Announcement of an Exempt Purchase

Vantive Healthcare LLC (Formerly Baxter Healthcare) provides medical supplies and services for the delivery of care of peritoneal dialysis (PD) for home dialysis patients.

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 supplies and services provided by Vantive US Healthcare are essential for the delivery of patient care. Our home dialysis patients are familiar and comfortable with using the Vantive PD products. Using other PD products will cause disruption in care, as patients will need to be re-trained in using non-Vantive products. Without access to these supplies, the Hospital would not be able to offer dialysis services to patients, which in turn would drive patient to seek care elsewhere, resulting in loss of revenue to the hospital.