SB1881 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1881

Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Andy Manar

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 500/45-85 new

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that when a State contract for electronic data processing is to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract by employing exclusively Illinois residents shall be given a preference over other bidders unable or unwilling to do so, so long as the total contract price in the bid of the bidder who will employ exclusively Illinois residents is no more than 10% greater than the total contract price in the bid of the lowest responsible bidder who is unable or unwilling to do so. Effective July 1, 2014.

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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 adding Section 45-85 as follows:

(30 ILCS 500/45-85 new)

Sec. 45-85. Electronic data processing preference. When a State contract for electronic data processing is to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract by employing exclusively Illinois residents shall be given a preference over other bidders unable or unwilling to do so, provided that the total contract price in the bid of the bidder who will employ exclusively Illinois residents is no more than 10% greater than the total contract price in the bid of the lowest responsible bidder who is unable or unwilling to do so.

For the purposes of this Section, "contract for electronic data processing" means a contract for the lease, rental, or purchase of electronic data processing equipment and related devices, supplies, services, material, and space therefor, and personal services needed, including expenditures for the acquisition of electronic data processing equipment under multi-year lease, lease-purchase, or installment purchase contracts.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2014.