Richard's Medical Equipment, Inc., provides supplies, such as blades that are used to remove tissues sample that are used in Laryngoscopy; which is endoscopy of the larynx, a part of the throat.

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)) Richard's Medical provides supplies which have to do with direct patient care. Without the Richard's Medical supplies the hospital would not be able to offer certain Laryngoscopy procedures, which in turn would drive patients elsewhere resulting in a loss of revenue to the hospital.