Announcement of an Exempt Purchase

The supplies sold range from molecular biology reagents to office supplies.

This purchase is exempt from the usual selection processes of the Procurement Code because the procurement expenditure is for events or activities paid for exclusively by revenues generated by the event or activity, gifts, or donations for the event or activity, private grants, or any combination thereof. (30 ILCS 500 / 1-13(b)(2)) The Scientific Storeroom core is a revenue generated core in the Research Resources Core. It resales a wide variety of items for the research lab within the university and local partners. The supplies sold range from molecular biology reagents to office supplies. The core has established a relationship with Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. because it is one of the reasonably priced and common provider of biological research materials.