University of Illinois at Chicago
Announcement of an Exempt Purchase
Awarded to:Vendor: Brasseler USA Dental, LLC, Savannah, GA
Amount: An estimated $1,182,365.64
Terms:
An estimated start date of 7/19/2018 through 5/31/2021
Renewals:
None
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
First published Friday, July 20, 2018
The University awarded a contract for dental burs and bur blocks.
Dental burs and bur blocks used in patient care clinics for dental procedures at the College of Dentistry.
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 College of Dentistry has invested in the purchase of special blocks to hold the dental burs during sterile processing. These blocks have the name of the participating vendor laser etched on them. Any new vendor would either have to donate new blocks to replace the current ones or would require the College to make this purchase.
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qualified veterans, minorities, females, persons with disabilities and ex-offenders.