IUIHealth, Department of Clinical Engineering is seeking to continue partnering with the vendor in a Master Service Agreement (MSA) for 70 Radiology / Imaging devices used throughout the hospital and clinics. Currently, we have on-going services and preventive maintenance. These diagnostic devices are used daily and are critical for patient care. Uptime is a necessity for our daily operation and patients safety. As part of the agreement the vendor provides our users with their proprietary software that can often correct issues and/or problems instantaneously while the patient is on the table during a procedure.

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 GE Healthcare/Medical, Inc. 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 procurement is software license, upgrade or maintenance.