Section 1120.7025  Written Determinations

a)         Preparation and Execution

When the Code or this Part requires a written determination, the Procurement Officer may delegate its preparation, but the responsibility for and the execution of the determination shall not be delegated.

b)         Content

Each written determination shall set out sufficient facts, circumstances and reasoning as will substantiate the specific determination that is made.

c)         Obtaining Supporting Information

While the Procurement Officer is responsible for the execution of the written determination, other State personnel, particularly technical personnel, are responsible for furnishing to the Procurement Officer, in an accurate and adequate fashion, the information pertinent to the determination.  When requested, the information shall be furnished in writing to the Procurement Officer who shall have the authority to decide the final form and content of the determination and to resolve any questions or conflicts arising with respect to the determination.

d)         Forms

The CPO shall prescribe methods and operational procedures to be used in preparing written determinations.

e)         Retention

Each written determination shall be filed in the solicitation or contract file to which it applies, shall be retained as part of that file for so long as the file is required to be maintained, and, except as otherwise provided by statute or rule, shall be open to public inspection.

(Source:  Amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 3075, effective March 1, 2013)