Announcement of an Exempt Purchase

The Arrow peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC), is a long, thin tube that is inserted through a vein of a patient's arm or, on rare occasions, through the patients leg and passed through to the larger veins near the heart. A PICC line provides access to the large central veins near the heart. It is generally used to give medications or liquid nutrition. A PICC line can help avoid the pain of frequent needle sticks and reduce the risk of irritation to the smaller veins of the patients arm.

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)) Arrow PICC supplies are used in direct patient care. Without access to these specific supplies, the Hospital would not be able to offer certain procedures and would drive patients elsewhere and result in a loss of revenue to the Hospital.