On Sep 12, 2020, UI Health transitioned to an Epic enterprise Electronic Health Record (EHR) system. Throughout the EHR, there are various clinical workflows and tools that provide clinical guidance, protocols, instructions, and decision support to both providers and patients. Epic does not provide this clinical content but rather has partnered with Healthwise to embed their content into it's system workflows. This allows for a seamless experience for the provider and patient. This request is for the licensing of this clinical content.

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 Healthwise, 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.