University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Announcement of an Exempt Purchase
Awarded to:Vendor: Thermo Fisher Scientific/Thermo Environmental Instruments, Franklin, MA
Amount: An estimated $103,710
Terms: One-time transaction
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
First published Wednesday, December 19, 2018
The University awarded a contract for the purchase of a Mass Spectrometer.
The Institute for Genomic Biology is purchasing the Prima BT Laboratory Bench-Top Gas Analysis Mass Spectrometer. The Mass Spectrometer is required for research purposes.
This purchase is exempt from the usual selection processes of the Procurement Code because the procurement expenditure is for performing sponsored research and other sponsored activities under grants and contracts funded by the sponsor or by sources other than State appropriations. (30 ILCS 500 / 1-13(b)(8)) performing sponsored research and other sponsored activities under grants and contracts funded by the sponsor or by sources other than State appropriations. (30 ILCS 500 / 1-13(b)(8))
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