Public Act 93-0157

HB1246 Enrolled                      LRB093 02549 MKM 02559 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.   The  Counties  Code  is amended by changing
Section 5-1022 as follows:

    (55 ILCS 5/5-1022) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1022)
    Sec. 5-1022.  Competitive bids.
    (a)  Any purchase by a county with fewer  than  2,000,000
inhabitants  of services, materials, equipment or supplies in
excess of $20,000 $10,000, other than professional  services,
shall be contracted for in one of the following ways:
         (1)  by  a  contract  let  to the lowest responsible
    bidder  after  advertising  for  bids  in   a   newspaper
    published  within  the  county  or,  if  no  newspaper is
    published within the  county,  then  a  newspaper  having
    general circulation within the county; or
         (2)  by  a contract let without advertising for bids
    in the case of an emergency if authorized by  the  county
    board.
    (b)  In  determining  the  lowest responsible bidder, the
county board shall take into consideration the  qualities  of
the    articles   supplied;   their   conformity   with   the
specifications; their suitability to the requirements of  the
county,  availability  of support services; uniqueness of the
service, materials, equipment, or supplies as it  applies  to
networked,  integrated  computer  systems;  compatibility  to
existing equipment; and the delivery terms.  The county board
also  may  take  into  consideration  whether  a  bidder is a
private enterprise  or  a  State-controlled  enterprise  and,
notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  this Section or a
lower  bid  by  a  State-controlled  enterprise,  may  let  a
contract to the lowest responsible bidder that is  a  private
enterprise.
    (c)  This Section does not apply to contracts by a county
with   the   federal  government  or  to  purchases  of  used
equipment, purchases at auction or similar transactions which
by their very nature are not suitable  to  competitive  bids,
pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the county board.
    (d)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of this Section, a
county may let without advertising for bids in  the  case  of
purchases and contracts, when individual orders do not exceed
$25,000,  for  the  use,  purchase,  delivery,  movement,  or
installation  of  data  processing  equipment,  software,  or
services  and telecommunications and inter-connect equipment,
software, and services.
(Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)