Announcement of an Exempt Purchase

The disposable products provided by Olympus America are used in palliative treatment of bile duct strictures caused by malignant tumors. Palliative surgery is done to relieve symptoms or treat (or even prevent) complications, such as blockage of the bile ducts. This type of surgery is done when the cancer is too widespread to be removed completely.

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)) Olympus America Inc. disposable supplies have to do with direct patient treatment and care. Without access to these specific supplies the hospital would not be able to offer patient care, which in tern would drive patients else where and a loss in revenue to the hospital to the hospital.