(70 ILCS 1832/40)
Sec. 40.
Procedure for leases or contracts for operation of warehouses and
storage facilities. All leases or other contracts for operation of any public
warehouse or public grain elevator to which this Section is applicable
owned or otherwise controlled by the district
shall be governed by the following procedures. Notice
shall be given by the district that bids will be received for the operation
of the public warehouse or public grain elevator. This notice shall state
the time within which and the place where bids may be submitted, the time
and place of opening of bids, and shall be published not more than 30 days
nor less than 15 days in advance of the first day for the submission of
bids in any one or more newspapers designated by the district that have a
general circulation within the district. The notice shall specify
sufficient data of the proposed operation to enable bidders to understand
the scope of the operation; provided, however, that contracts that by
their nature are not adapted to award by competitive bidding, such as
contracts for the services of individuals possessing a high degree of
personal skill, contracts for the purchase or binding of magazines, books,
periodicals, pamphlets, reports, and similar articles, and contracts for
utility services such as water, light, heat, telephone, or telegraph, shall
not be subject to the competitive bidding requirements of this Section.
The Board may, by ordinance, promulgate reasonable regulations
prescribing the qualifications of the bidders as to experience, adequacy of
equipment, ability to complete performance within the time set, and other
factors in addition to financial responsibility, and may, by ordinance,
provide for suitable performance guaranties to qualify a bid. Copies of all
regulations shall be made available to all bidders.
The district may determine in advance the minimum rental that should be
produced by the public warehouse or public grain elevator offered and, if
no qualified bid will produce the minimum rental, all bids may be rejected
and the district shall then readvertise for bids. If after the
readvertisement no responsible and satisfactory bid within the terms of the
advertisement is received, the district may then negotiate a lease for not
less than the amount of minimum rental so determined. If, after negotiating
for a lease as provided in this Section, it is found necessary to revise the
minimum
rental to be produced by the facilities offered for lease, then the
district shall again readvertise for bids, as provided in this Section,
before
negotiating a lease.
If the district shall temporarily operate any public warehouse or public
grain elevator as provided in Section 35, the temporary operation shall
not
continue for more than one year without advertising for bids for the
operation of the facility as provided in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 90-636, eff. 7-24-98.)
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