The medical supplies include but are not limited to: blood test strips, medicine cups, syringes, needles, sharps collectors, sutures, knee braces, ankle braces, bandages, gauze, specula, blood pressure cuffs, and urine test strips.

This purchase is exempt from the usual selection processes of the Procurement Code because the procurement expenditure is for medical supplies or medical services necessary for the delivery of care and treatment at medical, dental, or veterinary teaching facilities utilized by SIU or U of I (30 ILCS 500 / 1-13(b-5)) Clinical medical supplies for use at College of Medicine clinics at Rockford.