093_HB3286

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning counties.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Counties  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 5-1022 as follows:

 6        (55 ILCS 5/5-1022) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1022)
 7        Sec. 5-1022. Competitive bids.
 8        (a)  Any  purchase  by a county with fewer than 2,000,000
 9    inhabitants of services, materials, equipment or supplies  in
10    excess of $20,000, $10,000, other than professional services,
11    shall be contracted for in one of the following ways:
12             (1)  by  a  contract  let  to the lowest responsible
13        bidder  after  advertising  for  bids  in   a   newspaper
14        published  within  the  county  or,  if  no  newspaper is
15        published within the  county,  then  a  newspaper  having
16        general circulation within the county; or
17             (2)  by  a contract let without advertising for bids
18        in the case of an emergency if authorized by  the  county
19        board.
20        (b)  In  determining  the  lowest responsible bidder, the
21    county board shall take into consideration the  qualities  of
22    the    articles   supplied;   their   conformity   with   the
23    specifications; their suitability to the requirements of  the
24    county,  availability  of support services; uniqueness of the
25    service, materials, equipment, or supplies as it  applies  to
26    networked,  integrated  computer  systems;  compatibility  to
27    existing equipment; and the delivery terms.  The county board
28    also  may  take  into  consideration  whether  a  bidder is a
29    private enterprise  or  a  State-controlled  enterprise  and,
30    notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  this Section or a
31    lower  bid  by  a  State-controlled  enterprise,  may  let  a
 
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 1    contract to the lowest responsible bidder that is  a  private
 2    enterprise.
 3        (c)  This Section does not apply to contracts by a county
 4    with   the   federal  government  or  to  purchases  of  used
 5    equipment, purchases at auction or similar transactions which
 6    by their very nature are not suitable  to  competitive  bids,
 7    pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the county board.
 8        (d)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of this Section, a
 9    county may let without advertising for bids in  the  case  of
10    purchases and contracts, when individual orders do not exceed
11    $25,000,  for  the  use,  purchase,  delivery,  movement,  or
12    installation  of  data  processing  equipment,  software,  or
13    services  and telecommunications and inter-connect equipment,
14    software, and services.
15        (e)  Notwithstanding the provisions of  this  Section,  a
16    county  by  unanimous  consent  of  the county board may let,
17    without  advertising  for  bids,  contracts  for   the   use,
18    purchase,  delivery,  movement,  or  installation  of  public
19    safety   equipment   and   related   telecommunications   and
20    inter-connect equipment, software, and services.
21    (Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)

22        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
23    becoming law.