(70 ILCS 1870/6) (from Ch. 19, par. 756)
Sec. 6.
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 published and having 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; except 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, are not subject to the
competitive bidding requirements of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 77-82.)
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