Announcement of an Exempt Purchase

The vendor will provide cleaning and disinfection services for the hospital Sterile Processing Department (instrumentation and scopes). The services ensure the highest quality workstations and department equipment which meets necessary cleaning standards.

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 vendor cleaning service ensures the highest quality environment is provided for our Sterile Processing team to perform disinfection protocols. The sterile processing department supports the disinfection of all instrumentation and scopes used throughout the hospital areas.