Emergency Notice - Drug & Alcohol Testing & Post-Offer Physical Exams

IDOT requires an emergency 90‑day procurement because its current provider, HSHS Medical Group, will close all occupational health clinics and terminate its contract effective October 16, 2026. This unexpected loss of service creates an immediate gap in essential drug and alcohol testing, pre‑employment physicals, Return-to-Duty, and Fitness-for-Duty required for regulatory compliance and employee safety.

The emergency purchase is needed to maintain uninterrupted services and ensure continued compliance with federal and state requirements while a new long‑term provider is procured.

The emergency procurement will provide temporary access to essential occupational health services—including drug and alcohol testing, pre‑employment physicals, and fitness‑for‑duty evaluations so IDOT can maintain required medical and regulatory compliance while transitioning to a new long‑term provider.

Examinetics can provide the required services on site using its own mobile unit. This approach eliminates the need to utilize IDOT facilities, including IDOT restrooms for urine specimen collection, and provides a more controlled and efficient process for delivering the required occupational health services.

Emergency Purchases are conducted pursuant to 30 ILCS 500/20-30 and 44 Ill. Adm. Code 1.2030.

The amount of this expenditure is **2,000,000** (Estimated).

Examinetics was selected as the vendor. [...] Examinetics was the only provider able to meet IDOT’s operational needs, statewide clinic access, mobile service capability, and the mandatory October 16 start date.