that’s what we do for the UCSF community. Think you might have a job for us? Give us a call. Our experienced staff can do it.

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We’ll take that desk.

Use of surplus is a cost effective solution to secure needed office furniture such as desks, file cabinets, tables, chairs, and other equipment and can be recharged to the department.  In addition, non-saleable equipment and recyclables are assured of disposal in an environmentally sound manner including de-gauzing the hard drives and if necessary destroying them.

Distribution & Storage processes the sale of surplus goods and property, including vehicles, for the University. Surplus services include:

  • disposal of equipment or office furniture by UCSF departments
  • facilitate use of items in good condition by other UCSF departments
  • sale of surplus items to the general public through UC Berkeley Overstock & Surplus
  • facilitate charitable donations of surplus goods to local qualifying groups and agencies, by special request

In compliance with UC Business and Finance Bulletin BUS-38, surplus sales are conducted in order to recover the operating costs in administering the collection and disposition of both inventoried and non-inventoried equipment and furniture at the end of its useful life to departments.  Proceeds in excess of $300 per item are returned to the originating department.

Please be advised that surplus pick-ups for campus departments are subject to charge based on job complexity or volume of surplus being picked up. Most small, single items, or items with wheels (EX: printer, computer, office chair, copier) usually can be picked up at no charge.  Items needing to be unbolted from a wall or unsecured from a floor, or items where a door needs to be removed or where other items need to be moved to gain access to the surplus item, will require a labor charge for pick-up.  Also large, multiple-item surplus pick-ups (like clearing out an office or lab) will require a labor charge for pick-up. Also please note that all surplus pick-ups (small or large) for the Medical Center will require a labor charge for pick-up.

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Safety Notice
Please be advised that the following safety procedures apply to any equipment being moved and stored at Oyster Point:

  • Equipment such as centrifuges, incubators, or bio-safety hoods must be cleaned and decontaminated prior to pick-up and storage.
  • Equipment containing liquids must be drained/emptied prior to pick-up and storage.
  • Refrigerators and freezers must be free of ice and cleaned prior to pick-up and storage.
  • Distribution and Storage does not pick-up equipment for storage with “BIOHAZARD” or “RADIOACTIVE” warning stickers. To pick-up these surplus items, a letter from EH&S must be attached indicating that the items being surplused are free of biohazard/radioactive material.

Ready to place a Service Request for surplus pick up? Get started now.


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