Emergency Notice Courier Services

The Illinois Department of Public Health is seeking a vendor to provide emergency courier services to transport vaccines, medical countermeasures, and critical medical equipment from the Federal Warehouse in East Peoria, Illinois to healthcare facilities and public health partners statewide. The vendor must be able to respond within two hours of notification and complete delivery within required operational timeframes. The services include transport and recovery of large and sensitive medical equipment, and the vendor must provide appropriate vehicles capable of statewide transport and electrical support to maintain temperature control during transit. • The vendor must have the ability to provide statewide emergency transport and temperature-controlled handling of vaccines and medical therapeutics. • The vendor must be able to respond within two hours of notification and complete delivery within required operational timeframes. • The vendor must provide appropriate vehicles capable of statewide transport and electrical support to maintain temperature control during transit. • The vendor must be able to transport and recover large and sensitive medical equipment, including ultra-low temperature freezers and similar devices exceeding seven hundred pounds and standard carrier size limits.