University of Illinois at Chicago
Exemption #JMG753
Announcement of an Exempt Purchase
Award Info Published Tuesday June 25, 2019
Awarded to:
Vendor: CuraScript Specialty Distribution, Lake Mary, FL
Amount: An estimated $975,000
Amount: An estimated $975,000
Terms:
An estimated start date of 7/1/2019 through 11/1/2019
Renewals:
None
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
First published Tuesday, June 25, 2019
The University awarded a contract for speciality medications.
Speciality medications - Curascript provides specialty pharmaceutical products for UI Health patients. These products include: flolan, letaris, remodulin, tracleer and veletri. Most recently, the hospital has decided to start providing CART-therapy using the product Kymriah to its patient population. This therapy is for patients who have failed previous cancer treatments.
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)) Curascript is the specialty pharmaceutical vendor that is able to distribute Kymriah to hospitals wishing to provide this therapy to its patient population. Novartis (pharmaceutical company that supplies Kymriah) has put in place a limited distribution system.
For additional information, contact:
Jeffrey Walsh
University of Illinois at Chicago
Purchasing Division (M/C 560)
809 South Marshfield Avenue
Chicago, IL 60612-7203
Phone: (312) 355-3568
FAX: (312) 996-3135
University of Illinois at Chicago
Purchasing Division (M/C 560)
809 South Marshfield Avenue
Chicago, IL 60612-7203
Phone: (312) 355-3568
FAX: (312) 996-3135
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