Rep. Jack D. Franks
Adopted in House on Nov 17, 2010
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1450 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1450 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by 
5changing Section 40-20 as follows:
 



6    (30 ILCS 500/40-20)



7    Sec. 40-20. Request for information. 

8    (a) Conditions for use.  Leases shall be procured by request

9for information except as
otherwise provided in Section 40-15.

10    (b) Form.  A request for information shall be issued and

11shall include:


12        (1) the type of property to be leased;


13        (2) the proposed uses of the property;


14        (3) the duration of the lease;


15        (4) the preferred location of the property; and


16        (5) a general description of the configuration 
 
 
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1    desired.

2    (c) Public notice.  Public notice of the request for

3information for the availability of real
property to lease 
4shall be published in the appropriate volume of the Illinois

5Procurement Bulletin at least 14 days before
the date set forth 
6in the request for receipt of responses and
shall also be 
7published in similar
manner in a newspaper of general 
8circulation in the community or
communities where the using

9agency is seeking space.

10    (d) Response.  The request for information response shall

11consist of written information
sufficient to show that the 
12respondent can meet minimum criteria
set forth in the request.  
13State
purchasing officers may enter into discussions with 
14respondents
for the purpose of clarifying
State needs and the 
15information supplied by the respondents.  On
the basis of the 
16information
supplied and discussions, if any, a State 
17purchasing officer shall
make a written determination

18identifying the responses that meet the minimum criteria set 
19forth
in the request for information.
Negotiations shall be 
20entered into with all qualified respondents
for the purpose of 
21securing a
lease that is in the best interest of the State.  A 
22written report
of the negotiations shall be
retained in the 
23lease files and shall include the reasons for the
final 
24selection.  All leases shall
be reduced to writing; one copy 
25shall be filed with the Comptroller and filed in accordance 
26with the provisions
of Section 20-80, and one copy shall be 
 
 
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1filed with the Board.

2    When the lowest response by price is not selected, the 
3State purchasing
officer shall forward to the chief procurement 
4officer, along with the lease,
notice of the identity of the 
5lowest respondent by price and written reasons
for the 
6selection of a different response.  The chief procurement 
7officer shall
publish the written reasons in the next volume of 
8the Illinois Procurement
Bulletin.
9    (e) Board review. Upon receipt of (1) any proposed lease of 
10real property of 10,000 or more square feet or (2) any proposed 
11lease of real property with annual rent payments of $100,000 or 
12more, the Procurement Policy Board shall have 30 days to review 
13the proposed lease. If the Board does not object in writing 
14within 30 days, then the proposed lease shall become effective 
15according to its terms as submitted. The leasing agency shall 
16make any and all materials available to the Board to assist in 
17the review process. 

18(Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)

 

19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
20becoming law.".