Section 500.1160  Qualified Not-for-Profit Agencies for Persons with Severe Disabilities

a)         Use

The Procurement Officer may determine to contract with a qualified not-for-profit agency for persons with severe disabilities on the list maintained by the State Use Committeeand may do so without notice or competition.

b)         Pricing Approval

While notice and competition is not required prior to contracting with a qualified not-for-profit agencies for persons with severe disabilities, prices must be reasonable.  Whether a price is reasonable will be determined based upon current market prices, historical prices, prices received by other State agencies for similar supplies or services, the policy of the Code to promote procurements from qualified not-for-profit agencies for persons with severe disabilities, and other such relevant factors.

(Source:  Amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 5307, effective April 1, 2011)