Announcement of an Exempt Purchase

Cook Medical supplies (Catheters, sheaths, balloons and ancillaries) are used in endoscopic surgery for the dilate strictures of the gastrointestinal tract, including strictures of the esophagus, pylorus, duodenum, and colon. In addtion to other procedures such as removal of biliary stones found in the in the bile duct. They can start in the gallbladder and migrate into the bile duct or they can form in the bile duct itself. The stones can become lodged in the bile duct, causing a blockage.

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)) The negotiations has resulted in discounted pricing of 40% off list price. In the University's opinion, this price is a good, competitive price relative to the market and should be accepted. The surgical supplies provided by Cook Medical have to do with direct patient care service. Without this type of patient supplies the hospital will not be able to provide this type of procedure and a patient will go else where and intern we will take a loss in revenue.