Announcement of an Exempt Purchase

Medical implants and ancillaries provided by Gore & Associates are used for the treatment of venous occlusions and stenosis. Central venous stenosis or occlusion is narrowing or complete blockage of the large veins in the chest which drain blood from the arms and head back to the heart. Some of the medical implants include stents and grafts.

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 surgical implants provided by Gore & Associates have to do with direct patient care. Without these types of patient implants the hospital will not be able to provide these types of procedures and a patient will go elsewhere. In turn, this will lead to a loss in revenue.