Full Text of SB1686 100th General Assembly
SB1686 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB1686 Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that contracts with companies providing the services of individuals possessing a high degree of professional skill where the ability or fitness of the individual plays an important part are not subject to competitive bidding. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 11k as follows: | 6 | | (70 ILCS 705/11k) | 7 | | Sec. 11k. Competitive bidding; notice requirements. | 8 | | (a) The board of trustees shall have the power to acquire | 9 | | by gift, legacy, or purchase any personal property necessary | 10 | | for its corporate purposes provided that all contracts for | 11 | | supplies, materials, or work involving an expenditure in excess | 12 | | of $20,000 shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder after | 13 | | advertising as required under subsection (b) of this Section. | 14 | | The board is not required to accept a bid that does not meet | 15 | | the district's established specifications, terms of delivery, | 16 | | quality, and serviceability requirements. Contracts which, by | 17 | | their nature, are not adapted to award by competitive bidding, | 18 | | are not subject to competitive bidding, including, but not | 19 | | limited to: | 20 | | (1) contracts for the services of individuals | 21 | | possessing a high degree of professional skill where the | 22 | | ability or fitness of the individual plays an important | 23 | | part , and contracts with companies providing the services |
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| 1 | | of individuals possessing a high degree of professional | 2 | | skill where the ability or fitness of the individual plays | 3 | | an important part ; | 4 | | (2) contracts for the printing of finance committee | 5 | | reports and departmental reports; | 6 | | (3) contracts for the printing or engraving of bonds, | 7 | | tax warrants and other evidences of indebtedness; | 8 | | (4) contracts for the maintenance or servicing of, or | 9 | | provision of repair parts for, equipment which are made | 10 | | with the manufacturer or authorized service agent of that | 11 | | equipment where the provision of parts, maintenance, or | 12 | | servicing can best be performed by the manufacturer or | 13 | | authorized service agent, or which involve proprietary | 14 | | parts or technology not otherwise available; | 15 | | (5) purchases and contracts for the use, purchase, | 16 | | delivery, movement, or installation of data processing | 17 | | equipment, software, or services and telecommunications | 18 | | and interconnect equipment, software, and services; | 19 | | (6) contracts for duplicating machines and supplies; | 20 | | (7) contracts for utility services such as water, | 21 | | light, heat, telephone or telegraph; | 22 | | (8) contracts for goods or services procured from | 23 | | another governmental agency; | 24 | | (9) purchases of equipment previously owned by some | 25 | | entity other than the district itself; and | 26 | | (10) contracts for goods or services which are |
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| 1 | | economically procurable from only one source, such as for | 2 | | the purchase of magazines, books, periodicals, pamphlets, | 3 | | reports, and online subscriptions. | 4 | | Contracts for emergency expenditures are also exempt from | 5 | | competitive bidding when the emergency expenditure is approved | 6 | | by a vote of 3/4 of the members of the board. | 7 | | (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) of this | 8 | | Section, all proposals to award contracts involving amounts in | 9 | | excess of $20,000 shall be published at least 10 days, | 10 | | excluding Sundays and legal holidays, in advance of the date | 11 | | announced for the receiving of bids, in a secular English | 12 | | language daily newspaper of general circulation throughout the | 13 | | district. Advertisements for bids shall describe the character | 14 | | of the proposed contract or agreement in sufficient detail to | 15 | | enable the bidders thereon to know what their obligations will | 16 | | be, either in the advertisement itself, or by reference to | 17 | | detailed plans and specifications on file at the time of the | 18 | | publication of the first announcement. Such advertisement | 19 | | shall also state the date, time and place assigned for the | 20 | | opening of bids, and no bids shall be received at any time | 21 | | subsequent to the time indicated in the announcement. All | 22 | | competitive bids for contracts involving an expenditure in | 23 | | excess of $20,000 must be sealed by the bidder and must be | 24 | | opened by a member of the board or an employee of the district | 25 | | at a public bid opening at which the contents of the bids must | 26 | | be announced. Each bidder must receive at least 3 days notice |
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| 1 | | of the time and place of the bid opening.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 98-799, eff. 1-1-15 .)
| 3 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 | | becoming law.
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