SB1865 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB098 10680 JWD 40984 b

98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1865

Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Chapin Rose

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 500/15-40 new

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that each chief procurement officer shall develop a qualification process for all vendors bidding on any contract within his or her jurisdiction. Provides that once qualified, the vendor shall be qualified to bid on any contract within the jurisdiction of that chief procurement officer for 12 months following the date of qualification. Further provides that a vendor must submit an affidavit stating that the vendor shall immediately disclose any material change to certifications, disclosures, registrations, and other required documents submitted to by the vendor for 12 months following the date of qualification, and must provide those materials with each subsequent bid or requalify. Effective immediately.

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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 adding Section 15-40 as follows:

(30 ILCS 500/15-40 new)

Sec. 15-40. Vendor qualifications.

(a) Each chief procurement officer shall, in consultation with the agencies under his or her jurisdiction and the Procurement Policy Board, develop a qualification process for all vendors bidding on any contract within the jurisdiction of the chief procurement officer. The qualification process shall be available to vendors as a part of bidding, and to prospective vendors as a pre-qualification prior to bidding, on any contract within the jurisdiction of that chief procurement officer.

(b) In addition to complying with all other statutory requirements, the qualification process shall provide that:

(1) once a vendor has initially qualified, whether through bidding or pre-qualification, that vendor shall be qualified to bid on any contract within the jurisdiction of that chief procurement officer for 12 months following the date of qualification;

(2) the vendor shall submit an affidavit stating that the vendor shall immediately disclose any material change to the certifications, disclosures, registration, and any other documents or information required by the qualification process for 12 months following the date of qualification; and

(3) the vendor shall either submit, for 12 months following the date of qualification, all material required to be disclosed under paragraph (2) with each future bid, or requalify under this Section.

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