Emergency Notice Courier Services2

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is procuring emergency courier and logistical transportation services to transport vaccines, medical supplies, and other public health-related materials from a federal warehouse throughout Illinois with specialized temperature-controlled capabilities. This procurement encompasses pickup, transportation, tracking, coordination, and delivery of time-sensitive public health materials, laboratory items, medical supplies, records, and equipment, with demonstrated capability to handle temperature-sensitive materials requiring controlled transport conditions using agency-provided portable vaccine freezers. The successful vendor must demonstrate operational capability, adequate staffing availability, appropriate transportation resources, scheduling flexibility, and necessary infrastructure to support statewide delivery requirements. The IDPH has initiated a formal competitive procurement process with a public solicitation opening scheduled for May 21, 2026, at 2:00 PM, with proposals due by August 18, 2026. The agency determined that immediate service continuation was necessary to maintain uninterrupted public health operations and timely delivery of temperature-sensitive vaccine materials, as interruption of these services would negatively impact continuity of operations and public health response functions.

Fortune Carrier INC. has been awarded an emergency purchase authorization valued at $30,015.00, funded through State Appropriated Funds, to provide interim services during the competitive procurement process. The emergency purchase was authorized on May 21, 2026, to bridge the gap between expiration of prior services and execution of a replacement competitively awarded contract, as no active state contract was identified as meeting the operational requirements and insufficient time existed to complete a standard competitive procurement. The summary does not specify set-aside designations, restrictions on types of responding organizations, disadvantaged enterprise requirements, or existing technology infrastructure that requires integration. The emergency purchase value of $30,015.00 provides an initial indication of anticipated service costs, though the full contract value for the long-term competitive procurement has not been disclosed in the available documentation.