Register as a Prospective Supplier (Bidder)
REGISTER AS A PROSPECTIVE SUPPLIER IN ORACLE (DASH)
Click here for registration instructions.
AFTER YOU REGISTER – Important Next Steps
1. Bookmark the link for the Oracle Supplier Portal Login Screen.
2. First Login: If you did not receive a welcome email, or if the link in the welcome email has expired, go to the Oracle Supplier Portal Login Screen. Enter your email address in the User ID field. Click “forgot password” to create a password. Email SupplierInfo@tennessee.edu if you need assistance.
3. Review Basic Navigation of the Oracle Platform
4. IMPORTANT: SET YOUR TIME ZONE
5. IMPORTANT: CHANGE ORACLE SETTINGS TO DISPLAY UT BIDS
UPDATING YOUR ORACLE PROFILE
Do not attempt to edit supplier information in Oracle.
UT Bidders (prospective suppliers) should use the UPDATE ORACLE PROFILE FORM to add bidding contacts, add/update products and services categories, or add/update business classifications.
UT Payable Vendors (spend authorized suppliers) may log into Payment Works to update bank account information, remit addresses, or accounting contacts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Check back frequently for updates. Email SupplierInfo@tennessee.edu if you have questions that are not addressed below.
- Yes. DASH is UT’s internal name for the Oracle Cloud platform. You will see Oracle branding on the login screen and DASH branding inside the system.
- The email address you used when you registered.
- Navigate to the Oracle supplier portal login screen. Enter your email address in the User ID field. Click “Forgot Password.”
- YES! Suppliers must register specifically for UT.
NO. It is best practice to have one company record with multiple contacts. If there are multiple records for the same company, it can take longer to award purchase orders.
- OPTION 1: One person creates the registration request and adds other individuals on the contacts screen before submitting the registration request. See “Detailed Instructions for Registering as a Prospective Supplier (Bidder) in Oracle” on this webpage.
- OPTION 2: One person creates and submits the registration request. Other employees can use the UPDATE ORACLE PROFILE FORM on this webpage to add more bidding contacts.
Company Details Section:
- Company name
- Tax organization type (corporation, individual, partnership, government, foreign corporation, foreign individual, foreign partnership, foreign government, fiduciary, tax exempt organization)
- Taxpayer ID (Businesses should use their Federal Employer Identification Number.)
- Your name and email address
Contacts Section:
- Names and email addresses of other bidders for your company, if applicable. Do not enter accounting contacts in Oracle.
Address Section:
- Company’s primary (legal) address.
Business Classifications Section:
- Companies may voluntarily report business classifications such as minority-owned business, woman-owned business, or others. If applicable, companies may select the certifying agency that corresponds with the classification.
Products and Services Section:
- Click here to preview UT’s list of products and services categories.
- UT Procurement Services manages procurement processes for small construction projects, those that typically involve one trade. Construction and design companies that wish to receive invitations for such projects should register in Oracle.
- UT Capital Projects manages major construction, renovation, and demolition projects for UT. UT Capital Projects posts their opportunities on their website each Wednesday.
- UT uses separate systems for bidders (prospective suppliers) and payable vendors (spend authorized suppliers).
- UT Procurement Services uses Oracle (DASH) for bidding processes.
- UT Accounts Payable uses Payment Works for payment processes. Suppliers are invited to register in Payment Works at the time they start doing business with UT, not in advance.
- Solicitations (RFQs, RFPs, and RFQ-Ss) are called “negotiations.”
- Bidders are called “prospective suppliers.”
- Payable vendors are called “spend authorized suppliers.”