(70 ILCS 1830/9) (from Ch. 19, par. 509)
Sec. 9.
All leases or other contracts for operation of any public warehouse
or public grain elevator or transportation facilities owned or otherwise
controlled by the Port District shall be governed by the following
procedure: Notice shall be given by the Port District that bids will be
received for the operation of such public warehouse or public grain
elevator or transportation facilities. This notice shall state the time
within which and the place where bids may be submitted, the time and place
of opening bids, and shall be published not more than 30 days nor less than
15 days in advance of the first day for the submission of bids in one or
more newspapers designated by the Port District which have a general
circulation within the Port District; this notice shall include sufficient
data for the proposed operation to enable bidders to understand the scope
and nature of the operation; provided that contracts which by their nature
are not adapted to award by competitive bidding, such as contracts for the
services of individuals possessing a high degree of personal skill,
contracts for the purchase or binding of magazines, books, periodicals,
pamphlets, reports and similar articles, and contracts for utility services
such as water, light, heat, telephone or telegraph, shall not be subject to
competitive bidding requirements of this Section.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 1013.)
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