University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Announcement of a Sole Source Purchase
Renewal entered into with:Vendor: JEOL USA Inc.
Amount: An estimated $340,000
Renewal: 4th of 4, 7/1/2018 through 6/30/2019
Pricing Changes:
None
Service/Product Changes:
None
Sole Source Status:
The University of Illinois, through its Materials Research Lab, verifies to the best of it knowledge and available information that the vendor is still the sole or sole economically feasible source for this renewal.
Potential Future Renewals:
None
The buyer for this procurement is now Jenna Montgomery, (217) 300-6467.
The State Purchasing Officer for this procurement is now Margaret van Dijk.
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
Renewal entered into with:Vendor: JEOL USA Inc.
Amount: An estimated $255,000
Renewal: 3rd of 4, 7/1/2017 through 6/30/2018
Pricing Changes:
None
Service/Product Changes:
None
Sole Source Status:
The University of Illinois, through its Materials Research Lab, verifies to the best of it knowledge and available information that the vendor is still the sole or sole economically feasible source for this renewal.
Potential Future Renewals:
$340,000
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
Renewal entered into with:Vendor: JEOL USA Inc.
Amount: An estimated $320,000
Renewal: 2nd of 4, 7/1/2016 through 6/30/2017
Pricing Changes:
None
Service/Product Changes:
None
Sole Source Status:
The University of Illinois, through its Materials Research Lab, verifies to the best of it knowledge and available information that the vendor is still the sole economically feasible source for this renewal.
Potential Future Renewals:
$595,000
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
Renewal entered into with:Vendor: JEOL USA Inc.
Amount: An estimated $305,000
Renewal: 1st of 4, 7/1/2015 through 6/30/2016
Pricing Changes:
None.
Service/Product Changes:
None.
Sole Source Status:
The University of Illinois, through its Materials Research Lab, verifies to the best of it knowledge and available information that the vendor is still the sole or sole economically feasible source for this renewal.
Potential Future Renewals:
$915,000
The State Purchasing Officer for this procurement is now Aaron M. Finder.
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
Awarded to:Vendor: JEOL USA Inc., Peabody, MA
Amount: An estimated $305,000
Terms:
An estimated start date of 8/3/2014 through 6/30/2015, 11 months
Renewals:
4 one-year
Potential Future Renewals:
$1,220,000
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
The hearing has been cancelled since no vendors registered to attend or submitted comments regarding this notice.
First published Thursday, July 3, 2014
The University awarded a contract for maintenance agreements for 6 electron microscopes to JEOL USA Inc., Peabody, MA, for an estimated $305,000.
The University owns 6 electron microscopes from this manufacturer. Maintenance agreements are needed for them.
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.
For additional information, contact:
State Purchasing Officer - Aaron M. Finder
The State of Illinois has a policy to encourage prospective vendors to hire
qualified veterans, minorities, females, persons with disabilities and ex-offenders.
