University of Illinois at Chicago
Announcement of an Exempt Purchase
Awarded to:Vendor: Cardinal Health 200, LLC, Dublin, OH
Amount: An estimated $750,000
Terms:
An estimated start date of 7/1/2018 through 3/31/2022
Renewals:
None
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
First published Monday, July 2, 2018
The University awarded a contract for supplies for patient specimen testing.
Cardinal Health is a laboratory distribution vendor providing a wide range of supplies for use in the University of Illinois Hospital Pathology Laboratories which are crucial to the operation of instrumentation, the collection of patient specimens, and the testing of those specimens.
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)) Cardinal Health provides supplies a range of supplies which are crucial for patient care, via specimen testing, at the University of Illinois Hospital.
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The State of Illinois has a policy to encourage prospective vendors to hire
qualified veterans, minorities, females, persons with disabilities and ex-offenders.
