Announcement of an Exempt Purchase

A High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilator a mechanical ventilator that delivers very small breaths at high speeds.

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 specialty ventilators replace the existing ventilators which are out of the useful life of the equipment. This eliminates a safety risk for our most vulnerable extreme premature babies' care.