On March 1, 2019, a six-year HUGS agreement was signed with Innovative Medical Systems (IMS), a reseller of Stanley Healthcare with UI Health. On August 1, 2019, Stanley Healthcare announced end of life for the Hugs Lonworks system up to August 1, 2024. Full support is available on the system purchased by the U of I via IMS or any Stanley partner through at least August 1, 2024. But on August 6, 2019, Stanley exercises the right to terminate the Reseller Agreement with IMS with a sixty-day notice. IMS per the terms of our reseller agreement, Stanley has to provide full support to IMS, technical support, sales of any products including tags and annual Software Maintenance Agreements (SMA), until the end of the current SMA with any customer through the end of the first year warranty period on the system at the U of I and expiration of current SMA. Per the current terms of the termination in the Reseller Agreement, IMS can no longer purchase items from Stanley required for full support of the system. Termination of the contract between IMS and the U of I will be required unless other arrangements can be made to obtain the items.

We require the continuation and operation of our Infant abduction system. Infant abductions are defined as any abduction of a child under one year of age. This type of abduction can take various forms from a noncustodial parent abducting the infant, to a stranger abducting the child from the hospital, home, or a public place. Our current vendor will no longer provide services and support for our current infant abduction system.

The current infant abductions system within the UI Health contains a tiny radio transmitter worn by the patient and her newborn child. The infant abduction system can also support magnetic door locks and interfaces with the hospital's security systems such as pagers and alarm devices. The mother/infant matching component provides automatic matching of mothers and infants.

The university, on information and belief, has concluded that only one vendor can meet its need or can meet the need economically. That vendor is ADT Commercial, LLC. The university has provided detailed justification to support its conclusion as shown on the attached Sole Source Justification Form.

Although the university has presented this as a sole source procurement, we are seeking competitive information from firms with the capability of meeting the university's need (even if performed in a manner different from what has been presented) to contact us and provide sufficient information to show the need can be met. If we receive that information, the Chief Procurement Officer will offer a public hearing to consider the matter. Hearing information is described below.

All sole source hearings under the jurisdiction of the Chief Procurement Officer for Higher Education will be conducted by tele-conference only until the in-person option is reinstated.

The University has determined that this purchase is only economically available from this source because the compatibility of equipment, accessories, replacement parts, or service is a paramount consideration.