University of Illinois at Chicago
Exemption #JDR179
Announcement of an Exempt Purchase
Award Info Published Tuesday December 5, 2023
Edwards Lifesciences, LLCIrvine, CA
- Amount: An estimated $1,800,000
- Terms: An estimated start date of 12/1/2023 through 1/1/2026
- Renewals: None
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The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.
First published Tuesday, December 5, 2023
The University awarded a contract for SAPIEN 3 transcatheter heart valve.
The heart valve consists of a sheath, guidewire, balloon, valve, and ancillaries that are used in surgical procedures called Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
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)) Edwards Lifescience implants have to do with direct patient care. Without access to their
sheath, guidewire, balloon, valve and ancillaries the hospital would not be able to offer
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement procedures, which in tern would drive patients
elsewhere and a loss in revenue to the hospital.
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The State of Illinois has a policy to encourage prospective vendors to hire qualified veterans, minorities, females, persons with disabilities and ex-offenders.