Announcement of an Exempt Purchase

EPIQ CVx is a new version of EPIQ for premium 3D echo, designed for cardiology featuring an uncompromised level of clinical performance to meet the challenges of todays most demanding practices. A powerful ultrasound imaging architecture touching all aspects of acoustic acquisition and processing allowing to truly experience Ultrasound's evolution to a more definitive modality.

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)) This purchase is to replace aging equipment that can no longer provide the level of diagnostic confidence needed in diagnosing cardiovascular diseases and physiology. The procurement is highly beneficial to the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) because it is the newest version of the machine and provides the staff with the current technology to provide the safest care to our patients.