The Amerisource Bergen Corporation (Cencora) catalog in Aggie Enterprise provides drug distribution and related services, distributes a line of brand name and generic pharmaceuticals, as well as over-the-counter (OTC) health care products. 

The Amerisource Bergen Corporation (Cencora) e-procurement catalog, PassPort, is restricted to authorized staff with a demonstrated business need.   An account must be established first before a user can access and shop the catalog.

• Account Set-Up Process
• Ordering Process
• Automatic Payment Process
• Controlled Substances
• PassPort Ordering System Help Guide (PDF)

Account Set-Up Process

Campus Department

1. Email UC Davis Strategic Sourcing, at strategicsourcing@ucdavis.edu with the following information:
   • Name of Principal Investigator (PI) and contact information.
   • Indicate what the PI and department will be ordering:
     • Prescription drugs
     • Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs
     • Precursor substances
   • Does the department have a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) License?
     • If yes, provide a copy.
     • If no, go to #2 below.
   • Does the department have a Veterinary or Medical license?
     • If yes, attach copy
     • If no, state Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) protocol and list of approved drugs/substances.  State if for clinical, analytical, teaching, or research use.
2. List department users who can access account(s).  Each person can have multiple role assignments.
   • State their responsible role (inquiry, ordering, or approver).
   • Include their full name, email, phone, and ship to and bill to addresses.
   • Business Office must list one “Customer Account Administrator” and one backup.
   • Business Office must list one “Invoice Management” person.

Strategic Sourcing Team 

1. SS team member will respond to email requestor within 7 business days with the following list of documents. The requestor must complete each of the forms and return back to Procurement & Contracting Services:
   • Payment Terms Form
   • Group Purchasing Organization (GPO)/Buying Group Declaration Form
   • Additional Account Request Form
   • New users, PassPort Security Access Form
2. Procurement will review and, if complete, forward forms to New Account specialist Tatiana Tsybulevsky at ttsybulevsky@amerisourcebergen.com to assist with:
   • Contacting HIBCC (Health Industry Business Communications Council) to apply for an HIN (Health Industry Number, non-acute)
   • The campus sales representative, Jennifer Assante, jennifer.assante@amerisourcebergen.com, is available for backup support.
3. Once the department user’s application has been completed and approved, each user will receive an email notification from Amerisource Bergen with log-on access instructions to the PassPort ordering system in Aggie Enterprise.  If necessary, Amerisource Bergen may contact department for additional information.
4. Procurement representative will send email to Strategic Sourcing Life Science Commodity Manager with new Amerisource Bergen account information.  Strategic Sourcing will connect the new user account to the Vizient Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) contract.  Allow a minimum of one week to activate the GPO contract. 

Ordering Process

1. Log in to Aggie Enterprise.
2. Begin the catalog ordering process.  
3. Log in to the Passport system with the login credentials that were assigned when your Amerisource Bergen account was first established.
4. Select the appropriate Amerisource Bergen ecommerce account.
5. Complete the requisition and submit your shopping cart for approval.
6. Once the requisition has been fully approved, the resulting purchase order is transmitted to Amerisource Bergen.
7. Order is fulfilled by Amerisource Bergen.
8. Order is electronically invoiced by Amerisource Bergen and automatically paid.

Automatic Payment Process

As orders are fulfilled, they are electronically invoiced by the supplier, and automatically paid.  There is nothing you need to do to pay Amerisource Bergen for orders placed in Aggie Enterprise.

Controlled Substances

Although controlled substances are available in the Passport ordering system, orders of these items are NOT allowed and will NOT be fulfilled.  Please refer to the Ordering Controlled Substances page for instructions on the appropriate ordering process for controlled substances.  Thank you for your cooperation.