Public Act 096-1521
 
HB1450 EnrolledLRB096 05035 RCE 15101 b



    AN ACT concerning State government.

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



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



    (30 ILCS 500/40-20)



    Sec. 40-20. Request for information. 

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

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

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

shall include:


        (1) the type of property to be leased;


        (2) the proposed uses of the property;


        (3) the duration of the lease;


        (4) the preferred location of the property; and


        (5) a general description of the configuration 
    desired.

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

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

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

agency is seeking space.

    (d) Response.  The request for information response shall

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

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

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

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

 

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