97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5725

 

Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the chief procurement officers are jointly responsible for publishing the Illinois Procurement Bulletin (now, each chief procurement officer is responsible for publishing his or her volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin). Provides that the electronic Illinois Procurement Bulletin shall include a single registration system and a single industry code classification system that is substantially similar to the North American Industry Classification System. Requires the registrant to select the code classification that best describes the service or commodity that the registrant wishes to provide the State. Provides that the Procurement Policy Board shall maintain on its website a portal for persons and businesses to submit the certifications and disclosures required under the Code, as well as any certification provided under the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons With Disabilities Act and the employer report form required by the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that, instead of submitting a certification or disclosure with the bid, contract, or subcontract, a person or business who is registered on the web-based portal maintained by the Procurement Policy Board may maintain a current, accurate certification or disclosure on the web-based portal. Amends various Acts to make conforming changes to provisions regarding the Illinois Procurement Bulletin.


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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 General Obligation Bond Act is amended by
5changing Section 11 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 330/11)  (from Ch. 127, par. 661)
7    Sec. 11. Sale of Bonds. Except as otherwise provided in
8this Section, Bonds shall be sold from time to time pursuant to
9notice of sale and public bid or by negotiated sale in such
10amounts and at such times as is directed by the Governor, upon
11recommendation by the Director of the Governor's Office of
12Management and Budget. At least 25%, based on total principal
13amount, of all Bonds issued each fiscal year shall be sold
14pursuant to notice of sale and public bid. At all times during
15each fiscal year, no more than 75%, based on total principal
16amount, of the Bonds issued each fiscal year, shall have been
17sold by negotiated sale. Failure to satisfy the requirements in
18the preceding 2 sentences shall not affect the validity of any
19previously issued Bonds; provided that all Bonds authorized by
20Public Act 96-43 and this amendatory Act of the 96th General
21Assembly shall not be included in determining compliance for
22any fiscal year with the requirements of the preceding 2
23sentences; and further provided that refunding Bonds

 

 

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1satisfying the requirements of Section 16 of this Act and sold
2during fiscal year 2009, 2010, or 2011 shall not be subject to
3the requirements in the preceding 2 sentences.
4    If any Bonds, including refunding Bonds, are to be sold by
5negotiated sale, the Director of the Governor's Office of
6Management and Budget shall comply with the competitive request
7for proposal process set forth in the Illinois Procurement Code
8and all other applicable requirements of that Code.
9    If Bonds are to be sold pursuant to notice of sale and
10public bid, the Director of the Governor's Office of Management
11and Budget shall, from time to time, as Bonds are to be sold,
12advertise the sale of the Bonds in at least 2 daily newspapers,
13one of which is published in the City of Springfield and one in
14the City of Chicago. The sale of the Bonds shall also be
15advertised in the volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin
16that is published by the Department of Central Management
17Services. Each of the advertisements for proposals shall be
18published once at least 10 days prior to the date fixed for the
19opening of the bids. The Director of the Governor's Office of
20Management and Budget may reschedule the date of sale upon the
21giving of such additional notice as the Director deems adequate
22to inform prospective bidders of such change; provided,
23however, that all other conditions of the sale shall continue
24as originally advertised.
25    Executed Bonds shall, upon payment therefor, be delivered
26to the purchaser, and the proceeds of Bonds shall be paid into

 

 

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1the State Treasury as directed by Section 12 of this Act.
2(Source: P.A. 96-18, eff. 6-26-09; 96-43, eff. 7-15-09;
396-1497, eff. 1-14-11.)
 
4    Section 10. The Build Illinois Bond Act is amended by
5changing Section 8 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 425/8)  (from Ch. 127, par. 2808)
7    Sec. 8. Sale of Bonds. Bonds, except as otherwise provided
8in this Section, shall be sold from time to time pursuant to
9notice of sale and public bid or by negotiated sale in such
10amounts and at such times as are directed by the Governor, upon
11recommendation by the Director of the Governor's Office of
12Management and Budget. At least 25%, based on total principal
13amount, of all Bonds issued each fiscal year shall be sold
14pursuant to notice of sale and public bid. At all times during
15each fiscal year, no more than 75%, based on total principal
16amount, of the Bonds issued each fiscal year shall have been
17sold by negotiated sale. Failure to satisfy the requirements in
18the preceding 2 sentences shall not affect the validity of any
19previously issued Bonds; and further provided that refunding
20Bonds satisfying the requirements of Section 15 of this Act and
21sold during fiscal year 2009, 2010, or 2011 shall not be
22subject to the requirements in the preceding 2 sentences.
23    If any Bonds are to be sold pursuant to notice of sale and
24public bid, the Director of the Governor's Office of Management

 

 

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1and Budget shall comply with the competitive request for
2proposal process set forth in the Illinois Procurement Code and
3all other applicable requirements of that Code.
4    If Bonds are to be sold pursuant to notice of sale and
5public bid, the Director of the Governor's Office of Management
6and Budget shall, from time to time, as Bonds are to be sold,
7advertise the sale of the Bonds in at least 2 daily newspapers,
8one of which is published in the City of Springfield and one in
9the City of Chicago. The sale of the Bonds shall also be
10advertised in the volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin
11that is published by the Department of Central Management
12Services. Each of the advertisements for proposals shall be
13published once at least 10 days prior to the date fixed for the
14opening of the bids. The Director of the Governor's Office of
15Management and Budget may reschedule the date of sale upon the
16giving of such additional notice as the Director deems adequate
17to inform prospective bidders of the change; provided, however,
18that all other conditions of the sale shall continue as
19originally advertised. Executed Bonds shall, upon payment
20therefor, be delivered to the purchaser, and the proceeds of
21Bonds shall be paid into the State Treasury as directed by
22Section 9 of this Act. The Governor or the Director of the
23Governor's Office of Management and Budget is hereby authorized
24and directed to execute and deliver contracts of sale with
25underwriters and to execute and deliver such certificates,
26indentures, agreements and documents, including any

 

 

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1supplements or amendments thereto, and to take such actions and
2do such things as shall be necessary or desirable to carry out
3the purposes of this Act. Any action authorized or permitted to
4be taken by the Director of the Governor's Office of Management
5and Budget pursuant to this Act is hereby authorized to be
6taken by any person specifically designated by the Governor to
7take such action in a certificate signed by the Governor and
8filed with the Secretary of State.
9(Source: P.A. 96-18, eff. 6-26-09.)
 
10    Section 15. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
11changing Sections 15-1, 15-15, 15-25, 20-10, 35-30, 50-80, and
1253-25 and by adding Section 15-35 as follows:
 
13    (30 ILCS 500/15-1)
14    Sec. 15-1. Publisher. The chief procurement officers
15Department of Central Management Services is the State agency
16responsible for publishing its volumes of the Illinois
17Procurement Bulletin. The Capital Development Board is
18responsible for publishing its volumes of the Illinois
19Procurement Bulletin. The Department of Transportation is
20responsible for publishing its volumes of the Illinois
21Procurement Bulletin. The higher education chief procurement
22officer is responsible for publishing the higher education
23volumes of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin. The Illinois
24Power Agency are jointly is the State agency responsible for

 

 

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1publishing its volumes of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin.
2    The Each volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin shall
3be available electronically and may be available in print.
4References in this Code to the publication and distribution of
5the Illinois Procurement Bulletin include both its print and
6electronic formats.
7(Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.)
 
8    (30 ILCS 500/15-15)
9    Sec. 15-15. Publication. The All volumes of the Illinois
10Procurement Bulletin shall be published at least once per month
11and . Any volume, including volumes available in print format,
12shall be available through subscription for a minimal fee not
13exceeding publication and distribution costs. The Illinois
14Procurement Bulletin shall be distributed free to public
15libraries within Illinois and electronically to any entity that
16has subscribed on the publishing entity's website.
17(Source: P.A. 96-1444, eff. 8-20-10.)
 
18    (30 ILCS 500/15-25)
19    Sec. 15-25. Bulletin content.
20    (a) Invitations for bids. Notice of each and every contract
21that is offered, including renegotiated contracts and change
22orders, shall be published in the Bulletin, and all businesses
23listed on the Department of Transportation Disadvantaged
24Business Enterprise Directory, the Department of Central

 

 

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1Management Services Business Enterprise Program and Small
2Business Vendors Directory, and the Capital Development
3Board's Directory of Certified Minority and Female Business
4Enterprises shall be furnished written instructions and
5information on how to register on the each Procurement Bulletin
6maintained by the State. Such information shall be provided to
7each business within 30 days after the business' notice of
8certification. The applicable chief procurement officer may
9provide by rule an organized format for the publication of this
10information, but in any case it must include at least the date
11first offered, the date submission of offers is due, the
12location that offers are to be submitted to, the purchasing
13State agency, the responsible State purchasing officer, a brief
14purchase description, the method of source selection,
15information of how to obtain a comprehensive purchase
16description and any disclosure and contract forms, and
17encouragement to prospective vendors to hire qualified
18veterans, as defined by Section 45-67 of this Code, and
19qualified Illinois minorities, women, persons with
20disabilities, and residents discharged from any Illinois adult
21correctional center.
22    (b) Contracts let. Notice of each and every contract that
23is let, including renegotiated contracts and change orders,
24shall be issued electronically to those bidders or offerors
25submitting responses to the solicitations, inclusive of the
26unsuccessful bidders, immediately upon contract let. Failure

 

 

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1of any chief procurement officer to give such notice shall
2result in tolling the time for filing a bid protest up to 5
3business days. The apparent low bidder's award and all other
4bids from bidders responding to solicitations shall be posted
5on the agency's website the next business day.
6    (b-5) Contracts awarded. Notice of each and every contract
7that is awarded, including renegotiated contracts and change
8orders, shall be issued electronically to the successful
9responsible bidder or offeror, posted on the agency's website
10the next business day, and published in the next available
11subsequent Bulletin. The applicable chief procurement officer
12may provide by rule an organized format for the publication of
13this information, but in any case it must include at least all
14of the information specified in subsection (a) as well as the
15name of the successful responsible bidder or offeror, the
16contract price, the number of unsuccessful responsive bidders,
17and any other disclosure specified in any Section of this Code.
18This notice must be posted in the online electronic Bulletin
19prior to execution of the contract.
20    (c) Emergency purchase disclosure. Any chief procurement
21officer or State purchasing officer exercising emergency
22purchase authority under this Code shall publish a written
23description and reasons and the total cost, if known, or an
24estimate if unknown and the name of the responsible chief
25procurement officer and State purchasing officer, and the
26business or person contracted with for all emergency purchases

 

 

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1in the next timely, practicable Bulletin. This notice must be
2posted in the online electronic Bulletin no later than 3
3business days after the contract is awarded. Notice of a
4hearing to extend an emergency contract must be posted in the
5online electronic Procurement Bulletin no later than 5 business
6days prior to the hearing.
7    (c-5) Business Enterprise Program report. Each purchasing
8agency shall post in the online electronic Bulletin a copy of
9its annual report of utilization of businesses owned by
10minorities, females, and persons with disabilities as
11submitted to the Business Enterprise Council for Minorities,
12Females, and Persons with Disabilities pursuant to Section 6(c)
13of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons
14with Disabilities Act within 10 business days after its
15submission of its report to the Council.
16    (c-10) Renewals. Notice of each contract renewal shall be
17posted in the online electronic Bulletin within 10 business
18days of the determination to renew the contract and the next
19available subsequent Bulletin. The notice shall include at
20least all of the information required in subsection (b).
21    (c-15) Sole source procurements. Before entering into a
22sole source contract, a chief procurement officer exercising
23sole source procurement authority under this Code shall publish
24a written description of intent to enter into a sole source
25contract along with a description of the item to be procured
26and the intended sole source contractor. This notice must be

 

 

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1posted in the online electronic Procurement Bulletin before a
2sole source contract is awarded and at least 14 days before the
3hearing required by Section 20-25.
4    (d) Other required disclosure. The applicable chief
5procurement officer shall provide by rule for the organized
6publication of all other disclosure required in other Sections
7of this Code in a timely manner.
8    (e) The changes to subsections (b), (c), (c-5), (c-10), and
9(c-15) of this Section made by this amendatory Act of the 96th
10General Assembly apply to reports submitted, offers made, and
11notices on contracts executed on or after its effective date.
12    (f) The Department of Central Management Services, the
13Capital Development Board, the Department of Transportation,
14and the higher education chief procurement officer shall
15provide the Procurement Policy Board with the information and
16resources necessary, and in a manner, to effectuate the purpose
17of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
18(Source: P.A. 95-536, eff. 1-1-08; 96-795, eff. 7-1-10 (see
19Section 5 of P.A. 96-793 for the effective date of changes made
20by P.A. 96-795); 96-1444, eff. 8-20-10.)
 
21    (30 ILCS 500/15-35 new)
22    Sec. 15-35. Vendor registration.
23    (a) The electronic Illinois Procurement Bulletin shall
24include a single registration system. A business or person who
25has registered on the Illinois Procurement Bulletin shall have

 

 

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1access to all electronic Bulletin content published pursuant to
2Section 15-25.
3    (b) The single registration system shall include a single
4industry code classification system substantially similar to
5the North American Industry Classification System and shall
6require a registrant to select the code classification that
7best describes the service or commodity that the registrant
8wishes to provide to the State.
9    (c) The chief procurement officers may promulgate rules in
10accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to
11implement this Section.
 
12    (30 ILCS 500/20-10)
13    (Text of Section from P.A. 96-159, 96-588, 97-96, and
1497-198)
15    Sec. 20-10. Competitive sealed bidding; reverse auction.
16    (a) Conditions for use. All contracts shall be awarded by
17competitive sealed bidding except as otherwise provided in
18Section 20-5.
19    (b) Invitation for bids. An invitation for bids shall be
20issued and shall include a purchase description and the
21material contractual terms and conditions applicable to the
22procurement.
23    (c) Public notice. Public notice of the invitation for bids
24shall be published in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin at
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1opening of bids.
2    (d) Bid opening. Bids shall be opened publicly in the
3presence of one or more witnesses at the time and place
4designated in the invitation for bids. The name of each bidder,
5the amount of each bid, and other relevant information as may
6be specified by rule shall be recorded. After the award of the
7contract, the winning bid and the record of each unsuccessful
8bid shall be open to public inspection.
9    (e) Bid acceptance and bid evaluation. Bids shall be
10unconditionally accepted without alteration or correction,
11except as authorized in this Code. Bids shall be evaluated
12based on the requirements set forth in the invitation for bids,
13which may include criteria to determine acceptability such as
14inspection, testing, quality, workmanship, delivery, and
15suitability for a particular purpose. Those criteria that will
16affect the bid price and be considered in evaluation for award,
17such as discounts, transportation costs, and total or life
18cycle costs, shall be objectively measurable. The invitation
19for bids shall set forth the evaluation criteria to be used.
20    (f) Correction or withdrawal of bids. Correction or
21withdrawal of inadvertently erroneous bids before or after
22award, or cancellation of awards of contracts based on bid
23mistakes, shall be permitted in accordance with rules. After
24bid opening, no changes in bid prices or other provisions of
25bids prejudicial to the interest of the State or fair
26competition shall be permitted. All decisions to permit the

 

 

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1correction or withdrawal of bids based on bid mistakes shall be
2supported by written determination made by a State purchasing
3officer.
4    (g) Award. The contract shall be awarded with reasonable
5promptness by written notice to the lowest responsible and
6responsive bidder whose bid meets the requirements and criteria
7set forth in the invitation for bids, except when a State
8purchasing officer determines it is not in the best interest of
9the State and by written explanation determines another bidder
10shall receive the award. The explanation shall appear in the
11appropriate volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin.
12    (h) Multi-step sealed bidding. When it is considered
13impracticable to initially prepare a purchase description to
14support an award based on price, an invitation for bids may be
15issued requesting the submission of unpriced offers to be
16followed by an invitation for bids limited to those bidders
17whose offers have been qualified under the criteria set forth
18in the first solicitation.
19    (i) Alternative procedures. Notwithstanding any other
20provision of this Act to the contrary, the Director of the
21Illinois Power Agency may create alternative bidding
22procedures to be used in procuring professional services under
23subsection (a) of Section 1-75 and subsection (d) of Section
241-78 of the Illinois Power Agency Act and Section 16-111.5(c)
25of the Public Utilities Act and to procure renewable energy
26resources under Section 1-56 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.

 

 

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1These alternative procedures shall be set forth together with
2the other criteria contained in the invitation for bids, and
3shall appear in the appropriate volume of the Illinois
4Procurement Bulletin.
5    (j) Reverse auction. Notwithstanding any other provision
6of this Section and in accordance with rules adopted by the
7Director of Central Management Services as chief procurement
8officer, a State purchasing officer under that chief
9procurement officer's jurisdiction may procure supplies or
10services through a competitive electronic auction bidding
11process after the purchasing officer explains in writing to the
12chief procurement officer his or her determination that the use
13of such a process will be in the best interest of the State.
14The chief procurement officer shall publish that determination
15in the his or her next volume of the Illinois Procurement
16Bulletin.
17    An invitation for bids shall be issued and shall include
18(i) a procurement description, (ii) all contractual terms,
19whenever practical, and (iii) conditions applicable to the
20procurement, including a notice that bids will be received in
21an electronic auction manner.
22    Public notice of the invitation for bids shall be given in
23the same manner as provided in subsection (c).
24    Bids shall be accepted electronically at the time and in
25the manner designated in the invitation for bids. During the
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1Bidders shall have the opportunity to reduce their bid prices
2during the auction. At the conclusion of the auction, the
3record of the bid prices received and the name of each bidder
4shall be open to public inspection.
5    After the auction period has terminated, withdrawal of bids
6shall be permitted as provided in subsection (f).
7    The contract shall be awarded within 60 days after the
8auction by written notice to the lowest responsible bidder, or
9all bids shall be rejected except as otherwise provided in this
10Code. Extensions of the date for the award may be made by
11mutual written consent of the State purchasing officer and the
12lowest responsible bidder.
13    This subsection does not apply to (i) procurements of
14professional and artistic services, including but not limited
15to telecommunications services, communications services,
16Internet services, and information services, and (ii)
17contracts for construction projects.
18(Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07; 96-159, eff. 8-10-09;
1996-588, eff. 8-18-09; 97-96, eff. 7-13-11.)
 
20    (Text of Section from P.A. 96-159, 96-795, 97-96, and
2197-198)
22    Sec. 20-10. Competitive sealed bidding; reverse auction.
23    (a) Conditions for use. All contracts shall be awarded by
24competitive sealed bidding except as otherwise provided in
25Section 20-5.

 

 

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1    (b) Invitation for bids. An invitation for bids shall be
2issued and shall include a purchase description and the
3material contractual terms and conditions applicable to the
4procurement.
5    (c) Public notice. Public notice of the invitation for bids
6shall be published in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin at
7least 14 days before the date set in the invitation for the
8opening of bids.
9    (d) Bid opening. Bids shall be opened publicly in the
10presence of one or more witnesses at the time and place
11designated in the invitation for bids. The name of each bidder,
12the amount of each bid, and other relevant information as may
13be specified by rule shall be recorded. After the award of the
14contract, the winning bid and the record of each unsuccessful
15bid shall be open to public inspection.
16    (e) Bid acceptance and bid evaluation. Bids shall be
17unconditionally accepted without alteration or correction,
18except as authorized in this Code. Bids shall be evaluated
19based on the requirements set forth in the invitation for bids,
20which may include criteria to determine acceptability such as
21inspection, testing, quality, workmanship, delivery, and
22suitability for a particular purpose. Those criteria that will
23affect the bid price and be considered in evaluation for award,
24such as discounts, transportation costs, and total or life
25cycle costs, shall be objectively measurable. The invitation
26for bids shall set forth the evaluation criteria to be used.

 

 

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1    (f) Correction or withdrawal of bids. Correction or
2withdrawal of inadvertently erroneous bids before or after
3award, or cancellation of awards of contracts based on bid
4mistakes, shall be permitted in accordance with rules. After
5bid opening, no changes in bid prices or other provisions of
6bids prejudicial to the interest of the State or fair
7competition shall be permitted. All decisions to permit the
8correction or withdrawal of bids based on bid mistakes shall be
9supported by written determination made by a State purchasing
10officer.
11    (g) Award. The contract shall be awarded with reasonable
12promptness by written notice to the lowest responsible and
13responsive bidder whose bid meets the requirements and criteria
14set forth in the invitation for bids, except when a State
15purchasing officer determines it is not in the best interest of
16the State and by written explanation determines another bidder
17shall receive the award. The explanation shall appear in the
18appropriate volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin. The
19written explanation must include:
20        (1) a description of the agency's needs;
21        (2) a determination that the anticipated cost will be
22    fair and reasonable;
23        (3) a listing of all responsible and responsive
24    bidders; and
25        (4) the name of the bidder selected, pricing, and the
26    reasons for selecting that bidder.

 

 

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1    Each chief procurement officer may adopt guidelines to
2implement the requirements of this subsection (g).
3    The written explanation shall be filed with the Legislative
4Audit Commission and the Procurement Policy Board and be made
5available for inspection by the public within 30 days after the
6agency's decision to award the contract.
7    (h) Multi-step sealed bidding. When it is considered
8impracticable to initially prepare a purchase description to
9support an award based on price, an invitation for bids may be
10issued requesting the submission of unpriced offers to be
11followed by an invitation for bids limited to those bidders
12whose offers have been qualified under the criteria set forth
13in the first solicitation.
14    (i) Alternative procedures. Notwithstanding any other
15provision of this Act to the contrary, the Director of the
16Illinois Power Agency may create alternative bidding
17procedures to be used in procuring professional services under
18subsection (a) of Section 1-75 and subsection (d) of Section
191-78 of the Illinois Power Agency Act and Section 16-111.5(c)
20of the Public Utilities Act and to procure renewable energy
21resources under Section 1-56 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.
22These alternative procedures shall be set forth together with
23the other criteria contained in the invitation for bids, and
24shall appear in the appropriate volume of the Illinois
25Procurement Bulletin.
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1of this Section and in accordance with rules adopted by the
2chief procurement officer, that chief procurement officer may
3procure supplies or services through a competitive electronic
4auction bidding process after the chief procurement officer
5determines that the use of such a process will be in the best
6interest of the State. The chief procurement officer shall
7publish that determination in the his or her next volume of the
8Illinois Procurement Bulletin.
9    An invitation for bids shall be issued and shall include
10(i) a procurement description, (ii) all contractual terms,
11whenever practical, and (iii) conditions applicable to the
12procurement, including a notice that bids will be received in
13an electronic auction manner.
14    Public notice of the invitation for bids shall be given in
15the same manner as provided in subsection (c).
16    Bids shall be accepted electronically at the time and in
17the manner designated in the invitation for bids. During the
18auction, a bidder's price shall be disclosed to other bidders.
19Bidders shall have the opportunity to reduce their bid prices
20during the auction. At the conclusion of the auction, the
21record of the bid prices received and the name of each bidder
22shall be open to public inspection.
23    After the auction period has terminated, withdrawal of bids
24shall be permitted as provided in subsection (f).
25    The contract shall be awarded within 60 days after the
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1all bids shall be rejected except as otherwise provided in this
2Code. Extensions of the date for the award may be made by
3mutual written consent of the State purchasing officer and the
4lowest responsible bidder.
5    This subsection does not apply to (i) procurements of
6professional and artistic services, (ii) telecommunications
7services, communication services, and information services,
8and (iii) contracts for construction projects.
9(Source: P.A. 96-159, eff. 8-10-09; 96-795, eff. 7-1-10 (see
10Section 5 of P.A. 96-793 for the effective date of changes made
11by P.A. 96-795); 97-96, eff. 7-13-11.)
 
12    (30 ILCS 500/35-30)
13    Sec. 35-30. Awards.
14    (a) All State contracts for professional and artistic
15services, except as provided in this Section, shall be awarded
16using the competitive request for proposal process outlined in
17this Section.
18    (b) For each contract offered, the chief procurement
19officer, State purchasing officer, or his or her designee shall
20use the appropriate standard solicitation forms available from
21the chief procurement officer for matters other than
22construction or the higher education chief procurement
23officer.
24    (c) Prepared forms shall be submitted to the chief
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1higher education chief procurement officer, whichever is
2appropriate, for publication in the its Illinois Procurement
3Bulletin and circulation to the chief procurement officer for
4matters other than construction or the higher education chief
5procurement officer's list of prequalified vendors. Notice of
6the offer or request for proposal shall appear at least 14 days
7before the response to the offer is due.
8    (d) All interested respondents shall return their
9responses to the chief procurement officer for matters other
10than construction or the higher education chief procurement
11officer, whichever is appropriate, which shall open and record
12them. The chief procurement officer for matters other than
13construction or higher education chief procurement officer
14then shall forward the responses, together with any information
15it has available about the qualifications and other State work
16of the respondents.
17    (e) After evaluation, ranking, and selection, the
18responsible chief procurement officer, State purchasing
19officer, or his or her designee shall notify the chief
20procurement officer for matters other than construction or the
21higher education chief procurement officer, whichever is
22appropriate, of the successful respondent and shall forward a
23copy of the signed contract for the chief procurement officer
24for matters other than construction or higher education chief
25procurement officer's file. The chief procurement officer for
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1procurement officer shall publish the names of the responsible
2procurement decision-maker, the agency letting the contract,
3the successful respondent, a contract reference, and value of
4the let contract in the next appropriate volume of the Illinois
5Procurement Bulletin.
6    (f) For all professional and artistic contracts with
7annualized value that exceeds $25,000, evaluation and ranking
8by price are required. Any chief procurement officer or State
9purchasing officer, but not their designees, may select an
10offeror other than the lowest bidder by price. In any case,
11when the contract exceeds the $25,000 threshold and the lowest
12bidder is not selected, the chief procurement officer or the
13State purchasing officer shall forward together with the
14contract notice of who the low bidder was and a written
15decision as to why another was selected to the chief
16procurement officer for matters other than construction or the
17higher education chief procurement officer, whichever is
18appropriate. The chief procurement officer for matters other
19than construction or higher education chief procurement
20officer shall publish as provided in subsection (e) of Section
2135-30, but shall include notice of the chief procurement
22officer's or State purchasing officer's written decision.
23    (g) The chief procurement officer for matters other than
24construction and higher education chief procurement officer
25may each refine, but not contradict, this Section by
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1Board and then to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.
2Any refinement shall be based on the principles and procedures
3of the federal Architect-Engineer Selection Law, Public Law
492-582 Brooks Act, and the Architectural, Engineering, and Land
5Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act; except that
6pricing shall be an integral part of the selection process.
7(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-481, eff. 8-28-07;
896-920, eff. 7-1-10.)
 
9    (30 ILCS 500/50-80 new)
10    Sec. 50-80. Web-based certification portal.
11    (a) The Procurement Policy Board shall maintain on its
12official website a portal for persons and businesses to submit
13the certifications and disclosures required under Article 50
14and Section 20-160 of this Code, any certification that the
15business is owned by a minority, female, or person with a
16disability as provided under Section 2 of the Business
17Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with
18Disabilities Act, and the employer report form required by
19Section 2-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. The portal
20shall allow persons and businesses to register and generate a
21user ID unique to that person or business.
22    (b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, instead
23of submitting a certification or disclosure with the bid,
24contract, or subcontract as required under the provisions of
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1who is registered on the web-based portal maintained by the
2Procurement Policy Board pursuant to subsection (a) may submit
3and maintain, on the web-based portal and under the person or
4business's registered, unique user ID, the current, accurate
5certification or disclosure.
6    (c) All bids submitted to and contracts executed by the
7State and all subcontracts subject to Section 20-120 of this
8Code may include a reference to the unique user ID of the
9bidder, contractor, or subcontractor. A person or business who
10elects, under subsection (b) of this Section, to maintain their
11certifications and disclosures on the web-based portal must
12include a reference to its unique user ID with all bids
13submitted to and contracts executed by the State and all
14subcontracts subject to Section 20-120.
15    (d) The Procurement Policy Board may promulgate rules in
16accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to
17implement this Section.
 
18    (30 ILCS 500/53-25)
19    Sec. 53-25. Public institutions of higher education. Each
20public institution of higher education may enter into
21concessions, including the assignment, license, sale, or
22transfer of interests in or rights to discoveries, inventions,
23patents, or copyrightable works, for property, whether
24tangible or intangible, over which it has jurisdiction.
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1the discretion of the institution with jurisdiction over the
2property. The duration and terms of concessions and leases
3shall be at the discretion of the institution with jurisdiction
4over the property. Notice of the award of a concession shall be
5published in the higher education volume of the Illinois
6Procurement Bulletin.
7(Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    30 ILCS 330/11from Ch. 127, par. 661
4    30 ILCS 425/8from Ch. 127, par. 2808
5    30 ILCS 500/15-1
6    30 ILCS 500/15-15
7    30 ILCS 500/15-25
8    30 ILCS 500/15-35 new
9    30 ILCS 500/20-10
10    30 ILCS 500/35-30
11    30 ILCS 500/50-80 new
12    30 ILCS 500/53-25