UO Surplus Program - Faculty, Staff, & Departments
(not public store hours)
Surplus information for on-campus reuse
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Visit the Surplus program's campus location (faculty & staff only) to browse or pick-up items for campus reuse - Romania warehouse, 15th St and Walnut St, eastside of the building (see map below) or
Visit the UO Surplus Store - 547 Q St., Springfield, OR (see map below)
Questions? Email uosurplus@uoregon.edu or phone call: 541-346-3474
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Faculty/Staff (NOT FOR THE PUBLIC) Hours at the Romania Warehouse:
Hours current thorough Winter term Finals Week
Winter term Fridays: 10am-1pm & 2-4pm (3/20/26)
Spring Break Hours:
10am-12pm (3/27/26)
Spring Term Hours
Winter term Fridays, 10am-1pm & 2-4pm
(Note: inclement weather, including temps >95 or <37, may effect these hours.)
Closed on UO Holidays: 5/25/26, 6/19/26
Appointments may be possible, contact Cimmeron Gillespie, cimmeron@uoregon.edu. Thank you for you patience.
Notice of fee change: Effective July 1, surplus items located at 547 Q St. in Springfield, will be available to campus users for on-campus use but subject to a handling fee. Items weighing 1-49 pounds will be charged $10. Items 50 pounds and over will be charged $15. Items less than 1 pound remain free for reuse on campus. Payment can be made through index/activity code or cash/card payment. No delivery is available from Q St; self-haul only. Surplus items held at 2020 Franklin Blvd (Romania warehouse) will continue to remain free for campus reuse and delivery is available from Romania to campus locations via moving services (separate moving fees apply).
To Reserve Items
- Step 1: Browse inventory and reserve items.
- Only reserve items that you are seriously considering for your UO space!
- Once you collect your items, you may reserve more.
- Step 2: Within 10 calendar days of the date of your reservation, pick up your item(s) or schedule a delivery through Work Control: (541) 346-2319 or via Call Log.
- Note: the reservation system auto-cancels holds after 10 days if not picked up or scheduled for delivery. To release unwanted items early, email uosurplus@uoregon.edu.
- If you visit the surplus room and decide an item you reserved will not work for your space, please tell the staff member on hand so we can reopen the item to the inventory (click the "Browse and Reserve Items" button above).
To Donate Items
- Post items to surplus.uoregon.edu for at least 10 days to see if anyone wants to take the item(s) from you directly.
- No takers? Donate items to the Sustainability Office's UO Surplus Furniture program in the following ways:
- Create a work ticket with Work Control via Call Log or phone at (541) 346-2319 to pick-up your items (office pays associated moving costs) or
- Email uosurplus@uoregon.edu to schedule a drop-off during UO Surplus open hours
- Note: Items brought to the Surplus program will be assessed for quality and usability and may be refused.
Policies
- All items free for on-campus usage during 10-day, campus-only holding period. A nominal fee is charged once items are moved to the Springfield store.
- Please come with your UO faculty/staff ID.
- Student, Graduate Students, and employees without a UO ID: Surplus furniture is property of the State of Oregon, and cannot be released to anyone who is is not a state employee acting in their official capacity or authorized to pick-up items on behalf of a department. This means items cannot be released without departmental authorization to students, graduate students, and anyone without a UO ID labeled "faculty" or "staff" (including recent hires who have not picked up their updated campus ID).
- To authorize individuals without a faculty/staff ID to pick-up items on behalf of a UO program, a faculty or staff member must email uosurplus@uoregon.edu (from a UO email) before pick-up, stating the individual is authorized to pick-up state property on the department/program/lab's behalf (meaning the items will be used for official use only). For sample text:
- "[name] is authorized to pick-up state property on the behalf of [department/program/lab's name], the individual has been informed item(s) are to be used for official use only"
- To authorize individuals without a faculty/staff ID to pick-up items on behalf of a UO program, a faculty or staff member must email uosurplus@uoregon.edu (from a UO email) before pick-up, stating the individual is authorized to pick-up state property on the department/program/lab's behalf (meaning the items will be used for official use only). For sample text:
- Whenever possible, browse and reserve items online before visiting the UO Surplus campus warehouse.
The UO Surplus program is managed by the Office of Sustainability.
Surplus Store Location