Emergency Notice - Purchase of 5 7500 DX Instruments for COVID-19 testing

This is an emergency procurement by the State of Illinois to purchase five 7500 DX instrument towers from Fisher Scientific to increase the COVID-19 testing capacity of the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) laboratories in Chicago, Carbondale, and Springfield. The total cost of the purchase is $307,740.35, with an expected start date of March 4, 2020 and an end date of May 3, 2020. This emergency procurement is necessary as the ABI 7500 Fast DX instruments are the only ones approved by the CDC and FDA for the COVID-19 test, and Fisher Scientific is the sole provider. The funding for this procurement will come from state sources. The justification for selecting Fisher Scientific is that they are the sole provider of the required instruments. This emergency purchase is critical to enable IDPH to mount a proper and timely response to the COVID-19 outbreak while maintaining other critical outbreak testing.

The procurement is limited to Fisher Scientific as the sole source provider of the required instruments. There are no set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond. The current incumbent or contractor is not specified. The budget for this emergency procurement is $307,740.35.