JPMC SOURCEWELL RFP 111026 LABORATORY AND SCIENCE EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES AND RELATED TECH AND SERVICES

The Chief Procurement Officer for General Services (CPO-GS) has authorized that the State of Illinois and/or its governmental units may participate in the resulting contract(s) on a non-mandatory basis. This opportunity is being published in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin to only give notice to interested vendors; you must obtain the solicitation from the publication. [...] The purpose of this solicitation is to establish Master Agreements with qualified suppliers to provide services related to all Participating Entities. The objective is to obtain best value and achieve more favorable pricing than is obtainable by an individual state or local government entity because of the collective volume of potential purchases by numerous state and local government entities.

The Master Agreement(s) resulting from this procurement shall be extended to state governments (including departments, agencies, institutions), institutions of higher education, political subdivisions (i.e. school districts, counties, cities, etc., the District of Columbia, territories of the United States, and other eligible entities subject to approval of the individual state procurement director and compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory provisions.

Interested vendors must download the solicitation online at: https://proportal.sourcewell-mn.gov/

Please do not contact the State of Illinois with questions about this solicitation.

Sourcewell and supplier may agree to up to three additional one-year extensions based on the best interests of Sourcewell and its Participation Entities. Sourcewell retains the right to consider additional extensions beyond seven years as required under exceptional circumstances; however, contract vendors must submit an annual certification that they are still compliant with the mandatory minimum requirements and technical specifications of the solicitation.

**Required:** Registration in the Illinois Procurement Gateway is required before a participating agreement with the State of Illinois may be executed. Registration in BidBuy is required before a contract with the State of Illinois can be executed.

In no event will the total term of any participating agreement, including the initial term and any extensions or amendments, exceed ten (10) years.