The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees at its regularly scheduled meeting today on the Springfield campus approved contracts worth more than $2.4 million to provide services and equipment to the Edwardsville campus.
SIUE Health Services has contracted for one year with a four-year renewal option with Dr. Rod Hartzel of Sorento, Ill., and TTG Locum Tenens, Inc. of St. Louis. Each vendor will receive $110,000 annually. The total value of the agreement is $1.1 million. The services are funded by Student Health Services fees.
SIUE Health Services contracts for physician services to provide advisory, consulting, reporting and related services to SIUE students. Services include diagnosis, treatment, emergency care, physical examinations, referrals, minor surgery and related medical services within the scope of the Health Services mission statement.
The Board also approved a contract with A-Dec, Inc., of Newburg, Ore., to purchase multi-discipline laboratory simulator equipment at a cost of $593,207.35. The equipment is for the SIU School of Dental Medicine’s new Multi-Discipline Laboratory in Alton.
The equipment will include 63 pre-clinic patient simulators ($6,558.45 ea.), 65 dental LED lights/bench top mounts ($1,655 ea.) and 63 simulator phantom heads with face masks and mounting rods ($1,150 ea.). The purchase is funded from University Plant funds, an Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity grant, donations and equipment user fees.
In addition, SIUE Facilities Management has contracted with Connor Co., of Collinsville, to provide for the purchase of plumbing supplies to make routine repairs. The contract is for a twelve-month period beginning July 12, 2013. The University reserves the option to renew the contract for up to three additional years. The estimated cost of the four-year agreement is $788,000. The actual cost will depend upon the University’s plumbing supplies needed for repairs. The contract is funded from state appropriated funds and departmental auxiliary funds.