Announcement of an Exempt Purchase

SMSYS1 Sentimag System. Mammotome offers a medical instrument thats a vacuum-assisted breast biopsy device that uses image guidance such as x-ray, ultrasound, or MRI to perform breast biopsies. A biopsy using a Mammotome device can be done on an outpatient basis with a local anesthetic.

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 Mammotome medical device has to do with direct patient treatment and care. Without access to these specific breast biopsy device and ancillaries the Hospital would not be able to deliver proper care to patients under the University's care, which would drive patients elsewhere and result in a loss of revenue to the Hospital.