University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Announcement of a Sole Source Purchase
Renewal entered into with:Vendor: FEI Company
Amount: An estimated $165,000
Renewal: 1st of 5, 7/1/2020 through 6/30/2021
Pricing Changes:
None
Service/Product Changes:
None
Sole Source Status:
This Procurement remains a Sole Source
Potential Future Renewals:
$655,262
The State Purchasing Officer for this procurement is now Catherine Bradbury.
The University has taken into account 30 ILCS 575/8i of the BEP Act in conducting this renewal.
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
Awarded to:Vendor: FEI Company, Hillsboro, OR
Amount: An estimated $150,500
Terms:
An estimated start date of 7/15/2019 through 6/30/2020, 12 months
Renewals:
5 one-year
Potential Future Renewals:
$820,262
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 Monday, June 17, 2019
The University awarded a contract for a maintenance agreement for electron microscope to FEI Company, Hillsboro, OR, for an estimated $150,500.
The University has a need for a maintenance agreement for the Thermo FEI Themis (S)TEM instrument. This is needed because FEI Company holds proprietary information regarding the manufacturing of and troubleshooting for the systems including calibration and alignment procedures.
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 FEI Company. 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.
The University has determined that this purchase is only economically available from this source because the items are required for research and no other source is able to meet the researcher's documented needs. FEI Company holds proprietary information regarding the manufacturing of and troubleshooting for the systems including calibration and alignment procedures.
For instructions on how to obtain a comprehensive purchase description, disclosure or contract forms, contact:
State Purchasing Officer - Catherine Bradbury
The State of Illinois has a policy to encourage prospective vendors to hire
qualified veterans, minorities, females, persons with disabilities and ex-offenders.
