University of Illinois at Chicago
Exemption #JDR450
Announcement of an Exempt Purchase
Award Info Published Friday February 21, 2025
Boston Scientific Corporation & SubsidiariesQuincy, MA
- Amount: An estimated $500,000
- Terms: An estimated start date of 3/1/2025 through 2/28/2027
- 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, February 21, 2025
The University awarded a contract for SpaceOAR Hydrogel.
SpaceOAR Hydrogel is an absorbable PEG-based hydrogel that temporarily creates space between the prostate and rectum, designed to reduce radiation dose to the rectum to help minimize the side effects of radiation therapy. This is implanted in the Operating Room during urologic surgical procedures.
This purchase is exempt from the usual selection processes of the Procurement Code because the procurement expenditure is for medical supplies or medical at a university-operated health care center or dispensary that provides care, treatment, and medications for students, faculty and staff (30 ILCS 500 / 1-13(b-5)) SpaceOAR is necessary for the operational needs of our urologic surgeons performing procedures in the Operating Room. Without this product, these procedures could not occur and this could result in a revenue loss for the hospital.
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