Announcement of an Exempt Purchase

Boston Scientific supplies are used in catheter ablation to correct heart arrhythmia. Heart arrhythmia (also known as arrhythmia, dysrhythmia or irregular heartbeat) is a group of conditions in which the heartbeat is irregular, too fast, or too slow.

This purchase is exempt from the usual selection processes of the Procurement Code because the procurement expenditure is for medical supplies or medical services necessary for the delivery of care and treatment at medical, dental, or veterinary teaching facilities utilized by SIU or U of I (30 ILCS 500 / 1-13(b-5)) Boston Scientific disposable supplies have to do with direct patient treatment and care. Without access to these specific supplies the hospital would not be able to offer catheter ablation that would drive patients else where and result in a loss of revenue to the hospital.