100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1742

 

Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/1-15.76 new
30 ILCS 500/55-25 new

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Allows the Department of Innovation and Technology to initiate a proof of concept request to inform the Department for future procurements. Allows the Department to adopt rules to implement the provisions. Defines "proof of concept request".


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5adding Sections 1-15.76 and 55-25 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/1-15.76 new)
7    Sec. 1-15.76. Proof of concept request. "Proof of concept
8request" means the process by which a potential purchasing
9agency requests a tailored solution from the vendor community
10prior to initiating a procurement under provisions of this
11Code. A potential purchasing agency may require a small-scale
12demonstration of the item or technology that the potential
13purchasing agency is seeking.
 
14    (30 ILCS 500/55-25 new)
15    Sec. 55-25. Proof of concept.
16    (a) The Department of Innovation and Technology may
17initiate a proof of concept request. The information gathered
18from the proof of concept request may be used to inform the
19Department for a future request for proposal, invitation for
20bid, sole source procurement request, or other procurement
21under this Code.
22    (b) The Department of Innovation and Technology may adopt

 

 

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1rules to implement this Section.