HB1450enr 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY



 


 
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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.