HB4104 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4104

Introduced 2/27/2009, by Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 500/20-25

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. With respect to a sole source procurement, requires that (i) the notice of the procurement in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin include a justification of the manner in which an absence of other economically feasible sources was determined and (ii) the justification be retained in the procurement's contract file.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning finance.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by changing Section 20-25 as follows:

(30 ILCS 500/20-25)

Sec. 20-25. Sole source procurements. In accordance with standards set by rule, contracts may be awarded without use of the specified method of source selection when there is only one economically feasible source for the item. At least 2 weeks before entering into a sole source contract, the purchasing agency shall publish in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin a notice of intent to do so along with a description of the item to be procured, and the intended sole source contractor, and a justification of the manner in which the absence of any other economically feasible source was determined. A copy of that justification must be retained in that procurement's contract file.

(Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)