Notice Number: SS08222024BC
Date Posted: 8/22/2024
Comments Due: 8/26/2024
at 12:00 PM current Mountain Time.

The Utah Procurement Code provides that a procurement may be made without competition when the University determines that there is only one source that can reasonably meet the University’s need for the required supply or service, as described in Utah Code Ann. § 63G-6a-802.

The Purchasing Department has received the following request for sole source procurement:

Product and/or Service to be Purchased: Replacement Transformer
Sole Source Supplier: Consolidated Electrical Distributors
Earliest Proposed Purchase Date: 8/26/2024
Buyer Name: Brandon Colledge
Sole Source Justification: CED is the only company that can provide us with this specific equipment in the 4 month deadline. Typical time frame for transformers take up to 18 months to receive. We cannot wait over a year to obtain a new transformer. If our current transformer goes down, patient care would be greatly affected. 

This purchase will exceed $50K. 

Submit comments regarding this notice of sole source procurement by filling out the form below prior to the “Comments Due Date” indicated above:

Notice Number: SS06252024BC
Date Posted: 6/25/24
Comments Due: 7/2/24
at 12:00 PM current Mountain Time.

The Utah Procurement Code provides that a procurement may be made without competition when the University determines that there is only one source that can reasonably meet the University’s need for the required supply or service, as described in Utah Code Ann. § 63G-6a-802.

The Purchasing Department has received the following request for sole source procurement:

Product and/or Service to be Purchased: Oxygen purchases for existing tanks at our locations
Sole Source Supplier: Linde Gas
Earliest Proposed Purchase Date: 7/2/24
Buyer Name: Brandon Colledge
Sole Source Justification: Linde Gas owns the bulk oxygen equipment that is installed on-site and no other vender will fill these tanks. With the ownership of the current equipment being Linde Gas this vender is the only vender able to fill the current on-site bulk oxygen system tanks.

This purchase will exceed $50K

Submit comments regarding this notice of sole source procurement by filling out the form below prior to the “Comments Due Date” indicated above:

Notice Number: 177870838, 182267230
Date Posted: 2/5/2024
Comments Due: 2/12/2024
at 12:00 PM current Mountain Time.

The Utah Procurement Code provides that a procurement may be made without competition when the University determines that there is only one source that can reasonably meet the University’s need for the required supply or service, as described in Utah Code Ann. § 63G-6a-802.

The Purchasing Department has received the following request for sole source procurement:

Product and/or Service to be purchased: website development, ASL translation and video production with post production
Sole Source Supplier: Access Simplified
Earliest Proposed Purchase Date: 2/12/2024
Buyer Name: Monica Henderson
Sole Source Justification: University ASL Diabetes Program is using vendor for ASL Translation & Video Production services and is seeking web development in ASL. The vendor employs Deaf professional actors and staff, an important component for quality assurance. Vendor must be able to guarantee American Sign Language fluency, equal access, and cultural sensitivity for the educational videos we are producing. Language translation is imperative in this project. Having the appropriate steps in place to ensure the complex medical content is translated and signed correctly in ASL is critical to the success of our project. Access Simplified is the only vendor we could identify that has these assurances in place and the only available vendor that offers the service needed from a single supplier. It would be cost prohibitive to have any work redone.

This sole source will be valid for a period of five (5) years and is to exceed $50k.

Submit comments regarding this notice of sole source procurement by filling out the form below prior to the “Comments Due Date” indicated above:

Notice Number: 18104886
Date Posted: February 5, 2024
Comments Due: February 9, 2024
at 12:00 PM current Mountain Time.

The Utah Procurement Code provides that a procurement may be made without competition when the University determines that there is only one source that can reasonably meet the University’s need for the required supply or service, as described in Utah Code Ann. § 63G-6a-802.

The Purchasing Department has received the following request for sole source procurement:

Product and/or Service to be purchased: Aurora Scientific Muscle Contraction Apparatus
Sole Source Supplier: Aurora Scientific
Earliest Proposed Purchase Date: February 9, 2024
Buyer Name: Jon Pezely
Sole Source Justification:

Aurora Scientific produces the gold-standard apparatus to measure force-generating capacity of murine skeletal muscle. While there are other companies that produce instruments that has the ability to measure murine muscle force, Aurora apparatus is the only instrument that allows for the measurements of force during isokinetic and/or eccentric contraction.

We currently utilize the Aurora instruments, and we need to purchase additional units to increase our capacity. In order for the measurements to be comparable, we need to purchase the same instruments from Aurora.

We are aware of other companies that make similar instruments, but none of them allow for isokinetic or eccentric contraction. They also produce data that are not directly comparable to data that we currently generate with our Aurora instruments.

Submit comments regarding this notice of sole source procurement by filling out the form below prior to the “Comments Due Date” indicated above:

Notice Number: 182339521
Date Posted: 2/5/2024
Comments Due: 2/12/2024
at 2:00 PM current Mountain Time.

The Utah Procurement Code provides that a procurement may be made without competition when the University determines that there is only one source that can reasonably meet the University’s need for the required supply or service, as described in Utah Code Ann. § 63G-6a-802.

The Purchasing Department has received the following request for sole source procurement:

Product and/or Service to be purchased: Additional K-12 Database Access by Gale: Gale in Context: High School  Gale in Context Global Issues  Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids
Sole Source Supplier: Gale: Cengage Learning
Earliest Proposed Purchase Date: 2/12/2024
Buyer Name: Ammi Aldous
Sole Source Justification: This Sole Source request is to license additional functionality for Gale, improving the basic functionality in the current statewide Library Database System purchased from Gale. This system is licensed by the University’s UETN on behalf of all USHE, K-12, and Libraries in Utah. These database enhancements from Gale are fully integrated with the current system. The added functionality of Gale in Context High School and Global Issues and national geographic kids is uniquely available from this single supplier. This agreement will be adding these 3 3 products as additional tool to our current Gale Agreement. These tools are proprietary to Gale and not offered from any other supplier.

This sole source will have a duration thought June 2024 and will cost over $50,000.

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Notice Number: 180918489
Date Posted: 2/5/2024
Comments Due: 2/12/2024
at 10:00 AM current Mountain Time.

The Utah Procurement Code provides that a procurement may be made without competition when the University determines that there is only one source that can reasonably meet the University’s need for the required supply or service, as described in Utah Code Ann. § 63G-6a-802.

The Purchasing Department has received the following request for sole source procurement:

Product and/or Service to be purchased: DoctorConnect Software License Renewal
Sole Source Supplier: AdTel International, LLC.
Earliest Proposed Purchase Date: 2/12/2024
Valid Effective Date Range: April 2024 – March 2026
Buyer Name: Matt Cooney
Sole Source Justification: DoctorConnect helps streamline obtaining provider signatures and maintaining HIPPA compliance. This solution has allowed us to provide follow up contact to patients who have been requested for additional visits by their provider. The University proposes using DoctorConnect for compatibility of the software. Estimated transitional costs to a different solution of $46,440.00 are considered unreasonable and/or cost prohibitive.

Submit comments regarding this notice of sole source procurement by filling out the form below prior to the “Comments Due Date” indicated above:

Notice Number: SS01302024KC
Date Posted: 01/30/2024
Comments Due: 02/06/2024
at 3:30 PM current Mountain Time.

The Utah Procurement Code provides that a procurement may be made without competition when the University determines that there is only one source that can reasonably meet the University’s need for the required supply or service, as described in Utah Code Ann. § 63G-6a-802.

The Purchasing Department has received the following request for sole source procurement:

Product and/or Service to be Purchased: Health Savings Account (HSA)
Sole Source Supplier: ASI Flex
Earliest Proposed Purchase Date: 02/06/2024
Buyer Name: Katherine Coons
Sole Source Justification: University of Utah Health Human Resources (HR) currently has a contract with ASI Flex to administer both medical and dependent flexible spending account (FSA) benefits for employees.  HR is expanding the menu of benefit offerings to include a Health Savings Account (HSA).  Industry practice is to bundle HSA and FSA services with a single vendor for a variety of reasons including: cost effectiveness, simplified systems requirements, and ease of understanding for employees. We estimate transitioning to a new vendor for both HSA and FSA would cost an added $218,000.00 in spend and an estimated 475 hours. This dollar amount is made up of training costs, conversion costs, disruption of service costs and staff time for implementation. Therefore, at this time, it is too cost prohibitive to transition to a new vendor.

This sole source will be valid for a period of five (5) years and will exceed $50K annually.

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Notice Number: 18151134
Date Posted: 1/8/2024
Comments Due: 1/15/2024
at 4:00 PM current Mountain Time.

The Utah Procurement Code provides that a procurement may be made without competition when the University determines that there is only one source that can reasonably meet the University’s need for the required supply or service, as described in Utah Code Ann. § 63G-6a-802.

The Purchasing Department has received the following request for sole source procurement:

Product and/or Service to be purchased: Consulting services to facilitate student experience and visioning program development. Including film media and arts research and hospitality initiatives.
Sole Source Supplier: Aretee Consulting, LLC
Earliest Proposed Purchase Date: 1/15/2024
Buyer Name: Ammi Aldous
Sole Source Justification:

Francesca Birks and Aretee Consulting provide a unique insight on future  trends for student experience in higher education and the bridge to the innovation, creative and entrepreneurial ecosystem across the US. What makes this work so unique is the insight and expertise Francesca brings.  It is her involvement in other projects on campus as well as her depth of connections in the respective hospitality, film and media arts industries that make her the only one who can bring the insights and expertise through her work to the U. There are not other vendors who have the University of Utah and US innovation ecosystem partnership contacts to leverage.

This sole source will have a duration of from February to December 2024 and will cost over $50,000.

Submit comments regarding this notice of sole source procurement by filling out the form below prior to the “Comments Due Date” indicated above: