# Kansas State Pilots Wildcat OneBuy

Kansas State University is piloting Wildcat OneBuy, a centralized purchasing platform designed to replace seven transaction and contract tools with one marketplace and purchasing workflow. The pilot is scheduled to continue through December 2026, with a launch planned after refinements in February. Suppliers seeking university business may receive opportunity notifications through the system, but the signal provides no enrollment instructions or procurement contact.

- The platform could give suppliers a consolidated channel for purchasing opportunities at Kansas State; companies should note that supplier access and notification procedures have not been specified.
- Existing discounted-contract suppliers identified in the signal include Dell, CDW, McKesson Medical, and Fisher Scientific.
- Procurement teams and suppliers may find the consolidation relevant to how purchasing requests and supplier opportunities are routed once the platform launches.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Contracting Vehicles
**Published:** October 16, 2026

### Government Entities
- Kansas State University (K-State)

### Vendors
- Dell (Existing contracted supplier with a discounted university contract)
- CDW (Existing contracted supplier with a discounted university contract)
- McKesson Medical (Existing contracted supplier with a discounted university contract)
- Fisher Scientific (Existing contracted supplier with a discounted university contract)

### Key Quotes
> This system will have the ability for suppliers who want to do business with the university to go in and … they will get notified of any opportunities to do business with the university through that same system.
> — Memory Buffington, Assistant Vice President

### Sources
- [Wildcat OneBuy system simplifies purchasing for faculty - Kansas State Collegian](https://kstatecollegian.com/2026/10/16/wildcat-onebuy-system-simplifies-purchasing-for-faculty) - Kansas State Collegian