98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1897

 

Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Andy Manar

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/45-85 new

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that when a State contract for data processing, hosting, or related services is to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract by employing exclusively Illinois residents may be given a preference over other bidders unable or unwilling to do so, so long as the total contract price in the bid of the bidder who will employ exclusively Illinois residents is no more than 15% greater than the total contract price in the bid of the lowest responsible bidder who is unable or unwilling to do so.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5adding Section 45-85 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/45-85 new)
7    Sec. 45-85. Electronic data processing preference. When a
8State contract for data processing, hosting, or related
9services is to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, an
10otherwise qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract by
11employing exclusively Illinois residents may be given a
12preference over other bidders unable or unwilling to do so,
13provided that the total contract price in the bid of the bidder
14who will employ exclusively Illinois residents is no more than
1515% greater than the total contract price in the bid of the
16lowest responsible bidder who is unable or unwilling to do so.
17    For the purposes of this Section, "contract for data
18processing, hosting, or related services" means a contract for
19application hosting, ASP provider services, automated data
20processing services, computer data storage services, computer
21input preparation services, data capture imaging services,
22data entry services, data processing computer services, data
23processing services (except payroll services and financial

 

 

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1transaction processing services), disk and diskette conversion
2services, electronic data processing services, microfiche
3recording and imaging services, microfilm recording and
4imaging services, or optical scanning services.