University of Illinois at Chicago
Exemption #JDR693
Announcement of an Exempt Purchase
Award Info Published Friday September 18, 2026
Snowflake IncChicago, IL
- Amount: $275,000
- Terms: An estimated start date of 9/17/2026 through 9/16/2029
- Renewals: None
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The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.
First published Friday, September 18, 2026
The University awarded a contract for a cloud-based, multi-tenant data platform.
Snowflake Inc provides a cloud-based, multi-tenant data platform delivered as a software-as-a-service offering. Services include secure data storage, processing, analytics, and data sharing functionality, along with access to the platform via subscription. This will house the Cancer Data Shelter run by our bioinformatics team in the Cancer Center, and the platform runs outside our systems and is required for research purposes.
This purchase is exempt from the usual selection processes of the Procurement Code because the procurement expenditure is for performing sponsored research and other sponsored activities under grants and contracts funded by the sponsor or by sources other than State appropriations. (30 ILCS 500 / 1-13(b)(8)) This software is necessary for research.
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