(65 ILCS 5/9-2-105) (from Ch. 24, par. 9-2-105)
Sec. 9-2-105.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 9-2-113, the board of
local improvements may reject any and all proposals or bids, should they
deem it best for the public good. If the board is of the opinion that a
combination exists between contractors, either to limit the number of
bidders, or to increase the contract price, and that the lowest bid is made
in pursuance thereof, the board shall reject all proposals or bids. The
board may reject the bid of any party who has been delinquent or unfaithful
in any former contract with the municipality. It shall reject all proposals
or bids other than the lowest regular proposals or bids of any responsible
bidder and may award the contract for the specified work or improvement to
the lowest responsible bidder at the prices named in his bid. Such an award
shall be recorded in the record of its proceedings. Such an award, if any,
shall be made within 20 days after the time fixed for receiving bids.
If no award is made within that time, another advertisement for
proposals or bids for the performance of the work, as in the first
instance, shall be made, and thereafter the board shall proceed in the
manner above provided in this Division 2. Such a re-advertisement shall be
deemed a rejection of all former bids, and thereupon the respective checks
and bonds corresponding to the bids so rejected shall be returned to the
proper parties. However, the check accompanying any accepted proposal or
bid shall be retained in the possession of the president of the board until
the contract for doing the work, as hereinafter provided, has been entered
into either by the lowest responsible bidder or by the owners of a majority
of the frontage, whereupon the certified check shall be returned to the
bidder. But if that bidder fails, neglects, or refuses to enter into a
contract to perform that work or improvement, as provided in this Division
2, the certified check accompanying his bid and the amount therein
mentioned, shall be declared to be forfeited to the municipality, and shall
be collected by it and paid into its fund for the repairing and maintenance
of like improvements. Any bond forfeited may be prosecuted, and the amount
due thereon collected and paid into the same fund.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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