University of Illinois at Chicago
Exemption #VLH369
Announcement of an Exempt Purchase
Change Order
Published Tuesday April 14, 2026
Vendor: Reality Check Insights Inc/Verasight
Change Order Amount: $33,563.50
The original dollar value was $243,200. A change order was completed on November 19, 2025 for $71,104 making the total value $314,304. This change order makes the total value $347,867.50.
Change Order Amount: $33,563.50
The original dollar value was $243,200. A change order was completed on November 19, 2025 for $71,104 making the total value $314,304. This change order makes the total value $347,867.50.
The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.
Change Order
Published Wednesday November 19, 2025
Vendor: Reality Check Insights Inc/Verasight
Change Order Amount: $71,104
Change Order Amount: $71,104
The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.
Award Info Published Thursday August 21, 2025
Reality Check Insights Inc/VerasightLivinsgton, NJ
- Amount: $243,200
- Terms: An estimated start date of 9/1/2025 through 8/31/2026
- Renewals: None
Summary
Vendors
1 total
0 BEP vendors
0 VBP vendors
0 Small businesses
The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.
First published Thursday, August 21, 2025
The University awarded a contract for Survey Services.
Survey services targeting SNAP participants to include sample of respondents across four states of Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, and Illinois.
This purchase is exempt from the usual selection processes of the Procurement Code because the procurement expenditure is for performing sponsored research and other sponsored activities under grants and contracts funded by the sponsor or by sources other than State appropriations. (30 ILCS 500 / 1-13(b)(8)) This purchase is necessary to meet specific aims of sponsored project G1838 funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Progress on this project aim is also critical to receipt of renewed grant funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies to begin December 1,2025.
For instructions on how to obtain a comprehensive purchase description, disclosure or contract forms, contact:
Vernell Hammons
UIC Purchasing and Contract Management
809 S. Marshfield Ave.
3rd floor (MC 560)
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 996-3409
FAX: (312) 996-3135
UIC Purchasing and Contract Management
809 S. Marshfield Ave.
3rd floor (MC 560)
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 996-3409
FAX: (312) 996-3135
The State of Illinois has a policy to encourage prospective vendors to hire qualified veterans, minorities, females, persons with disabilities and ex-offenders.