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1    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
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 
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 
17    desired.

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

19information for the availability of real
property to lease 
20shall be published in the appropriate volume of the Illinois

21Procurement Bulletin at least 14 days before
the date set forth 
22in the request for receipt of responses and
shall also be 
23published in similar
manner in a newspaper of general 
 
 
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1circulation in the community or
communities where the using

2agency is seeking space.

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

4consist of written information
sufficient to show that the 
5respondent can meet minimum criteria
set forth in the request.  
6State
purchasing officers may enter into discussions with 
7respondents
for the purpose of clarifying
State needs and the 
8information supplied by the respondents.  On
the basis of the 
9information
supplied and discussions, if any, a State 
10purchasing officer shall
make a written determination

11identifying the responses that meet the minimum criteria set 
12forth
in the request for information.
Negotiations shall be 
13entered into with all qualified respondents
for the purpose of 
14securing a
lease that is in the best interest of the State.  A 
15written report
of the negotiations shall be
retained in the 
16lease files and shall include the reasons for the
final 
17selection.  All leases shall
be reduced to writing; one copy 
18shall be filed with the Comptroller and filed in accordance 
19with the provisions
of Section 20-80, and one copy shall be 
20filed with the Board.

21    When the lowest response by price is not selected, the 
22State purchasing
officer shall forward to the chief procurement 
23officer, along with the lease,
notice of the identity of the 
24lowest respondent by price and written reasons
for the 
25selection of a different response.  The chief procurement 
26officer shall
publish the written reasons in the next volume of 
 
 
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1the Illinois Procurement
Bulletin.
2    (e) Board review. Upon receipt of (1) any proposed lease of 
3real property of 10,000 or more square feet or (2) any proposed 
4lease of real property with annual rent payments of $100,000 or 
5more, the Procurement Policy Board shall have 30 days to review 
6the proposed lease. If the Board does not object in writing 
7within 30 days, then the proposed lease shall become effective 
8according to its terms as submitted. The leasing agency shall 
9make any and all materials available to the Board to assist in 
10the review process. 

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

 

12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
13becoming law.