House Sponsors: HANNIG AND GARRETT. Short description: PROCURMNT CD-BID PROCEDURES Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that each invitation for sealed bids shall at a minimum include a statement of all significant factors and significant subfactors that the State agency reasonably expects to consider in evaluating sealed bids and the relative importance assigned to each of those factors and subfactors, and that the State agency shall include cost or price to the State as an evaluation factor that must be considered in the evaluation of proposals. Sets forth specific bid procedures for construction manager services, Illinois correctional industries, and art-in-architecture program procurement. Creates requirements for justification for use of noncompetitive procedures. Amends the Legislative Audit Commission Act. Provides that the Commission may review procurements made by any State agency and that the Commission or a member of the Commission may, if necessary direct the Auditor General to undertake an investigation of the procurement practices of a State agency. Effective immediately. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 30 ILCS 500/30-16 new Adds reference to: 30 ILCS 5/3-1 Deletes everything. Amends the Legislative Audit Commission Act and the Illinois State Auditing Act. Allows the Commission, or 3 members of the Commission, to direct the Auditor General to audit a State agency's procurement practices when it has been determined that it is not in the State's best interest to award the contract to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, when a contract is awarded to a bidder other than the lowest responsible and responsive bidder, the required written explanation must include specified information. Requires the written explanation to be filed with the Auditor General and the Procurement Policy Board and to be made available to the public for inspection. Provides that certain contracts are not required to be let by competitive bidding but must meet other criteria. Requires the Auditor General to file a list of contracts awarded to a bidder other than the lowest reponsible and responsive bidder with the Legislative Audit Commission and the Governor at the end of each fiscal quarter. Requires the Legislative Audit Commission to review those contracts and advise the General Assembly of contracts that appear to constitute an abuse of the provisions concerning the award of contracts to bidders other than the lowest responsible and responsive bidder. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE, AS AMENDED, (Legislative Audit Commission) The Department will incur no additional costs to implement HB 3143, as amended. STATE DEBT NOTE, H-AM 1 (Ill. Economic & Fiscal Commission) HB 3143, as amended by House Amendment 1, would not affect the bonding authorization of the State, and, therefore, has no direct impact on the level of State indebtedness. STATE MANDATES NOTE, H-AM 1 (Department of Commerce and Community Affairs) In the opinion of DCCA, HB 3143 (H-am 1) does not create a State mandate under the State Mandates Act. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status