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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3143

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3143  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT concerning procurement."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

 7        "Section 5.  The  Legislative  Audit  Commission  Act  is
 8    amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

 9        (25 ILCS 150/3) (from Ch. 63, par. 106)
10        Sec.  3.  The Commission shall receive the reports of the
11    Auditor General and  other  financial  statements  and  shall
12    determine  what  remedial  measures,  if any, are needed, and
13    whether special studies and investigations are necessary.  If
14    the  Commission shall deem such studies and investigations to
15    be necessary, the Commission may direct the  Auditor  General
16    to undertake such studies or investigations.
17        The  Commission or 3 members of the Commission may direct
18    the Auditor General to conduct an audit  of  the  procurement
19    practices  of  a State agency when a State purchasing officer
20    has determined, pursuant to subsection (g) of  Section  20-10
21    of  the Illinois Procurement Code, that it is not in the best
 
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 1    interests of the State to award  a  contract  to  the  lowest
 2    responsible and responsive bidder.
 3        When  a  disagreement between the Audit Commission and an
 4    agency  under  the  Governor's  jurisdiction  arises  in  the
 5    process of the Audit Commission's  review  of  audit  reports
 6    relating  to such agency, the Audit Commission shall promptly
 7    advise the  Governor  of  such  areas  of  disagreement.  The
 8    Governor  shall  respond  to  the  Audit  Commission within a
 9    reasonable period of time, and in  no  event  later  than  60
10    days,   expressing   his   views  concerning  such  areas  of
11    disagreement and indicating the corrective  action  taken  by
12    his  office with reference thereto or, if no action is taken,
13    indicating the reasons therefor.
14        The Audit Commission also promptly shall advise all other
15    responsible  officials  of  the   Executive,   Judicial   and
16    Legislative  branches  of  the  State  government of areas of
17    disagreement arising  in  the  process  of  the  Commission's
18    review  of  their respective audit reports. With reference to
19    his particular office, each such responsible  official  shall
20    respond to the Audit Commission within a reasonable period of
21    time, and in no event later than 60 days, expressing his view
22    concerning  such  areas  of  disagreement  and indicating the
23    corrective action taken with reference thereto or stating the
24    reasons that no action has been taken.
25        The Commission shall report its activities to the General
26    Assembly including such remedial measures as it deems  to  be
27    necessary.  The report of the Commission shall be made to the
28    General Assembly not less often than annually and  not  later
29    than March 1 in each year.
30        The  requirement  for  reporting  to the General Assembly
31    shall be satisfied by filing copies of the  report  with  the
32    Speaker,  the  Minority  Leader and the Clerk of the House of
33    Representatives and the President, the  Minority  Leader  and
34    the  Secretary  of  the  Senate  and the Legislative Research
 
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 1    Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law
 2    in relation to the General Assembly", approved  February  25,
 3    1874,  as amended, and filing such additional copies with the
 4    State Government Report Distribution Center for  the  General
 5    Assembly  as  is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of
 6    the State Library Act.
 7        In addition, the Commission has  the  powers  and  duties
 8    provided for in the "Illinois State Auditing Act", enacted by
 9    the 78th General Assembly, and, if the provisions of that Act
10    are conflict with those of this Act, that Act prevails.
11    (Source: P.A. 84-1438.)

12        Section  10.   The Illinois State Auditing Act is amended
13    by changing Section 3-1 as follows:

14        (30 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 15, par. 303-1)
15        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 91-935)
16        Sec. 3-1. Jurisdiction of Auditor  General.  The  Auditor
17    General has jurisdiction over all State agencies to make post
18    audits  and investigations authorized by or under this Act or
19    the Constitution.
20        The  Auditor  General   has   jurisdiction   over   local
21    government agencies and private agencies only:
22             (a)  to make such post audits authorized by or under
23        this  Act as are necessary and incidental to a post audit
24        of a State agency or of a program administered by a State
25        agency involving public funds  of  the  State,  but  this
26        jurisdiction  does  not  include  any authority to review
27        local governmental agencies in the  obligation,  receipt,
28        expenditure  or use of public funds of the State that are
29        granted without limitation or condition imposed  by  law,
30        other than the general limitation that such funds be used
31        for public purposes;
32             (b)  to  make  investigations authorized by or under
 
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 1        this Act or the Constitution; and
 2             (c)  to  make  audits  of  the  records   of   local
 3        government   agencies   to   verify   actual   costs   of
 4        state-mandated  programs  when  directed  to do so by the
 5        Legislative Audit Commission at the request of the  State
 6        Board of Appeals under the State Mandates Act.
 7        At  the  end  of each fiscal quarter, the Auditor General
 8    must file with  the  Legislative  Audit  Commission  and  the
 9    Governor  a  complete  listing  of all contracts awarded to a
10    bidder other  than  the  lowest  responsible  and  responsive
11    bidder  that  are reported to him or her under subsection (g)
12    of Section 20-10 of the Illinois Procurement Code during that
13    fiscal quarter.  The Legislative Audit Commission must review
14    those contracts  and,  in  its  annual  reports,  advise  the
15    General  Assembly  of  contracts that appear to constitute an
16    abuse of subsection (g) of  Section  20-10  of  the  Illinois
17    Procurement  Code.  The Auditor General must conduct an audit
18    of the procurement practices of a State agency when  directed
19    to  do so by the Legislative Audit Commission or by 3 members
20    of the Commission as provided in Section 3 of the Legislative
21    Audit Commission Act.
22        In addition to the foregoing,  the  Auditor  General  may
23    conduct  an  audit  of  the  Metropolitan Pier and Exposition
24    Authority,  the  Regional   Transportation   Authority,   the
25    Suburban  Bus  Division,  the  Commuter Rail Division and the
26    Chicago Transit Authority and any  other  subsidized  carrier
27    when  authorized  by  the Legislative Audit Commission.  Such
28    audit may be a financial, management or program audit, or any
29    combination thereof.
30        The audit shall determine whether they are  operating  in
31    accordance  with all applicable laws and regulations. Subject
32    to  the  limitations  of  this  Act,  the  Legislative  Audit
33    Commission   may    by    resolution    specify    additional
34    determinations to be included in the scope of the audit.
 
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 1        The  Auditor  General  may  also  conduct  an audit, when
 2    authorized  by  the  Legislative  Audit  Commission,  of  any
 3    hospital which receives 10% or more  of  its  gross  revenues
 4    from  payments  from  the  State  of  Illinois, Department of
 5    Public Aid, Medical Assistance Program.
 6        The Auditor General is authorized  to  conduct  financial
 7    and  compliance  audits  of  the  Illinois  Distance Learning
 8    Foundation and the Illinois Conservation Foundation.
 9        As soon as practical after the  effective  date  of  this
10    amendatory  Act  of 1995, the Auditor General shall conduct a
11    compliance and management audit of the City  of  Chicago  and
12    any  other  entity  with  regard  to the operation of Chicago
13    O'Hare International  Airport,  Chicago  Midway  Airport  and
14    Merrill  C.  Meigs Field. The audit shall include, but not be
15    limited  to,  an  examination  of  revenues,  expenses,   and
16    transfers  of  funds; purchasing and contracting policies and
17    practices;  staffing  levels;  and   hiring   practices   and
18    procedures.  When  completed,  the  audit  required  by  this
19    paragraph  shall  be  distributed  in accordance with Section
20    3-14.
21        The  Auditor  General  shall  conduct  a  financial   and
22    compliance  and  program  audit  of  distributions  from  the
23    Municipal  Economic  Development  Fund during the immediately
24    preceding calendar year pursuant to Section  8-403.1  of  the
25    Public  Utilities  Act  at  no  cost to the city, village, or
26    incorporated town that received the distributions.
27        The Auditor General must conduct an audit of  the  Health
28    Facilities  Planning  Board  pursuant  to Section 19.5 of the
29    Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act.
30    (Source: P.A. 90-813, eff. 1-29-99; 91-782, eff. 6-9-00.)

31        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 91-935)
32        Sec. 3-1. Jurisdiction of Auditor  General.  The  Auditor
33    General has jurisdiction over all State agencies to make post
34    audits  and investigations authorized by or under this Act or
 
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 1    the Constitution.
 2        The  Auditor  General   has   jurisdiction   over   local
 3    government agencies and private agencies only:
 4             (a)  to make such post audits authorized by or under
 5        this  Act as are necessary and incidental to a post audit
 6        of a State agency or of a program administered by a State
 7        agency involving public funds  of  the  State,  but  this
 8        jurisdiction  does  not  include  any authority to review
 9        local governmental agencies in the  obligation,  receipt,
10        expenditure  or use of public funds of the State that are
11        granted without limitation or condition imposed  by  law,
12        other than the general limitation that such funds be used
13        for public purposes;
14             (b)  to  make  investigations authorized by or under
15        this Act or the Constitution; and
16             (c)  to  make  audits  of  the  records   of   local
17        government   agencies   to   verify   actual   costs   of
18        state-mandated  programs  when  directed  to do so by the
19        Legislative Audit Commission at the request of the  State
20        Board of Appeals under the State Mandates Act.
21        At  the  end  of each fiscal quarter, the Auditor General
22    must file with  the  Legislative  Audit  Commission  and  the
23    Governor  a  complete  listing  of all contracts awarded to a
24    bidder other  than  the  lowest  responsible  and  responsive
25    bidder  that  are reported to him or her under subsection (g)
26    of Section 20-10 of the Illinois Procurement Code during that
27    fiscal quarter.  The Legislative Audit Commission must review
28    those contracts  and,  in  its  annual  reports,  advise  the
29    General  Assembly  of  contracts that appear to constitute an
30    abuse of subsection (g) of  Section  20-10  of  the  Illinois
31    Procurement  Code.  The Auditor General must conduct an audit
32    of the procurement practices of a State agency when  directed
33    to  do so by the Legislative Audit Commission or by 3 members
34    of the Commission as provided in Section 3 of the Legislative
 
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 1    Audit Commission Act.
 2        In addition to the foregoing,  the  Auditor  General  may
 3    conduct  an  audit  of  the  Metropolitan Pier and Exposition
 4    Authority,  the  Regional   Transportation   Authority,   the
 5    Suburban  Bus  Division,  the  Commuter Rail Division and the
 6    Chicago Transit Authority and any  other  subsidized  carrier
 7    when  authorized  by  the Legislative Audit Commission.  Such
 8    audit may be a financial, management or program audit, or any
 9    combination thereof.
10        The audit shall determine whether they are  operating  in
11    accordance  with all applicable laws and regulations. Subject
12    to  the  limitations  of  this  Act,  the  Legislative  Audit
13    Commission   may    by    resolution    specify    additional
14    determinations to be included in the scope of the audit.
15        In  addition  to  the foregoing, the Auditor General must
16    also  conduct  a  financial  audit  of  the  Illinois  Sports
17    Facilities  Authority's  expenditures  of  public  funds   in
18    connection  with  the reconstruction, renovation, remodeling,
19    extension, or improvement of all or substantially all of  any
20    existing  "facility", as that term is defined in the Illinois
21    Sports Facilities Authority Act.
22        The Auditor General  may  also  conduct  an  audit,  when
23    authorized  by  the  Legislative  Audit  Commission,  of  any
24    hospital  which  receives  10%  or more of its gross revenues
25    from payments from  the  State  of  Illinois,  Department  of
26    Public Aid, Medical Assistance Program.
27        The  Auditor  General  is authorized to conduct financial
28    and compliance  audits  of  the  Illinois  Distance  Learning
29    Foundation and the Illinois Conservation Foundation.
30        As  soon  as  practical  after the effective date of this
31    amendatory Act of 1995, the Auditor General shall  conduct  a
32    compliance  and  management  audit of the City of Chicago and
33    any other entity with regard  to  the  operation  of  Chicago
34    O'Hare  International  Airport,  Chicago  Midway  Airport and
 
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 1    Merrill C. Meigs Field. The audit shall include, but  not  be
 2    limited   to,  an  examination  of  revenues,  expenses,  and
 3    transfers of funds; purchasing and contracting  policies  and
 4    practices;   staffing   levels;   and  hiring  practices  and
 5    procedures.  When  completed,  the  audit  required  by  this
 6    paragraph shall be distributed  in  accordance  with  Section
 7    3-14.
 8        The   Auditor  General  shall  conduct  a  financial  and
 9    compliance  and  program  audit  of  distributions  from  the
10    Municipal Economic Development Fund  during  the  immediately
11    preceding  calendar  year  pursuant to Section 8-403.1 of the
12    Public Utilities Act at no cost  to  the  city,  village,  or
13    incorporated town that received the distributions.
14        The  Auditor  General must conduct an audit of the Health
15    Facilities Planning Board pursuant to  Section  19.5  of  the
16    Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act.
17    (Source:  P.A.  90-813,  eff.  1-29-99;  91-782, eff. 6-9-00;
18    91-935, eff. 6-1-01.)

19        Section 15.  The Illinois Procurement Code is amended  by
20    changing Sections 20-10 and 30-15 as follows:

21        (30 ILCS 500/20-10)
22        Sec. 20-10.  Competitive sealed bidding.
23        (a)  Conditions  for use.  All contracts shall be awarded
24    by competitive sealed bidding except as otherwise provided in
25    Section 20-5.
26        (b)  Invitation for bids.  An invitation for  bids  shall
27    be  issued  and  shall include a purchase description and the
28    material contractual terms and conditions applicable  to  the
29    procurement.
30        (c)  Public  notice.  Public notice of the invitation for
31    bids shall be published in the Illinois Procurement  Bulletin
32    at  least  14  days before the date set in the invitation for
 
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 1    the opening of bids.
 2        (d)  Bid opening.  Bids shall be opened publicly  in  the
 3    presence  of  one  or  more  witnesses  at the time and place
 4    designated in the invitation for  bids.   The  name  of  each
 5    bidder,   the   amount   of  each  bid,  and  other  relevant
 6    information as may be specified by rule  shall  be  recorded.
 7    After  the  award  of  the  contract, the winning bid and the
 8    record of each unsuccessful  bid  shall  be  open  to  public
 9    inspection.
10        (e)  Bid  acceptance  and  bid evaluation.  Bids shall be
11    unconditionally accepted without  alteration  or  correction,
12    except  as  authorized in this Code.  Bids shall be evaluated
13    based on the requirements set forth  in  the  invitation  for
14    bids,  which  may include criteria to determine acceptability
15    such as inspection, testing, quality, workmanship,  delivery,
16    and  suitability  for  a  particular purpose.  Those criteria
17    that  will  affect  the  bid  price  and  be  considered   in
18    evaluation  for  award,  such  as  discounts,  transportation
19    costs,  and  total  or life cycle costs, shall be objectively
20    measurable. The invitation  for  bids  shall  set  forth  the
21    evaluation criteria to be used.
22        (f)  Correction  or  withdrawal  of  bids.  Correction or
23    withdrawal of inadvertently erroneous bids  before  or  after
24    award,  or  cancellation  of awards of contracts based on bid
25    mistakes, shall be permitted in accordance with rules.  After
26    bid opening, no changes in bid prices or other provisions  of
27    bids  prejudicial  to  the  interest  of  the  State  or fair
28    competition shall be permitted.  All decisions to permit  the
29    correction  or withdrawal of bids based on bid mistakes shall
30    be  supported  by  written  determination  made  by  a  State
31    purchasing officer.
32        (g)  Award.   The  contract   shall   be   awarded   with
33    reasonable   promptness  by  written  notice  to  the  lowest
34    responsible  and  responsive  bidder  whose  bid  meets   the
 
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 1    requirements  and  criteria  set  forth in the invitation for
 2    bids, except when a State purchasing officer determines it is
 3    not in  the  best  interest  of  the  State  and  by  written
 4    explanation  determines  another  bidder  shall  receive  the
 5    award.   The  explanation  shall  appear  in  the appropriate
 6    volume of the  Illinois  Procurement  Bulletin.  The  written
 7    explanation must include:
 8             (1)  a description of the agency's needs;
 9             (2)  a  determination that the anticipated cost will
10        be fair and reasonable;
11             (3)  a listing of  all  responsible  and  responsive
12        bidders; and
13             (4)  the  name  of the bidder selected, pricing, and
14        the reasons for selecting  that  bidder  instead  of  the
15        lowest responsible and responsive bidder.
16        Each agency may adopt rules to implement the requirements
17    of this subsection (g).
18        The  written  explanation shall be filed with the Auditor
19    General  and  the  Procurement  Policy  Board  and  be   made
20    available  for  inspection by the public within 30 days after
21    the public agency's decision to award the contract.
22        At the end of each fiscal quarter,  the  Auditor  General
23    must  file  with  the  Legislative  Audit  Commission and the
24    Governor a complete listing of all  contracts  awarded  to  a
25    bidder  other  than  the  lowest  responsible  and responsive
26    bidder that are reported to him or her under this  subsection
27    during that fiscal quarter.  The Legislative Audit Commission
28    must  review  those  contracts  and,  in  its annual reports,
29    advise the General  Assembly  of  contracts  that  appear  to
30    constitute an abuse of this subsection.
31        (h)  Multi-step  sealed  bidding.   When it is considered
32    impracticable to initially prepare a purchase description  to
33    support  an  award based on price, an invitation for bids may
34    be issued requesting the submission of unpriced offers to  be
 
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 1    followed  by  an invitation for bids limited to those bidders
 2    whose offers have been qualified under the criteria set forth
 3    in the first solicitation.
 4    (Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)

 5        (30 ILCS 500/30-15)
 6        Sec. 30-15.  Method of source selection.
 7        (a)  Competitive sealed bidding.  Except as  provided  in
 8    subsections  (b), (c), and (d) and Sections 20-20, 20-25, and
 9    20-30, all State construction contracts shall be procured  by
10    competitive sealed bidding in accordance with Section 20-10.
11        (b)  Other procurements methods.
12             (1)  Construction  Manager Services.  Procurement of
13        a construction manager for project  services,  which  may
14        include,  but  are not limited to, scheduling, contractor
15        coordination, and administration of payment requests, but
16        not  including  design  services,  shall   be   made   in
17        accordance  with Section 20-15 of this Code providing for
18        competitive  sealed  proposals,  and  shall  be  made  in
19        accordance  with  Section  1.2035,  entitled  Competitive
20        Selection  Procedures  for  Professional   and   Artistic
21        Services, of Title 44 of the Illinois Administrative Code
22        as  that  Section  existed  on  May  1,  2001 and Section
23        1.2015, establishing procedures  for  competitive  sealed
24        proposals,  of  Title  44  of the Illinois Administrative
25        Code as that Section existed on May 1, 2001.
26             (2)  Illinois Correctional Industries.   Procurement
27        from   Illinois   Correctional   Industries   constitutes
28        contracting  between  State  governmental  bodies, exempt
29        from Procurement Code requirements, and shall be done  in
30        accordance   with   Section   45-30,  Central  Management
31        Services rules as those rules existed on May 1, 2001, and
32        the  procurement  practices  provisions  of  the  Capital
33        Development Board rules as those rules existed on May  1,
 
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 1        2001.   Such  procurements  may  utilize an annual master
 2        contract with agreed-upon unit  prices  for  construction
 3        services,  against  which  sub-orders  may  be placed for
 4        specific Capital Development Board projects.
 5             (3)  Art-in-Architecture Program Procurement.  Works
 6        of   art   procured   for   Capital   Development   Board
 7        construction projects  pursuant  to  Section  14  of  the
 8        Capital Development Board Act shall be in accordance with
 9        selection  procedures  developed  by the Fine Arts Review
10        Committee and Capital Development Board, in  consultation
11        with   the  Public  Arts  Advisory  Committee,  as  those
12        procedures  existed  on  May   1,   2001.   The   Capital
13        Development  Board  shall  establish by rule construction
14        purchases that may be  made  without  competitive  sealed
15        bidding  and  the  most  competitive  alternate method of
16        source selection that shall be used.
17        (c)  Construction-related  professional  services.    All
18    construction-related professional services contracts shall be
19    awarded   in   accordance   with   the   provisions   of  the
20    Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications
21    Based Selection Act.   "Professional  services"  means  those
22    services  within  the  scope of the practice of architecture,
23    professional   engineering,   structural   engineering,    or
24    registered  land  surveying,  as  defined by the laws of this
25    State.
26        (d)  Correctional     facilities.      Remodeling     and
27    rehabilitation  projects  at  correctional  facilities  under
28    $25,000 funded from the General Revenue Fund are exempt  from
29    the   provisions   of   this   Article.   The  Department  of
30    Corrections may  use  inmate  labor  for  the  remodeling  or
31    rehabilitation  of  correctional facilities on those projects
32    under $25,000 funded from the General Revenue Fund.
33    (Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)
 
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 1        Section 95.  No acceleration or delay.   Where  this  Act
 2    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
 3    text  that  is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
 4    Section represented by multiple versions), the  use  of  that
 5    text  does  not  accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
 6    the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived  from
 7    any other Public Act.

 8        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 9    becoming law.".

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