(30 ILCS 500/45-90) Sec. 45-90. Small business contracts. (a) Not less than 10% of the total dollar amount of State contracts shall be established as a goal to be awarded as a contract or subcontract to small businesses. (b) The percentage in subsection (a) relates to the total dollar amount of State contracts during each State fiscal year, calculated by examining independently each type of contract for each State official or agency which lets such contracts. (c) Each State agency shall file with its chief procurement officer an annual compliance plan which shall outline the goals for contracting with small businesses for the then-current fiscal year, the manner in which the agency intends to reach these goals, and a timetable for reaching these goals. The chief procurement officer shall review and approve the plan of the agency and may reject any plan that does not comply with this Section. (d) Each State agency shall file with its chief procurement officer an annual report of its utilization of small businesses during the preceding fiscal year, including lapse period spending and a mid-fiscal year report of its utilization to date for the then-current fiscal year. The reports shall include a self-evaluation of the efforts of the State official or agency to meet its goals. (e) The chief procurement officers shall make public presentations, at least once a year, directed at providing information to small businesses about the contracting process and how to apply for contracts or subcontracts. (f) Each chief procurement officer shall file, no later than November 1 of each year, an annual report with the Governor and the General Assembly that shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: (1) a summary of the number of contracts awarded and |