Announcement of an Exempt Purchase

Surgical implants, devices, screws, plates, et cetera used by UI Health surgeons for inpatient reconstructive surgeries.

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)) KLS-Martin provides surgical implants, devices, screws, and plates used in oral-maxillofacial and plastic reconstructive surgeries. Approximately 90% of these surgeries at UI Health utilize KLS-Martin products. Without access to these supplies the UI Hospital would not be able to perform plastic and oral reconstructive procedures.