University of Illinois at Chicago
Exemption #JDR564
Announcement of an Exempt Purchase
Award Info Published Wednesday October 15, 2025
WL Gore & Associates IncNewark, DE
- Amount: An estimated $3,250,000
- Terms: An estimated start date of 11/1/2025 through 11/30/2029
- Renewals: None
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The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.
First published Wednesday, October 15, 2025
The University awarded a contract for implantable vascular grafts and ancillaries.
This exemption is for implantable vascular grafts and related ancillaries.
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)) These are medical supplies for patient care.
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