101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2043

 

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/20-15
30 ILCS 500/20-60
30 ILCS 500/50-85 new
30 ILCS 575/4f
30 ILCS 575/6  from Ch. 127, par. 132.606

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides for a scoring methodology for competitive sealed proposals under the Act. Provides that no vendor shall be eligible for renewal of a contract when that vendor has failed to demonstrate a good faith effort towards meeting the goals established in the utilization plan, or that vendor is not otherwise excused from compliance under the Business Enterprise Program Act. Provides for annual diversity training and a report on such training. Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides that when a State agency or public institution of higher education issues requests for proposals or solicitations that fall within a service or product offering that has a history of disparate awards to a class of business owners that are underrepresented in contract awards, it shall be the aspirational goal to use service or product providers owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities for not less than 20% of the total dollar amount of that State contract. Provides that each State agency and institution of higher education shall include in its report on its utilization of businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities a plan to increase the diversity of the vendors engaged in contracts with the State agency or public institution of higher education, with a particular focus on the most underrepresented in contract awards. Makes conforming changes.


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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
5changing Sections 20-15 and 20-60 and by adding Section 50-85
6as follows:
 
7    (30 ILCS 500/20-15)
8    Sec. 20-15. Competitive sealed proposals.
9    (a) Conditions for use. When provided under this Code or
10under rules, or when the purchasing agency determines in
11writing that the use of competitive sealed bidding is either
12not practicable or not advantageous to the State, a contract
13may be entered into by competitive sealed proposals.
14    (b) Request for proposals. Proposals shall be solicited
15through a request for proposals.
16    (c) Public notice. Public notice of the request for
17proposals shall be published in the Illinois Procurement
18Bulletin at least 14 calendar days before the date set in the
19invitation for the opening of proposals.
20    (d) Receipt of proposals. Proposals shall be opened
21publicly or via an electronic procurement system in the
22presence of one or more witnesses at the time and place
23designated in the request for proposals, but proposals shall be

 

 

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1opened in a manner to avoid disclosure of contents to competing
2offerors during the process of negotiation. A record of
3proposals shall be prepared and shall be open for public
4inspection after contract award.
5    (e) Evaluation factors. The requests for proposals shall
6state the relative importance of price and other evaluation
7factors. Proposals shall be submitted in 2 parts: the first,
8covering items except price; and the second, covering price.
9The first part of all proposals shall be evaluated and ranked
10independently of the second part of all proposals.
11    (e-5) Method of scoring.
12        (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection
13    (e-5), scoring rubrics for competitive sealed proposals
14    may provide for bonus points toward the evaluation of a
15    respondent's commitment to the use of diverse and
16    veteran-owned businesses.
17        (2) Factors to be considered in the award of bonus
18    points shall be set by rule by the applicable chief
19    procurement officer and may include, but are not limited
20    to:
21            (A) the percentage of members of the respondent's
22        governing board who are women, minorities, persons
23        with disabilities, or veterans;
24            (B) the percentage of the respondent's owners,
25        senior executive leaders, partners, president, chief
26        operating officer, managing director, senior

 

 

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1        executives, or managers who are women, minorities,
2        persons with disabilities, or veterans;
3            (C) the percentage of the respondent's staff,
4        including both full-time and part-time employees, who
5        are women, minorities, persons with disabilities, or
6        veterans;
7            (D) the percentage of prior year revenues of the
8        respondent that involve businesses owned by women,
9        minorities, persons with disabilities, or veterans;
10            (E) whether the respondent has a training or
11        mentoring program with businesses owned by women,
12        minorities, persons with disabilities, or veterans;
13            (F) whether the respondent has a written supplier
14        diversity program;
15            (G) whether the respondent made efforts to assist
16        businesses owned by women, minorities, persons with
17        disabilities, or veterans in obtaining lines of credit
18        or insurance; and
19            (H) whether the respondent made efforts to assist
20        businesses owned by women, minorities, persons with
21        disabilities, or veterans in obtaining necessary
22        equipment, supplies, materials, or related assistance
23        or services.
24        (3) If any State agency or public institution of higher
25    education contract is eligible to be paid for or
26    reimbursed, in whole or in part, with federal-aid funds,

 

 

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1    grants, or loans, and the provisions of this subsection
2    would result in the loss of those federal-aid funds,
3    grants, or loans, then the contract is exempt from the
4    provisions of this Section in order to remain eligible for
5    those federal-aid funds, grants, or loans.
6    For the purposes of this subsection (e-5):
7    "Manager" means a person who controls or administers all or
8part of a company or similar organization.
9    "Minorities" has the same meaning as "minority person"
10under Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities,
11Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
12    "Persons with disabilities" has the same meaning as "person
13with a disability" under Section 2 of the Business Enterprise
14for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
15    "Senior executive" means the chief executive officer,
16chief operating officer, chief financial officer, or anyone
17else in charge of a principal business unit or function.
18    "Veteran" means a member of the Armed Forces of the United
19States, a member of the Illinois National Guard, or a member of
20any reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States.
21    "Women" has the same meaning as "woman" under Section 2 of
22the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
23Disabilities Act.
24    (f) Discussion with responsible offerors and revisions of
25offers or proposals. As provided in the request for proposals
26and under rules, discussions may be conducted with responsible

 

 

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1offerors who submit offers or proposals determined to be
2reasonably susceptible of being selected for award for the
3purpose of clarifying and assuring full understanding of and
4responsiveness to the solicitation requirements. Those
5offerors shall be accorded fair and equal treatment with
6respect to any opportunity for discussion and revision of
7proposals. Revisions may be permitted after submission and
8before award for the purpose of obtaining best and final
9offers. In conducting discussions there shall be no disclosure
10of any information derived from proposals submitted by
11competing offerors. If information is disclosed to any offeror,
12it shall be provided to all competing offerors.
13    (g) Award. Awards shall be made to the responsible offeror
14whose proposal is determined in writing to be the most
15advantageous to the State, taking into consideration price and
16the evaluation factors set forth in the request for proposals.
17The contract file shall contain the basis on which the award is
18made.
19(Source: P.A. 100-43, eff. 8-9-17.)
 
20    (30 ILCS 500/20-60)
21    Sec. 20-60. Duration of contracts.
22    (a) Maximum duration. A contract may be entered into for
23any period of time deemed to be in the best interests of the
24State but not exceeding 10 years inclusive, beginning January
251, 2010, of proposed contract renewals. Third parties may lease

 

 

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1State-owned dark fiber networks for any period of time deemed
2to be in the best interest of the State, but not exceeding 20
3years. The length of a lease for real property or capital
4improvements shall be in accordance with the provisions of
5Section 40-25. The length of energy conservation program
6contracts or energy savings contracts or leases shall be in
7accordance with the provisions of Section 25-45. A contract for
8bond or mortgage insurance awarded by the Illinois Housing
9Development Authority, however, may be entered into for any
10period of time less than or equal to the maximum period of time
11that the subject bond or mortgage may remain outstanding.
12    (b) Subject to appropriation. All contracts made or entered
13into shall recite that they are subject to termination and
14cancellation in any year for which the General Assembly fails
15to make an appropriation to make payments under the terms of
16the contract.
17    (c) The chief procurement officer shall file a proposed
18extension or renewal of a contract with the Procurement Policy
19Board prior to entering into any extension or renewal if the
20cost associated with the extension or renewal exceeds $249,999.
21The Procurement Policy Board may object to the proposed
22extension or renewal within 30 calendar days and require a
23hearing before the Board prior to entering into the extension
24or renewal. If the Procurement Policy Board does not object
25within 30 calendar days or takes affirmative action to
26recommend the extension or renewal, the chief procurement

 

 

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1officer may enter into the extension or renewal of a contract.
2This subsection does not apply to any emergency procurement,
3any procurement under Article 40, or any procurement exempted
4by Section 1-10(b) of this Code. If any State agency contract
5is paid for in whole or in part with federal-aid funds, grants,
6or loans and the provisions of this subsection would result in
7the loss of those federal-aid funds, grants, or loans, then the
8contract is exempt from the provisions of this subsection in
9order to remain eligible for those federal-aid funds, grants,
10or loans, and the State agency shall file notice of this
11exemption with the Procurement Policy Board prior to entering
12into the proposed extension or renewal. Nothing in this
13subsection permits a chief procurement officer to enter into an
14extension or renewal in violation of subsection (a). By August
151 each year, the Procurement Policy Board shall file a report
16with the General Assembly identifying for the previous fiscal
17year (i) the proposed extensions or renewals that were filed
18with the Board and whether the Board objected and (ii) the
19contracts exempt from this subsection.
20    (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of
21this Section, the Department of Innovation and Technology may
22enter into leases for dark fiber networks for any period of
23time deemed to be in the best interests of the State but not
24exceeding 20 years inclusive. The Department of Innovation and
25Technology may lease dark fiber networks from third parties
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1the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney
2General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, or Treasurer and
3State agencies, as defined under Section 5-15 of the Civil
4Administrative Code of Illinois or (ii) for anchor
5institutions, as defined in Section 7 of the Illinois Century
6Network Act. Dark fiber network lease contracts shall be
7subject to all other provisions of this Code and any applicable
8rules or requirements, including, but not limited to,
9publication of lease solicitations, use of standard State
10contracting terms and conditions, and approval of vendor
11certifications and financial disclosures.
12    (e) As used in this Section, "dark fiber network" means a
13network of fiber optic cables laid but currently unused by a
14third party that the third party is leasing for use as network
15infrastructure.
16    (f) No vendor shall be eligible for renewal of a contract
17when that vendor has failed to demonstrate a good faith effort
18towards meeting the goals established in the utilization plan,
19or that vendor is not otherwise excused from compliance under
20the Business Enterprise Program Act.
21(Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-611, eff. 7-20-18;
22revised 10-11-18.)
 
23    (30 ILCS 500/50-85 new)
24    Sec. 50-85. Diversity training; report.
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1award contracts under the Code shall complete annual training
2for diversity and inclusion as prescribed by each chief
3procurement officer in consultation with the Business
4Enterprise Council. Employees for purposes of this subsection
5include State purchasing officers, chief procurement officers,
6State agency and public institution of higher education
7purchasing staffs, and other applicable supportive personnel
8and staff of each chief procurement officer.
9    (b) Each chief procurement officer shall submit to the
10General Assembly an annual report that summarizes the diversity
11training that was completed during the previous year and lays
12out the plan for the diversity training programs in the coming
13year. Each chief procurement officer shall also submit to the
14Executive Ethics Commission an annual report detailing the
15current status of his or her diversity efforts, and an action
16plan to increase diversity within his or her office.
 
17    Section 10. The Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women,
18and Persons with Disabilities Act is amended by changing
19Sections 4f and 6 as follows:
 
20    (30 ILCS 575/4f)
21    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2020)
22    Sec. 4f. Award of State contracts.
23    (1) It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the
24State of Illinois to promote and encourage each State agency

 

 

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1and public institution of higher education to use businesses
2owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities in
3the area of goods and services, including, but not limited to,
4insurance services, investment management services,
5information technology services, accounting services,
6architectural and engineering services, and legal services.
7Furthermore, each State agency and public institution of higher
8education shall utilize such firms to the greatest extent
9feasible within the bounds of financial and fiduciary prudence,
10and take affirmative steps to remove any barriers to the full
11participation of such firms in the procurement and contracting
12opportunities afforded.
13        (a) When a State agency or public institution of higher
14    education, other than a community college, awards a
15    contract for insurance services, for each State agency or
16    public institution of higher education, it shall be the
17    aspirational goal to use insurance brokers owned by
18    minorities, women, and persons with disabilities as
19    defined by this Act, for not less than 20% of the total
20    annual premiums or fees.
21        (b) When a State agency or public institution of higher
22    education, other than a community college, awards a
23    contract for investment services, for each State agency or
24    public institution of higher education, it shall be the
25    aspirational goal to use emerging investment managers
26    owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities

 

 

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1    as defined by this Act, for not less than 20% of the total
2    funds under management. Furthermore, it is the
3    aspirational goal that not less than 20% of the direct
4    asset managers of the State funds be minorities, women, and
5    persons with disabilities.
6        (c) When a State agency or public institution of higher
7    education, other than a community college, awards
8    contracts for information technology services, accounting
9    services, architectural and engineering services, and
10    legal services, for each State agency and public
11    institution of higher education, it shall be the
12    aspirational goal to use such firms owned by minorities,
13    women, and persons with disabilities as defined by this Act
14    and lawyers who are minorities, women, and persons with
15    disabilities as defined by this Act, for not less than 20%
16    of the total dollar amount of State contracts.
17        (d) When a community college awards a contract for
18    insurance services, investment services, information
19    technology services, accounting services, architectural
20    and engineering services, and legal services, it shall be
21    the aspirational goal of each community college to use
22    businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with
23    disabilities as defined in this Act for not less than 20%
24    of the total amount spent on contracts for these services
25    collectively. When a community college awards contracts
26    for investment services, contracts awarded to investment

 

 

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1    managers who are not emerging investment managers as
2    defined in this Act shall not be considered businesses
3    owned by minorities, women, or persons with disabilities
4    for the purposes of this Section.
5        (e) When a State agency or public institution of higher
6    education issues requests for proposals or solicitations,
7    including requests and solicitations for contracts with
8    group purchasing organizations, that fall within a service
9    or product offering that has a history of disparate awards
10    to a class of business owners that are underrepresented in
11    contract awards, it shall be the aspirational goal to use
12    service or product providers owned by minorities, women,
13    and persons with disabilities as defined by this Act for
14    not less than 20% of the total dollar amount of that State
15    contract.
16        If any State agency or public institution of higher
17    education contract is eligible to be paid for or
18    reimbursed, in whole or in part, with federal-aid funds,
19    grants, or loans, and the provisions of this paragraph (e)
20    would result in the loss of those federal-aid funds,
21    grants, or loans, then the contract is exempt from the
22    provisions of this paragraph (e) in order to remain
23    eligible for those federal-aid funds, grants, or loans.
24    (2) As used in this Section:
25        "Accounting services" means the measurement,
26    processing and communication of financial information

 

 

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1    about economic entities including, but is not limited to,
2    financial accounting, management accounting, auditing,
3    cost containment and auditing services, taxation and
4    accounting information systems.
5        "Architectural and engineering services" means
6    professional services of an architectural or engineering
7    nature, or incidental services, that members of the
8    architectural and engineering professions, and individuals
9    in their employ, may logically or justifiably perform,
10    including studies, investigations, surveying and mapping,
11    tests, evaluations, consultations, comprehensive planning,
12    program management, conceptual designs, plans and
13    specifications, value engineering, construction phase
14    services, soils engineering, drawing reviews, preparation
15    of operating and maintenance manuals, and other related
16    services.
17        "Emerging investment manager" means an investment
18    manager or claims consultant having assets under
19    management below $10 billion or otherwise adjudicating
20    claims.
21        "Information technology services" means, but is not
22    limited to, specialized technology-oriented solutions by
23    combining the processes and functions of software,
24    hardware, networks, telecommunications, web designers,
25    cloud developing resellers, and electronics.
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1    claims administrator, or both, that procures, places all
2    lines of insurance, or administers claims with annual
3    premiums or fees of at least $5,000,000 but not more than
4    $10,000,000.
5        "Legal services" means work performed by a lawyer
6    including, but not limited to, contracts in anticipation of
7    litigation, enforcement actions, or investigations.
8    (3) Each State agency and public institution of higher
9education shall adopt policies that identify its plan and
10implementation procedures for increasing the use of service
11firms owned by minorities, women, and persons with
12disabilities.
13    (4) Except as provided in subsection (5), the Council shall
14file no later than March 1 of each year an annual report to the
15Governor and the General Assembly. The report filed with the
16General Assembly shall be filed as required in Section 3.1 of
17the General Assembly Organization Act. This report shall: (i)
18identify the service firms used by each State agency and public
19institution of higher education, (ii) identify the actions it
20has undertaken to increase the use of service firms owned by
21minorities, women, and persons with disabilities, including
22encouraging non-minority-owned firms to use other service
23firms owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities
24as subcontractors when the opportunities arise, (iii) state any
25recommendations made by the Council to each State agency and
26public institution of higher education to increase

 

 

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1participation by the use of service firms owned by minorities,
2women, and persons with disabilities, and (iv) include the
3following:
4        (A) For insurance services: the names of the insurance
5    brokers or claims consultants used, the total of risk
6    managed by each State agency and public institution of
7    higher education by insurance brokers, the total
8    commissions, fees paid, or both, the lines or insurance
9    policies placed, and the amount of premiums placed; and the
10    percentage of the risk managed by insurance brokers, the
11    percentage of total commission, fees paid, or both, the
12    lines or insurance policies placed, and the amount of
13    premiums placed with each by the insurance brokers owned by
14    minorities, women, and persons with disabilities by each
15    State agency and public institution of higher education.
16        (B) For investment management services: the names of
17    the investment managers used, the total funds under
18    management of investment managers; the total commissions,
19    fees paid, or both; the total and percentage of funds under
20    management of emerging investment managers owned by
21    minorities, women, and persons with disabilities,
22    including the total and percentage of total commissions,
23    fees paid, or both by each State agency and public
24    institution of higher education.
25        (C) The names of service firms, the percentage and
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1    category by each State agency and public institution of
2    higher education.
3        (D) The names of service firms, the percentage and
4    total dollar amount paid for services by category to firms
5    owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities
6    by each State agency and public institution of higher
7    education.
8        (E) The total number of contracts awarded for services
9    by category and the total number of contracts awarded to
10    firms owned by minorities, women, and persons with
11    disabilities by each State agency and public institution of
12    higher education.
13    (5) For community college districts, the Business
14Enterprise Council shall only report the following information
15for each community college district: (i) the name of the
16community colleges in the district, (ii) the name and contact
17information of a person at each community college appointed to
18be the single point of contact for vendors owned by minorities,
19women, or persons with disabilities, (iii) the policy of the
20community college district concerning certified vendors, (iv)
21the certifications recognized by the community college
22district for determining whether a business is owned or
23controlled by a minority, woman, or person with a disability,
24(v) outreach efforts conducted by the community college
25district to increase the use of certified vendors, (vi) the
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1prior fiscal year in the divisions of work specified in
2paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subsection (1) of this Section
3and the amount paid to certified vendors in those divisions of
4work, and (vii) the total number of contracts entered into for
5the divisions of work specified in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c)
6of subsection (1) of this Section and the total number of
7contracts awarded to certified vendors providing these
8services to the community college district. The Business
9Enterprise Council shall not make any utilization reports under
10this Act for community college districts for Fiscal Year 2015
11and Fiscal Year 2016, but shall make the report required by
12this subsection for Fiscal Year 2017 and for each fiscal year
13thereafter. The Business Enterprise Council shall report the
14information in items (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of this
15subsection beginning in September of 2016. The Business
16Enterprise Council may collect the data needed to make its
17report from the Illinois Community College Board.
18    (6) The status of the utilization of services shall be
19discussed at each of the regularly scheduled Business
20Enterprise Council meetings. Time shall be allotted for the
21Council to receive, review, and discuss the progress of the use
22of service firms owned by minorities, women, and persons with
23disabilities by each State agency and public institution of
24higher education; and any evidence regarding past or present
25racial, ethnic, or gender-based discrimination which directly
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1education contracting with such firms. If after reviewing such
2evidence the Council finds that there is or has been such
3discrimination against a specific group, race or sex, the
4Council shall establish sheltered markets or adjust existing
5sheltered markets tailored to address the Council's specific
6findings for the divisions of work specified in paragraphs (a),
7(b), and (c) of subsection (1) of this Section.
8(Source: P.A. 99-462, eff. 8-25-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16;
9100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)
 
10    (30 ILCS 575/6)  (from Ch. 127, par. 132.606)
11    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2020)
12    Sec. 6. Agency compliance plans. Each State agency and
13public institutions of higher education under the jurisdiction
14of this Act shall file with the Council an annual compliance
15plan which shall outline the goals of the State agency or
16public institutions of higher education for contracting with
17businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with
18disabilities for the then current fiscal year, the manner in
19which the agency intends to reach these goals and a timetable
20for reaching these goals. The Council shall review and approve
21the plan of each State agency and public institutions of higher
22education and may reject any plan that does not comply with
23this Act or any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to
24this Act.
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1limited to, (1) a policy statement, signed by the State agency
2or public institution of higher education head, expressing a
3commitment to encourage the use of businesses owned by
4minorities, women, and persons with disabilities, (2) the
5designation of the liaison officer provided for in Section 5 of
6this Act, (3) procedures to distribute to potential contractors
7and vendors the list of all businesses legitimately classified
8as businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with
9disabilities and so certified under this Act, (4) procedures to
10set separate contract goals on specific prime contracts and
11purchase orders with subcontracting possibilities based upon
12the type of work or services and subcontractor availability,
13(5) procedures to assure that contractors and vendors make good
14faith efforts to meet contract goals, (6) procedures for
15contract goal exemption, modification and waiver, and (7) the
16delineation of separate contract goals for businesses owned by
17minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
18    (b) Approval of the compliance plans shall include such
19delegation of responsibilities to the requesting State agency
20or public institution of higher education as the Council deems
21necessary and appropriate to fulfill the purpose of this Act.
22Such responsibilities may include, but need not be limited to
23those outlined in subsections (1), (2) and (3) of Section 7,
24paragraph (a) of Section 8, and Section 8a of this Act.
25    (c) Each State agency and public institution of higher
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1the Council an annual report of its utilization of businesses
2owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities
3during the preceding fiscal year including lapse period
4spending and a mid-fiscal year report of its utilization to
5date for the then current fiscal year. The reports shall
6include a self-evaluation of the efforts of the State agency or
7public institution of higher education to meet its goals under
8the Act, as well as a plan to increase the diversity of the
9vendors engaged in contracts with the State agency or public
10institution of higher education, with a particular focus on the
11most underrepresented in contract awards.
12    (d) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in this
13Act, any State agency or public institution of higher education
14which administers a construction program, for which federal law
15or regulations establish standards and procedures for the
16utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses and
17disadvantaged businesses, shall implement a disadvantaged
18business enterprise program to include minority-owned and
19women-owned businesses and disadvantaged businesses, using the
20federal standards and procedures for the establishment of goals
21and utilization procedures for the State-funded, as well as the
22federally assisted, portions of the program. In such cases,
23these goals shall not exceed those established pursuant to the
24relevant federal statutes or regulations. Notwithstanding the
25provisions of Section 8b, the Illinois Department of
26Transportation is authorized to establish sheltered markets

 

 

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1for the State-funded portions of the program consistent with
2federal law and regulations. Additionally, a compliance plan
3which is filed by such State agency or public institution of
4higher education pursuant to this Act, which incorporates
5equivalent terms and conditions of its federally-approved
6compliance plan, shall be deemed approved under this Act.
7(Source: P.A. 99-462, eff. 8-25-15; 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)