University of Illinois at Chicago
Exemption #JDR093
Announcement of an Exempt Purchase
Award Info Published Wednesday June 14, 2023
Beaver-Visitec InternationalWaltham, MA
- Amount: An estimated $750,000
- Terms: An estimated start date of 7/1/2023 through 3/31/2029
- Renewals: None
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The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
First published Wednesday, June 14, 2023
The University awarded a contract for eye surgery supplies.
The supplies provided by Beaver-Visitec International are used in patient eye surgeries. A sample of the supplies and ancillaries include Eye Shield/Protectors, Anterior Chambers, Cortical Cleaving Hydrodissectors, and Trephine Corneal Blades.
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)) The Beaver-Visitec International disposable medical supplies have to do with direct patient care. Without access to these specific supplies. The hospital would not be able to offer the proper surgical procedures and care, which in tern would drive patients else where and a loss in revenue to the hospital.
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