30 ILCS 500/35-15

    (30 ILCS 500/35-15)
    Sec. 35-15. Prequalification.

(a) The chief procurement officer for matters other than construction and the higher education
chief procurement officer shall each develop appropriate
and reasonable prequalification standards and categories of professional and
artistic services.

(b) The prequalifications and categorizations shall be submitted to the
Procurement Policy Board and the Commission on Equity and Inclusion and published for public comment prior to their
submission to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules for approval.

(c) The chief procurement officer for matters other than construction and the higher education
chief procurement officer shall each also assemble and
maintain a comprehensive list of prequalified and categorized businesses and
persons.

(d) Prequalification shall not be used to bar or prevent any qualified
business or person from bidding or responding to invitations for bid or requests for
proposal.

(Source: P.A. 100-43, eff. 8-9-17; 101-657, eff. 1-1-22.)