Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Sole Source #70183-SS
Announcement of a Sole Source Purchase
Awarded to:
Vendor: Invitrogen Corporation, Chicago, IL
Amount:
An estimated $32,000
Terms: One-time transaction
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
First published
Monday July 17, 2006
The University
awarded
a contract for
research lab supplies for reproducible experiments
to
Invitrogen Corporation, Chicago, IL
for
an estimated $32,000.
If researchers order from other companies, even though the product has the same name, it adds an extra variable to the experiment. Research experiments are repeated several times before any data can be published. Each item in the experiment needs to be exactly the same each time so the results are reproducible. Changing vendors in the middle of research could change the results and make the work less reliable or uninterpretable.
This purchase is only economically available from a single source because the
principal investigators have specific items they purchase and the same vendor is necessary for consistent and reliable data in the reproduction of their experiments.
For additional information, contact:
Kim Puccetti
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
P. O. Box 19605
Springfield, IL 62794-9605
Phone: (217) 545-0233
FAX: (217) 545-9132
E-Mail:
kpuccetti@siumed.edu
