Bard provides implantable ports and ancillaries for injection of medical fluids such as medication, nutrition, etc. An implanted port is shaped like a disk. It is placed (implanted) under the skin during surgery. Ports can be used for IV (intravenous) medicines, fluids, food, or taking blood samples. The most common place for a port is on your upper chest just below patients collarbone.

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)) Bard has to do with direct patient treatment and care. Without access to these specific supplies the Hospital would not be able to offer patient care that in turn would drive patients elsewhere and result in a loss of revenue to the Hospital.