30 ILCS 500/ Illinois Procurement Code.

(30 ILCS 500/Art. 1 heading) ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

(30 ILCS 500/1‑1)

Sec. 1‑1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Procurement Code.

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

(30 ILCS 500/1‑5)

Sec. 1‑5. Public policy. It is the purpose of this Code and is declared to be the policy of the State that the principles of competitive bidding and economical procurement practices shall be applicable to all purchases and contracts by or for any State agency.

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

(30 ILCS 500/1‑10)

Sec. 1‑10. Application.

(a) This Code applies only to procurements for which contractors were first solicited on or after July 1, 1998. This Code shall not be construed to affect or impair any contract, or any provision of a contract, entered into based on a solicitation prior to the implementation date of this Code as described in Article 99, including but not limited to any covenant entered into with respect to any revenue bonds or similar instruments. All procurements for which contracts are solicited between the effective date of Articles 50 and 99 and July 1, 1998 shall be substantially in accordance with this Code and its intent.

(b) This Code shall apply regardless of the source of the funds with which the contracts are paid, including federal assistance moneys. This Code shall not apply to:

(1) Contracts between the State and its political subdivisions or other governments, or between State governmental bodies except as specifically provided in this Code.

(2) Grants, except for the filing requirements of Section 20‑80.

(3) Purchase of care.

(4) Hiring of an individual as employee and not as an independent contractor, whether pursuant to an employment code or policy or by contract directly with that individual.

(5) Collective bargaining contracts.

(6) Purchase of real estate, except that notice of this type of contract with a value of more than $25,000 must be published in the Procurement Bulletin within 7 days after the deed is recorded in the county of jurisdiction. The notice shall identify the real estate purchased, the names of all parties to the contract, the value of the contract, and the effective date of the contract.

(7) Contracts necessary to prepare for anticipated litigation, enforcement actions, or investigations, provided that the chief legal counsel to the Governor shall give his or her prior approval when the procuring agency is one subject to the jurisdiction of the Governor, and provided that the chief legal counsel of any other procuring entity subject to this Code shall give his or her prior approval when the procuring entity is not one subject to the jurisdiction of the Governor.

(8) Contracts for services to Northern Illinois University by a person, acting as an independent contractor, who is qualified by education, experience, and technical ability and is selected by negotiation for the purpose of providing non‑credit educational service activities or products by means of specialized programs offered by the university.

(9) Procurement expenditures by the Illinois Conservation Foundation when only private funds are used.

(c) This Code does not apply to the electric power procurement process provided for under Section 1‑75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act and Section 16‑111.5 of the Public Utilities Act.

(Source: P.A. 95‑481, eff. 8‑28‑07; 95‑615, eff. 9‑11‑07; 95‑876, eff. 8‑21‑08.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15)

Sec. 1‑15. Definitions. For the purposes of this Code, the words set forth in the following Sections of this Article have the meanings set forth in those Sections.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.03)

Sec. 1‑15.03. Associate Procurement Officers. "Associate Procurement Officers" means those persons appointed as provided in Section 10‑15.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.05)

Sec. 1‑15.05. Board. "Board" means the Procurement Policy Board.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.10)

Sec. 1‑15.10. Business. "Business" means any corporation, partnership, individual, sole proprietorship, joint stock company, joint venture, or other private legal entity.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.15)

Sec. 1‑15.15. Chief Procurement Officer. "Chief Procurement Officer" means:

(1) for procurements for construction and construction‑related services committed by law to the jurisdiction or responsibility of the Capital Development Board, the executive director of the Capital Development Board.

(2) for procurements for all construction, construction‑related services, operation of any facility, and the provision of any service or activity committed by law to the jurisdiction or responsibility of the Illinois Department of Transportation, including the direct or reimbursable expenditure of all federal funds for which the Department of Transportation is responsible or accountable for the use thereof in accordance with federal law, regulation, or procedure, the Secretary of Transportation.

(3) for all procurements made by a public institution of higher education, a representative designated by the Governor.

(4) for all procurements made by the Illinois Power Agency, the Director of the Illinois Power Agency.

(5) for all other procurements, the Director of the Department of Central Management Services.

(Source: P.A. 95‑481, eff. 8‑28‑07.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.20)

Sec. 1‑15.20. Construction and construction‑related services. "Construction" means building, altering, repairing, improving, or demolishing any public structure or building, or making improvements of any kind to public real property. Construction does not include the routine operation, routine repair, or routine maintenance of existing structures, buildings, or real property.

"Construction‑related services" means those services including construction design, layout, inspection, support, feasibility or location study, research, development, planning, or other investigative study undertaken by a construction agency concerning construction or potential construction.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.25)

Sec. 1‑15.25. Construction agency. "Construction agency" means the Capital Development Board for construction or remodeling of State‑owned facilities; the Illinois Department of Transportation for construction or maintenance of roads, highways, bridges, and airports; the Illinois Toll Highway Authority for construction or maintenance of toll highways; the Illinois Power Agency for construction, maintenance, and expansion of Agency‑owned facilities, as defined in Section 1‑10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act; and any other State agency entering into construction contracts as authorized by law or by delegation from the chief procurement officer.

(Source: P.A. 95‑481, eff. 8‑28‑07.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.30)

Sec. 1‑15.30. Contract. "Contract" means all types of State agreements, regardless of what they may be called, for the procurement, use, or disposal of supplies, services, professional or artistic services, or construction or for leases of real property or capital improvements, and including master contracts, contracts for financing through use of installment or lease‑purchase arrangements, renegotiated contracts, and change orders.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.35)

Sec. 1‑15.35. Cost‑reimbursement contract. "Cost‑reimbursement contract" means a contract under which a contractor is reimbursed for costs that are allowable and allocable in accordance with the contract terms and the provisions of this Code, and a fee, if any.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.42)

Sec. 1‑15.42. Grant. "Grant" means the furnishing by the State of assistance, whether financial or otherwise, to any person to support a program authorized by law. It does not include an award the primary purpose of which is to procure an end product for the direct benefit or use of the State agency making the grant, whether in the form of goods, services, or construction. A contract that results from such an award is not a grant and is subject to this Code.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.45)

Sec. 1‑15.45. Invitation for bids. "Invitation for bids" means the process by which a purchasing agency requests information from bidders, including all documents, whether attached or incorporated by reference, used for soliciting bids.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.50)

Sec. 1‑15.50. Negotiation. "Negotiation" means the process of selecting a contractor other than by competitive sealed bids, multi‑step sealed bidding, or competitive sealed proposals, whereby a purchasing agency can establish any and all terms and conditions of a procurement contract by discussion with one or more prospective contractors.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.55)

Sec. 1‑15.55. Person. "Person" means any business, public or private corporation, partnership, individual, union, committee, club, unincorporated association or other organization or group of individuals, or other legal entity.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.60)

Sec. 1‑15.60. Professional and artistic services. "Professional and artistic services" means those services provided under contract to a State agency by a person or business, acting as an independent contractor, qualified by education, experience, and technical ability.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.65)

Sec. 1‑15.65. Purchase description. "Purchase description" means the words used in a solicitation to describe the supplies, services, professional or artistic services, or construction to be procured or real property or capital improvements to be leased and includes specifications attached to or made a part of the solicitation.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.68)

Sec. 1‑15.68. Purchase of care. "Purchase of care" means a contract with a person for the furnishing of medical, educational, psychiatric, vocational, rehabilitative, social, or human services directly to a recipient of a State aid program.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.70)

Sec. 1‑15.70. Purchasing agency. "Purchasing agency" means a State agency that is authorized by this Code, by its implementing rules, or by authorized delegation of a chief procurement officer to enter into contracts.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.75)

Sec. 1‑15.75. Request for proposals. "Request for proposals" means the process by which a purchasing agency requests information from offerors, including all documents, whether attached or incorporated by reference, used for soliciting proposals.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.80)

Sec. 1‑15.80. Responsible bidder or offeror. "Responsible bidder or offeror" means a person who has the capability in all respects to perform fully the contract requirements and the integrity and reliability that will assure good faith performance.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.85)

Sec. 1‑15.85. Responsive bidder. "Responsive bidder" means a person who has submitted a bid that conforms in all material respects to the invitation for bids.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.90)

Sec. 1‑15.90. Services. "Services" means the furnishing of labor, time, or effort by a contractor, not involving the delivery of a specific end product other than reports or supplies that are incidental to the required performance.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.95)

Sec. 1‑15.95. Specifications. "Specifications" means any description, provision, or requirement pertaining to the physical or functional characteristics or of the nature of a supply, service, or other item to be procured under a contract. Specifications may include a description of any requirement for inspecting, testing, or preparing a supply, service, professional or artistic service, construction, or other item for delivery.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.100)

Sec. 1‑15.100. State agency. "State agency" means and includes all boards, commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities, and bodies politic and corporate of the State, created by or in accordance with the constitution or statute, of the executive branch of State government and does include colleges, universities, and institutions under the jurisdiction of the governing boards of the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Illinois State University, Eastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois University, Chicago State University, Governor State University, Northeastern Illinois University, and the Board of Higher Education. However, this term does not apply to public employee retirement systems or investment boards that are subject to fiduciary duties imposed by the Illinois Pension Code or to the University of Illinois Foundation. "State agency" does not include units of local government, school districts, community colleges under the Public Community College Act, and the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Board.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.105)

Sec. 1‑15.105. State purchasing officer. "State purchasing officer" means a person appointed by any of the chief procurement officers to exercise the procurement authority created by this Code or by rule.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.110)

Sec. 1‑15.110. Supplies. "Supplies" means all personal property, including but not limited to equipment, materials, printing, and insurance, and the financing of those supplies.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑15.115)

Sec. 1‑15.115. Using agency. "Using agency" means a State agency that uses items procured under this Code.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/1‑25)

Sec. 1‑25. Property rights. No person shall have any right to a specific contract with the State unless that person has a contract that has been signed by an officer or employee of the purchasing agency with appropriate signature authority. The State shall be under no obligation to issue an award or execute a contract.

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

(30 ILCS 500/1‑30)

Sec. 1‑30. Applicability to Constitutional Officers and the Legislative and Judicial Branches.

(a) The constitutional officers shall procure their needs in a manner substantially in accordance with the requirements of this Code and shall promulgate rules no less restrictive than the requirements of this Code.

(b) The legislative and judicial branches are exempt from this Code. The legislative and judicial branches shall make procurements in accordance with rules promulgated to meet their needs. Procurement rules promulgated by the legislative and judicial branches may incorporate provisions of this Code.

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

(30 ILCS 500/Art. 5 heading) ARTICLE 5 POLICY ORGANIZATION

(30 ILCS 500/5‑5)

Sec. 5‑5. Procurement Policy Board.

(a) Creation. There is created a Procurement Policy Board, an agency of the State of Illinois.

(b) Authority and duties. The Board shall have the authority and responsibility to review, comment upon, and recommend, consistent with this Code, rules and practices governing the procurement, management, control, and disposal of supplies, services, professional or artistic services, construction, and real property and capital improvement leases procured by the State.

Upon a three‑fifths vote of its members, the Board may review a contract. Upon a three‑fifths vote of its members, the Board may propose procurement rules for consideration by chief procurement officers. These proposals shall be published in each volume of the Procurement Bulletin. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Board shall act upon the vote of a majority of its members who have been appointed and are serving.

(b‑5) Reviews, studies, and hearings. The Board may review, study, and hold public hearings concerning the implementation and administration of this Code. Each chief procurement officer, associate procurement officer, State purchasing officer, and State agency shall cooperate with the Board, provide information to the Board, and be responsive to the Board in the Board's conduct of its reviews, studies, and hearings.

(c) Members. The Board shall consist of 5 members appointed one each by the 4 legislative leaders and the Governor. Each member shall have demonstrated sufficient business or professional experience in the area of procurement to perform the functions of the Board. No member may be a member of the General Assembly.

(d) Terms. Of the initial appointees, the Governor shall designate one member, as Chairman, to serve a one‑year term, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall each appoint one member to serve 3‑year terms, and the Minority Leader of the House and the Minority Leader of the Senate shall each appoint one member to serve 2‑year terms. Subsequent terms shall be 4 years. Members may be reappointed for succeeding terms.

(e) Reimbursement. Members shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for any expenses reasonably incurred in the performance of their duties.

(f) Staff support. Upon a three‑fifths vote of its members, the Board may employ an executive director. Subject to appropriation, the Board also may employ a reasonable and necessary number of staff persons.

(g) Meetings. Meetings of the Board may be conducted telephonically, electronically, or through the use of other telecommunications. Written minutes of such meetings shall be created and available for public inspection and copying.

(Source: P.A. 93‑839, eff. 7‑30‑04.)

(30 ILCS 500/5‑23)

Sec. 5‑23. Interests of Board members. Members of the Procurement Policy Board employed by or holding an interest in an entity doing business with or attempting to do business with the State of Illinois do not, by their service on the Board, preclude that entity from doing business with or attempting to do business with the State.

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

(30 ILCS 500/5‑25)

Sec. 5‑25. Rulemaking authority; agency policy; agency response.

(a) Rulemaking. A State agency authorized to make procurements under this Code shall have the authority to promulgate rules to carry out that authority. That rulemaking on specific procurement topics is mentioned in specific Sections of this Code shall not be construed as prohibiting or limiting rulemaking on other procurement topics.

All rules shall be promulgated in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Contractual provisions, specifications, and procurement descriptions are not rules and are not subject to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. All rules other than those promulgated by the Board shall be presented in writing to the Board for its review and comment. The Board shall express its opinions and recommendations in writing. Both the proposed rules and Board recommendations shall be made available for public review. The rules shall also be approved by the applicable chief procurement officer and the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.

(b) Policy. Each chief procurement officer, associate procurement officer, and State agency shall promptly notify the Procurement Policy Board in writing of any proposed new procurement rule or policy or any proposed change in an existing procurement rule or policy.

(c) Response. Each State agency must respond promptly in writing to all inquiries and comments of the Procurement Policy Board.

(Source: P.A. 93‑839, eff. 7‑30‑04.)

(30 ILCS 500/5‑30)

Sec. 5‑30. Proposed contracts; Procurement Policy Board.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), within 30 days after notice of the awarding or letting of a contract has appeared in the Procurement Bulletin in accordance with subsection (b) of Section 15‑25, the Board may request in writing from the contracting agency and the contracting agency shall promptly, but in no event later than 5 business days after receipt of the request, provide to the Board, by electronic or other means satisfactory to the Board, documentation in the possession of the contracting agency concerning the proposed contract. Nothing in this subsection is intended to waive or abrogate any privilege or right of confidentiality authorized by law.

(b) No contract subject to this Section may be entered into until the 30‑day period described in subsection (a) has expired, unless the contracting agency requests in writing that the Board waive the period and the Board grants the waiver in writing.

(c) This Section does not apply to (i) contracts entered into under this Code for small and emergency procurements as those procurements are defined in Article 20 and (ii) contracts for professional and artistic services that are nonrenewable, one year or less in duration, and have a value of less than $20,000. If requested in writing by the Board, however, the contracting agency must promptly, but in no event later than 8 business days after receipt of the request, transmit to the Board a copy of the contract for an emergency procurement and documentation in the possession of the contracting agency concerning the contract.

(Source: P.A. 93‑839, eff. 7‑30‑04.)

(30 ILCS 500/Art. 10 heading) ARTICLE 10 APPOINTMENTS

(30 ILCS 500/10‑5)

Sec. 10‑5. Exercise of procurement authority. The State purchasing officers shall be appointed by their respective chief procurement officer and approved by the director of each State agency. The State purchasing officer of each State agency shall exercise the procurement authority created by this Code except as otherwise provided in this Code.

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

(30 ILCS 500/10‑10)

Sec. 10‑10. General appointments. The chief procurement officer shall appoint and the director of each State agency shall approve a State purchasing officer to exercise within his or her jurisdiction the procurement authority created by this Code. In the absence of an appointed and approved State purchasing officer, the applicable chief procurement officer shall exercise the procurement authority created by this Code.

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

(30 ILCS 500/10‑15)

Sec. 10‑15. Associate Procurement Officers. The Governor, with the consent of the statutory chief procurement officers, may for proper and effective administration of this Code appoint associate procurement officers. All associate procurement officers shall be submitted to the Senate for advice and consent. For the purposes of this Code, duly appointed associate procurement officers shall function in all respects as chief procurement officers. Associate procurement officers shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.

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

(30 ILCS 500/Art. 15 heading) ARTICLE 15 PROCUREMENT INFORMATION (Source: P.A. 95‑536, eff. 1‑1‑08.)

(30 ILCS 500/15‑1)

Sec. 15‑1. Publisher. The Department of Central Management Services is the State agency responsible for publishing its volumes of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin. The Capital Development Board is responsible for publishing its volumes of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin. The Department of Transportation is responsible for publishing its volumes of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin. The higher education chief procurement officer is responsible for publishing the higher education volumes of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin. The Illinois Power Agency is the State agency responsible for publishing its volumes of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin.

Each volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin shall be available electronically and may be available in print. References in this Code to the publication and distribution of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin include both its print and electronic formats.

(Source: P.A. 95‑481, eff. 8‑28‑07.)

(30 ILCS 500/15‑10)

Sec. 15‑10. Contents. The Illinois Procurement Bulletin shall contain notices and other information required by this Code or by rules promulgated under this Code to be published in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin. Each volume shall include a comprehensive index of its contents.

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

(30 ILCS 500/15‑15)

Sec. 15‑15. Publication. All volumes of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin shall be published at least once per month. Any volume, including volumes available in print format, shall be available through subscription for a minimal fee not exceeding publication and distribution costs. The Illinois Procurement Bulletin shall be distributed free to public libraries within Illinois.

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

(30 ILCS 500/15‑20)

Sec. 15‑20. Qualified bidders. Subscription to the Illinois Procurement Bulletin shall not be required to qualify as a bidder or offeror under this Code.

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

(30 ILCS 500/15‑25)

Sec. 15‑25. Bulletin content.

(a) Invitations for bids. Notice of each and every contract that is offered, including renegotiated contracts and change orders, shall be published in the Bulletin. The applicable chief procurement officer may provide by rule an organized format for the publication of this information, but in any case it must include at least the date first offered, the date submission of offers is due, the location that offers are to be submitted to, the purchasing State agency, the responsible State purchasing officer, a brief purchase description, the method of source selection, information of how to obtain a comprehensive purchase description and any disclosure and contract forms, and encouragement to prospective vendors to hire qualified veterans, as defined by Section 45‑67 of this Code, and Illinois residents discharged from any Illinois adult correctional center.

(b) Contracts let or awarded. Notice of each and every contract that is let or awarded, including renegotiated contracts and change orders, shall be published in the next available subsequent Bulletin, and the applicable chief procurement officer may provide by rule an organized format for the publication of this information, but in any case it must include at least all of the information specified in subsection (a) as well as the name of the successful responsible bidder or offeror, the contract price, the number of unsuccessful responsive bidders, and any other disclosure specified in any Section of this Code. This notice must be posted in the online electronic Bulletin prior to execution of the contract.

(c) Emergency purchase disclosure. Any chief procurement officer, State purchasing officer, or designee exercising emergency purchase authority under this Code shall publish a written description and reasons and the total cost, if known, or an estimate if unknown and the name of the responsible chief procurement officer and State purchasing officer, and the business or person contracted with for all emergency purchases in the next timely, practicable Bulletin. This notice must be posted in the online electronic Bulletin within 3 business days after the execution of the contract.

(d) Other required disclosure. The applicable chief procurement officer shall provide by rule for the organized publication of all other disclosure required in other Sections of this Code in a timely manner.

(Source: P.A. 94‑1067, eff. 8‑1‑06; 95‑536, eff. 1‑1‑08.)

(30 ILCS 500/15‑30)

Sec. 15‑30. Electronic Bulletin clearinghouse.

(a) The Procurement Policy Board shall maintain on its official website a searchable database containing all information required to be included in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin under subsections (b) and (c) of Section 15‑25. The posting of procurement information on the website is subject to the same posting requirements as the online electronic Bulletin.

(b) For the purposes of this Section, searchable means searchable and sortable by successful responsible bidder or offeror or, for emergency purchases, business or person contracted with; the contract price or total cost; the service or good; the purchasing State agency; and the date first offered or announced.

(c) The Department of Central Management Services, the Capital Development Board, the Department of Transportation, and the higher education chief procurement officer shall provide the Procurement Policy Board the information and resources necessary, and in a manner, to effectuate the purpose of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 95‑536, eff. 1‑1‑08.)

(30 ILCS 500/Art. 20 heading) ARTICLE 20 SOURCE SELECTION AND CONTRACT FORMATION

(30 ILCS 500/20‑5)

Sec. 20‑5. Method of source selection. Unless otherwise authorized by law, all State contracts shall be awarded by competitive sealed bidding, in accordance with Section 20‑10, except as provided in Sections 20‑15, 20‑20, 20‑25, 20‑30, 20‑35, 30‑15, and 40‑20.

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

(30 ILCS 500/20‑10)

Sec. 20‑10. Competitive sealed bidding.

(a) Conditions for use. All contracts shall be awarded by competitive sealed bidding except as otherwise provided in Section 20‑5.

(b) Invitation for bids. An invitation for bids shall be issued and shall include a purchase description and the material contractual terms and conditions applicable to the procurement.

(c) Public notice. Public notice of the invitation for bids shall be published in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin at least 14 days before the date set in the invitation for the opening of bids.

(d) Bid opening. Bids shall be opened publicly in the presence of one or more witnesses at the time and place designated in the invitation for bids. The name of each bidder, the amount of each bid, and other relevant information as may be specified by rule shall be recorded. After the award of the contract, the winning bid and the record of each unsuccessful bid shall be open to public inspection.

(e) Bid acceptance and bid evaluation. Bids shall be unconditionally accepted without alteration or correction, except as authorized in this Code. Bids shall be evaluated based on the requirements set forth in the invitation for bids, which may include criteria to determine acceptability such as inspection, testing, quality, workmanship, delivery, and suitability for a particular purpose. Those criteria that will affect the bid price and be considered in evaluation for award, such as discounts, transportation costs, and total or life cycle costs, shall be objectively measurable. The invitation for bids shall set forth the evaluation criteria to be used.

(f) Correction or withdrawal of bids. Correction or withdrawal of inadvertently erroneous bids before or after award, or cancellation of awards of contracts based on bid mistakes, shall be permitted in accordance with rules. After bid opening, no changes in bid prices or other provisions of bids prejudicial to the interest of the State or fair competition shall be permitted. All decisions to permit the correction or withdrawal of bids based on bid mistakes shall be supported by written determination made by a State purchasing officer.

(g) Award. The contract shall be awarded with reasonable promptness by written notice to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder whose bid meets the requirements and criteria set forth in the invitation for bids, except when a State purchasing officer determines it is not in the best interest of the State and by written explanation determines another bidder shall receive the award. The explanation shall appear in the appropriate volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin.

(h) Multi‑step sealed bidding. When it is considered impracticable to initially prepare a purchase description to support an award based on price, an invitation for bids may be issued requesting the submission of unpriced offers to be followed by an invitation for bids limited to those bidders whose offers have been qualified under the criteria set forth in the first solicitation.

(i) Alternative procedures. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the contrary, the Director of the Illinois Power Agency may create alternative bidding procedures to be used in procuring professional services under Section 1‑75(a) of the Illinois Power Agency Act and Section 16‑111.5(c) of the Public Utilities Act. These alternative procedures shall be set forth together with the other criteria contained in the invitation for bids, and shall appear in the appropriate volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin.

(Source: P.A. 95‑481, eff. 8‑28‑07.)

(30 ILCS 500/20‑15)

Sec. 20‑15. Competitive sealed proposals.

(a) Conditions for use. When provided under this Code or under rules, or when the purchasing agency determines in writing that the use of competitive sealed bidding is either not practicable or not advantageous to the State, a contract may be entered into by competitive sealed proposals.

(b) Request for proposals. Proposals shall be solicited through a request for proposals.

(c) Public notice. Public notice of the request for proposals shall be published in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin at least 14 days before the date set in the invitation for the opening of proposals.

(d) Receipt of proposals. Proposals shall be opened publicly in the presence of one or more witnesses at the time and place designated in the request for proposals, but proposals shall be opened in a manner to avoid disclosure of contents to competing offerors during the process of negotiation. A record of proposals shall be prepared and shall be open for public inspection after contract award.

(e) Evaluation factors. The requests for proposals shall state the relative importance of price and other evaluation factors. Proposals shall be submitted in 2 parts: the first, covering items except price; and the second, covering price. The first part of all proposals shall be evaluated and ranked independently of the second part of all proposals.

(f) Discussion with responsible offerors and revisions of proposals. As provided in the request for proposals and under rules, discussions may be conducted with responsible offerors who submit proposals determined to be reasonably susceptible of being selected for award for the purpose of clarifying and assuring full understanding of and responsiveness to the solicitation requirements. Those offerors shall be accorded fair and equal treatment with respect to any opportunity for discussion and revision of proposals. Revisions may be permitted after submission and before award for the purpose of obtaining best and final offers. In conducting discussions there shall be no disclosure of any information derived from proposals submitted by competing offerors. If information is disclosed to any offeror, it shall be provided to all competing offerors.

(g) Award. Awards shall be made to the responsible offeror whose proposal is determined in writing to be the most advantageous to the State, taking into consideration price and the evaluation factors set forth in the request for proposals. The contract file shall contain the basis on which the award is made.

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

(30 ILCS 500/20‑20)

Sec. 20‑20. Small purchases.

(a) Amount. Any individual procurement of supplies or services other than professional or artistic services, not exceeding $10,000 and any procurement of construction not exceeding $30,000 may be made without competitive sealed bidding. Procurements shall not be artificially divided so as to constitute a small purchase under this Section.

(b) Adjustment. Each July 1, the small purchase maximum established in subsection (a) shall be adjusted for inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers as determined by the United States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100.

(c) Based upon rules proposed by the Board and rules promulgated by the chief procurement officers, the small purchase maximum established in subsection (a) may be modified.

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

(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.

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

(30 ILCS 500/20‑30)

Sec. 20‑30. Emergency purchases.

(a) Conditions for use. In accordance with standards set by rule, a purchasing agency may make emergency procurements without competitive sealed bidding or prior notice when there exists a threat to public health or public safety, or when immediate expenditure is necessary for repairs to State property in order to protect against further loss of or damage to State property, to prevent or minimize serious disruption in State services, or to ensure the integrity of State records. Emergency procurements shall be made with as much competition as is practicable under the circumstances. A written description of the basis for the emergency and reasons for the selection of the particular contractor shall be included in the contract file.

(b) Notice. Before the next appropriate volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin, the purchasing agency shall publish in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin a copy of each written description and reasons and the total cost of each emergency procurement made during the previous month. When only an estimate of the total cost is known at the time of publication, the estimate shall be identified as an estimate and published. When the actual total cost is determined, it shall also be published in like manner before the 10th day of the next succeeding month.

(c) Affidavits. A purchasing agency making a procurement under this Section shall file affidavits with the chief procurement officer and the Auditor General within 10 days after the procurement setting forth the amount expended, the name of the contractor involved, and the conditions and circumstances requiring the emergency procurement. When only an estimate of the cost is available within 10 days after the procurement, the actual cost shall be reported immediately after it is determined. At the end of each fiscal quarter, the Auditor General shall file with the Legislative Audit Commission and the Governor a complete listing of all emergency procurements reported during that fiscal quarter. The Legislative Audit Commission shall review the emergency procurements so reported and, in its annual reports, advise the General Assembly of procurements that appear to constitute an abuse of this Section.

(d) Quick purchases. The chief procurement officer may promulgate rules extending the circumstances by which a purchasing agency may make purchases under this Section, including but not limited to the procurement of items available at a discount for a limited period of time.

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

(30 ILCS 500/20‑35)

Sec. 20‑35. Competitive selection procedures.

(a) Conditions for use. The services specified in Article 35 shall be procured in accordance with this Section, except as authorized under Sections 20‑25 and 20‑30 of this Article.

(b) Statement of qualifications. Potential contractors shall submit statements of qualifications and expressions of interest. The chief procurement officer shall specify a uniform format for statements of qualifications. Persons may amend these statements at any time by filing a new statement.

(c) Public announcement and form of request for proposals. Public notice of the need for the procurement shall be given in the form of a request for proposals and published in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin at least 14 days before the date set in the request for proposals for the opening of proposals. The request for proposals shall describe the services required, list the type of information and data required of each offeror, and state the relative importance of particular qualifications.

(d) Discussions. The purchasing agency may conduct discussions with any offeror who has submitted a proposal to determine the offeror's qualifications for further consideration. Discussions shall not disclose any information derived from proposals submitted by other offerors.

(e) Award. Award shall be made to the offeror determined in writing by the purchasing agency to be best qualified based on the evaluation factors set forth in the request for proposals and negotiation of compensation determined to be fair and reasonable.

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

(30 ILCS 500/20‑40)

Sec. 20‑40. Cancellation of invitations for bids or requests for proposals. An invitation for bids, a request for proposals, or any other solicitation may be cancelled without penalty, or any and all bids or proposals may be rejected in whole or in part as may be specified in the solicitation, when it is in the best interests of the State in accordance with rules. The reasons for cancellation or rejection shall be made part of the contract file.

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

(30 ILCS 500/20‑45)

Sec. 20‑45. Prequalification of suppliers. The chief procurement officer shall promulgate rules for the development of prequalified supplier lists for appropriate categories of purchases and the annual updating of those lists.

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

(30 ILCS 500/20‑50)

Sec. 20‑50. Specifications. Specifications shall be prepared in accordance with consistent standards that are promulgated by the chief procurement officer and reviewed by the Board and the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. Those standards shall include a prohibition against the use of brand‑name only products, except for products intended for retail sale or as specified by rule, and shall include a restriction on the use of specifications drafted by a potential bidder. All specifications shall seek to promote overall economy for the purposes intended and encourage competition in satisfying the State's needs and shall not be unduly restrictive.

A solicitation or specification for a contract or a contract, including a contract of a college, university, or institution under the jurisdiction of a governing board listed in Section 1‑15.100, may not require, stipulate, suggest, or encourage a monetary or other financial contribution or donation as an explicit or implied term or condition for awarding or completing the contract. The contract, solicitation, or specification also may not include a requirement that an individual or individuals employed by such a college, university, or institution receive a consulting contract for professional services.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. date ‑ See Sec. 99‑5; 91‑627, eff. 8‑19‑99.)

(30 ILCS 500/20‑55)

Sec. 20‑55. Types of contracts. Subject to the limitations of this Section and unless otherwise authorized by law, any type of contract that will promote the best interests of the State may be used, except that cost‑plus‑a‑percentage‑of‑cost contracts are prohibited. A cost‑reimbursement contract may be used only when a determination is made in writing that a cost‑reimbursement contract is likely to be less costly to the State than any other type or that it is impracticable to obtain the item required except under that type of contract. The general form of contracts shall be determined by the chief procurement officer.

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

(30 ILCS 500/20‑60)

Sec. 20‑60. Duration of contracts.

(a) Maximum duration. A contract, other than a contract entered into pursuant to the State University Certificates of Participation Act, may be entered into for any period of time deemed to be in the best interests of the State but not exceeding 10 years inclusive, beginning January 1, 2010, of proposed contract renewals. The length of a lease for real property or capital improvements shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 40‑25. A contract for bond or mortgage insurance awarded by the Illinois Housing Development Authority, however, may be entered into for any period of time less than or equal to the maximum period of time that the subject bond or mortgage may remain outstanding.

(b) Subject to appropriation. All contracts made or entered into shall recite that they are subject to termination and cancellation in any year for which the General Assembly fails to make an appropriation to make payments under the terms of the contract.

(Source: P.A. 95‑344, eff. 8‑21‑07; 96‑15, eff. 6‑22‑09.)

(30 ILCS 500/20‑65)

Sec. 20‑65. Right to audit records.

(a) Maintenance of books and records. Every contract and subcontract shall require the contractor or subcontractor, as applicable, to maintain books and records relating to the performance of the contract or subcontract and necessary to support amounts charged to the State under the contract or subcontract. The books and records shall be maintained by the contractor for a period of 3 years from the later of the date of final payment under the contract or completion of the contract and by the subcontractor for a period of 3 years from the later of the date of final payment under the subcontract or completion of the subcontract. However, the 3‑year period shall be extended for the duration of any audit in progress at the time of that period's expiration.

(b) Audit. Every contract and subcontract shall provide that all books and records required to be maintained under subsection (a) shall be available for review and audit by the Auditor General and the purchasing agency. Every contract and subcontract shall require the contractor and subcontractor, as applicable, to cooperate fully with any audit.

(c) Failure to maintain books and records. Failure to maintain the books and records required by this Section shall establish a presumption in favor of the State for the recovery of any funds paid by the State for which required books and records are not available.

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

(30 ILCS 500/20‑70)

Sec. 20‑70. Finality of determinations. Determinations made by a purchasing agency under this Code are final and conclusive unless they are clearly erroneous, arbitrary, capricious, or contrary to law.

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

(30 ILCS 500/20‑75)

Sec. 20‑75. Disputes and protests. The chief procurement officers shall by rule establish procedures to be followed by purchasing agencies in resolving protested solicitations and awards and contract controversies, for debarment or suspension of contractors, and for resolving other procurement‑related disputes.

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

(30 ILCS 500/20‑80)

Sec. 20‑80. Contract files.

(a) Written determinations. All written determinations required under this Article shall be placed in the contract file maintained by the chief procurement officer.

(b) Filing with Comptroller. Whenever a grant, defined pursuant to accounting standards established by the Comptroller, or a contract liability, except for: (1) contracts paid from personal services, or (2) contracts between the State and its employees to defer compensation in accordance with Article 24 of the Illinois Pension Code, exceeding $10,000 is incurred by any State agency, a copy of the contract, purchase order, grant, or lease shall be filed with the Comptroller within 15 days thereafter. Any cancellation or modification to any such contract liability shall be filed with the Comptroller within 15 days of its execution.

(c) Late filing affidavit. When a contract, purchase order, grant, or lease required to be filed by this Section has not been filed within 30 days of execution, the Comptroller shall refuse to issue a warrant for payment thereunder until the agency files with the Comptroller the contract, purchase order, grant, or lease and an affidavit, signed by the chief executive officer of the agency or his or her designee, setting forth an explanation of why the contract liability was not filed within 30 days of execution. A copy of this affidavit shall be filed with the Auditor General.

(d) Professional and artistic services contracts. No voucher shall be submitted to the Comptroller for a warrant to be drawn for the payment of money from the State treasury or from other funds held by the State Treasurer on account of any contract for services involving professional or artistic skills involving an expenditure of more than $5,000 for the same type of service at the same location during any fiscal year unless the contract is reduced to writing before the services are performed and filed with the Comptroller. When a contract for professional or artistic skills in excess of $5,000 was not reduced to writing before the services were performed, the Comptroller shall refuse to issue a warrant for payment for the services until the State agency files with the Comptroller:

(1) a written contract covering the services, and

(2) an affidavit, signed by the chief executive officer of the State agency or his or her designee, stating that the services for which payment is being made were agreed to before commencement of the services and setting forth an explanation of why the contract was not reduced to writing before the services commenced.

A copy of this affidavit shall be filed with the Auditor General. The Comptroller shall maintain professional or artistic service contracts filed under this Section separately from other filed contracts.

(e) Method of source selection. When a contract is filed with the Comptroller under this Section, the Comptroller's file shall identify the method of source selection used in obtaining the contract.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. date ‑ See Sec. 99‑5; 91‑904, eff. 7‑6‑00.)

(30 ILCS 500/20‑85)

Sec. 20‑85. Federal requirements. A State agency receiving federal‑aid funds, grants, or loans shall have authority to adopt its procedures, rules, project statements, drawings, maps, surveys, plans, specifications, contract terms, estimates, bid forms, bond forms, and other documents or practices to comply with the regulations, policies, and procedures of the designated authority, administration, or department of the United States, in order to remain eligible for such federal‑aid funds, grants, or loans.

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

(30 ILCS 500/20‑90)

Sec. 20‑90. Foreign country procurements. Procurements to meet the needs of State offices located in foreign countries shall comply with the provisions of this Code to the extent practical.

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

(30 ILCS 500/20‑95)

Sec. 20‑95. Donations. Nothing in this Code or in the rules promulgated under this Code shall prevent any State agency from complying with the terms and conditions of any grant, gift, or bequest that calls for the procurement of a particular good or service or the use of a particular contractor, provided that the grant, gift, or bequest provides majority funding for the contract.

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

(30 ILCS 500/20‑105)

Sec. 20‑105. State agency printing. All books, pamphlets, documents, and reports published through or by the State of Illinois or any State agency, board, or commission shall have printed thereon "Printed by authority of the State of Illinois", the date of each publication, the number of copies printed, and the printing order number. Each using agency shall be responsible for ascertaining the compliance of printing materials procured by or for it with this Section. No printing or reproduction contract shall be let and no printing or reproduction shall be accomplished when that wording does not appear on the material to be printed or reproduced. No publication may have written, stamped, or printed on it, or attached to it, "Compliments of ........ (naming a person)" or any words of similar import.

This Section does not apply to the printing by a public institution of higher education of material not paid for in any portion from funds appropriated by the General Assembly, printing that is performed by a university unit, or printing that is performed in conjunction with contracts referenced in subsection (b)(1) of Section 1‑10.

(Source: P.A. 95‑75, eff. 8‑13‑07.)

(30 ILCS 500/20‑110)

Sec. 20‑110. Printing cost offsets. The chief procurement officer may promulgate rules permitting the exchange of advertising rights in or receipt of free copies of printed products procured under this Article as a means of reducing printing costs. The rules shall specify the appropriate method of source selection to be used to competitively acquire printing cost offsets.

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

(30 ILCS 500/20‑150)

Sec. 20‑150. Proposed contracts; Procurement Policy Board. This Article is subject to Section 5‑30 of this Code.

(Source: P.A. 93‑839, eff. 7‑30‑04.)

(30 ILCS 500/20‑155)

Sec. 20‑155. Solicitation and contract documents. After award of a contract and subject to provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, the procuring agency shall make available for public inspection and copying all pre‑award, post‑award, administration, and close‑out documents relating to that particular contract.

(Source: P.A. 94‑978, eff. 6‑30‑06.)

(30 ILCS 500/20‑160)

Sec. 20‑160. Business entities; certification; registration with the State Board of Elections.

(a) For purposes of this Section, the terms "business entity", "contract", "State contract", "contract with a State agency", "State agency", "affiliated entity", and "affiliated person" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in Section 50‑37.

(b) Every bid submitted to and every contract executed by the State on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall contain (1) a certification by the bidder or contractor that either (i) the bidder or contractor is not required to register as a business entity with the State Board of Elections pursuant to this Section or (ii) the bidder or contractor has registered as a business entity with the State Board of Elections and acknowledges a continuing duty to update the registration and (2) a statement that the contract is voidable under Section 50‑60 for the bidder's or contractor's failure to comply with this Section.

(c) Within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, each business entity (i) whose aggregate bids and proposals on State contracts annually total more than $50,000, (ii) whose aggregate bids and proposals on State contracts combined with the business entity's aggregate annual total value of State contracts exceed $50,000, or (iii) whose contracts with State agencies, in the aggregate, annually total more than $50,000 shall register with the State Board of Elections in accordance with Section 9‑35 of the Election Code. A business entity required to register under this subsection shall submit a copy of the certificate of registration to the applicable chief procurement officer within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. A business entity required to register under this subsection due to item (i) or (ii) has a continuing duty to ensure that the registration is accurate during the period beginning on the date of registration and ending on the day after the date the contract is awarded; any change in information must be reported to the State Board of Elections within 2 business days following such change. A business entity required to register under this subsection due to item (iii) has a continuing duty to ensure that the registration is accurate in accordance with subsection (f).

(d) Any business entity, not required under subsection (c) to register within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, whose aggregate bids and proposals on State contracts annually total more than $50,000, or whose aggregate bids and proposals on State contracts combined with the business entity's aggregate annual total value of State contracts exceed $50,000, shall register with the State Board of Elections in accordance with Section 9‑35 of the Election Code prior to submitting to a State agency the bid or proposal whose value causes the business entity to fall within the monetary description of this subsection. A business entity required to register under this subsection has a continuing duty to ensure that the registration is accurate during the period beginning on the date of registration and ending on the day after the date the contract is awarded. Any change in information must be reported to the State Board of Elections within 2 business days following such change.

(e) A business entity whose contracts with State agencies, in the aggregate, annually total more than $50,000 must maintain its registration under this Section and has a continuing duty to ensure that the registration is accurate for the duration of the term of office of the incumbent officeholder awarding the contracts or for a period of 2 years following the expiration or termination of the contracts, whichever is longer. Any change in information shall be reported to the State Board of Elections within 10 days following such change; however, if a business entity required to register under this subsection has a pending bid or proposal, any change in information shall be reported to the State Board of Elections within 2 business days.

(f) A business entity's continuing duty under this Section to ensure the accuracy of its registration includes the requirement that the business entity notify the State Board of Elections of any change in information, including but not limited to changes of affiliated entities or affiliated persons.

(g) A copy of a certificate of registration must accompany any bid or proposal for a contract with a State agency by a business entity required to register under this Section. A chief procurement officer shall not accept a bid or proposal unless the certificate is submitted to the agency with the bid or proposal.

(h) A registration, and any changes to a registration, must include the business entity's verification of accuracy and subjects the business entity to the penalties of the laws of this State for perjury.

In addition to any penalty under Section 9‑35 of the Election Code, intentional, willful, or material failure to disclose information required for registration shall render the contract, bid, proposal, or other procurement relationship voidable by the chief procurement officer if he or she deems it to be in the best interest of the State of Illinois.

(i) This Section applies regardless of the method of source selection used in awarding the contract.

(Source: P.A. 95‑971, eff. 1‑1‑09.)

(30 ILCS 500/Art. 25 heading) ARTICLE 25 SUPPLIES AND SERVICES (EXCLUDING PROFESSIONAL OR ARTISTIC)

(30 ILCS 500/25‑5)

Sec. 25‑5. Applicability. All contracts for supplies and services, excluding professional or artistic services, shall be procured in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

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

(30 ILCS 500/25‑10)

Sec. 25‑10. Authority. State purchasing officers shall have the authority to procure supplies and services, except as that authority may be limited by the chief procurement officer.

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

(30 ILCS 500/25‑15)

Sec. 25‑15. Method of source selection.

(a) Competitive sealed bidding. Except as provided in subsection (b) and Sections 20‑20, 20‑25, and 20‑30, all State contracts for supplies and services shall be awarded by competitive sealed bidding in accordance with Section 20‑10.

(b) Other methods. The chief procurement officer may establish by rule (i) categories of purchases, including non‑governmental joint purchases, that may be made without competitive sealed bidding and (ii) the most competitive alternate method of source selection that shall be used for each category of purchase.

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

(30 ILCS 500/25‑30)

Sec. 25‑30. More favorable terms. A supply or service contract may include, if determined by a State purchasing officer to be in the best interests of the State, a clause requiring that if more favorable terms are granted by the contractor to any similar state or local governmental agency in any state in a contemporaneous agreement let under the same or similar financial terms and circumstances for comparable supplies or services, the more favorable terms shall be applicable under the contract.

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

(30 ILCS 500/25‑35)

Sec. 25‑35. Purchase of coal and postage stamps.

(a) Delivery of necessary supplies. To avoid interruption or impediment of delivery of necessary supplies, commodities, and coal, State purchasing officers may make purchases of or contracts for supplies and commodities after April 30 of a fiscal year when delivery of the supplies and commodities is to be made after June 30 of that fiscal year and payment for which is to be made from appropriations for the next fiscal year.

(b) Postage. All postage stamps purchased from State funds must be perforated for identification purposes. A General Assembly member may furnish the U.S. Post Office with a warrant so as to allow for the creation or continuation of a bulk rate mailing fund in the name of the General Assembly member or may furnish a postage meter company or post office with a warrant so as to facilitate the purchase of a postage meter and its stamps. Any postage meter so purchased must also contain a stamp that shall state "Official State Mail".

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

(30 ILCS 500/25‑45)

Sec. 25‑45. Energy conservation program. State purchasing officers may enter into energy conservation program contracts that provide for utility cost savings. The chief procurement officer shall promulgate and adopt rules for the implementation of this Section.

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

(30 ILCS 500/25‑55)

Sec. 25‑55. Annual reports. Every printed annual report produced by a State agency shall bear a statement indicating whether it was printed by the State of Illinois or by contract and indicating the printing cost per copy and the number of copies printed. The Department of Central Management Services shall prepare and submit to the General Assembly on the fourth Wednesday of January in each year a report setting forth with respect to each State agency for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the report is filed the total quantity of annual reports printed, the total cost, and the cost per copy and the cost per page of the annual report of the State agency printed during the calendar year covered by the report.

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

(30 ILCS 500/25‑60)

Sec. 25‑60. Prevailing wage requirements.

(a) All services furnished under service contracts of $2,000 or more or $200 or more per month and under printing contracts shall be subject to the following prevailing wage requirements:

(1) Not less than the general prevailing wage rate of hourly wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the work is produced shall be paid by the successful vendor to its employees who perform the work on the State contracts. The bidder or offeror, in order to be considered to be a responsible bidder or offeror for the purposes of this Code, shall certify to the purchasing agency that wages to be paid to its employees are no less, and fringe benefits and working conditions of employees are not less favorable, than those prevailing in the locality where the contract is to be performed. Prevailing wages and working conditions shall be determined by the Director of the Illinois Department of Labor.

(2) Whenever a collective bargaining agreement is in effect between an employer, other than a governmental body, and service or printing employees as defined in this Section who are represented by a responsible organization that is in no way influenced or controlled by the management, that agreement and its provisions shall be considered as conditions prevalent in that locality and shall be the minimum requirements taken into consideration by the Director of Labor.

(b) As used in this Section, "services" means janitorial cleaning services, window cleaning services, building and grounds services, site technician services, natural resources services, food services, and security services. "Printing" means and includes all processes and operations involved in printing, including but not limited to letterpress, offset, and gravure processes, the multilith method, photographic or other duplicating process, the operations of composition, platemaking, presswork, and binding, and the end products of those processes, methods, and operations. As used in this Code "printing" does not include photocopiers used in the course of normal business activities, photographic equipment used for geographic mapping, or printed matter that is commonly available to the general public from contractor inventory.

(c) The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages", "general prevailing rate of wages", or "prevailing rate of wages" when used in this Section mean the hourly cash wages plus fringe benefits for health and welfare, insurance, vacations, and pensions paid generally, in the locality in which the work is being performed, to employees engaged in work of a similar character.

(d) "Locality" shall have the meaning established by rule.

(e) This Section does not apply to services furnished under contracts for professional or artistic services.

(f) This Section does not apply to vocational programs of training for physically or mentally handicapped persons or to sheltered workshops for the severely disabled.

(Source: P.A. 93‑370, eff. 1‑1‑04.)

(30 ILCS 500/25‑65)

Sec. 25‑65. Contracts performed outside the United States. Prior to contracting or as a requirement of solicitation of any State contracts for services as defined in Section 1‑15.90, whichever is appropriate, prospective vendors shall disclose in a statement of work where services will be performed under that contract, including any subcontracts, and whether any services under that contract, including any subcontracts, are anticipated to be performed outside the United States.

In awarding the contract or evaluating the bid or offer, the chief procurement officer may consider such disclosure and the economic impact to the State of Illinois and its residents.

If the chief procurement officer awards a contract to a vendor based upon disclosure that work will be performed in the United States and during the term of the contract the contractor or a subcontractor proceeds to shift work outside of the United States, the contractor shall be deemed in breach of contract, unless the chief procurement officer shall have first determined in writing that circumstances require the shift of work or that termination of the contract would not be in the State's best interest.

Nothing in this Section is intended to contravene any existing treaty, law, agreement, or regulation of the United States.

The Department of Central Management Services shall prepare and deliver to the General Assembly, no later than September 1, 2007, a report on the impact of outsourcing services on the State's cost of procurement that identifies those contracts where it was disclosed that services were provided outside of the United States and a description and value of those services.

(Source: P.A. 93‑1081, eff. 6‑1‑05.)

(30 ILCS 500/25‑70)

Sec. 25‑70. Electronic mail service; spam free. Electronic mail service providers that provide electronic mail service under State contracts awarded on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly must take measures reasonably designed to provide a service that is free of unsolicited electronic mail advertisements (sometimes known as "spam"). The electronic mail service provider is responsible for using software filters or other means to accomplish the requirements of this Section. In this Section, the terms "electronic mail service provider" and "unsolicited electronic mail advertisement" have the same meanings as those terms are defined in the Electronic Mail Act (815 ILCS 511/).

(Source: P.A. 94‑413, eff. 1‑1‑06.)

(30 ILCS 500/25‑75)

Sec. 25‑75. Purchase of motor vehicles.

(a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, all gasoline‑powered vehicles purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel vehicles. Beginning July 1, 2007, all gasoline‑powered vehicles purchased from State funds must be flexible fuel or fuel efficient hybrid vehicles. For purposes of this Section, "flexible fuel vehicles" are automobiles or light trucks that operate on either gasoline or E‑85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline) fuel and "Fuel efficient hybrid vehicles" are automobiles or light trucks that use a gasoline or diesel engine and an electric motor to provide power and gain at least a 20% increase in combined US‑EPA city‑highway fuel economy over the equivalent or most‑similar conventionally‑powered model.

(b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, any vehicle purchased from State funds that is fueled by diesel fuel shall be certified by the manufacturer to run on 5% biodiesel (B5) fuel.

(c) The Chief Procurement Officer may determine that certain vehicle procurements are exempt from this Section based on intended use or other reasonable considerations such as health and safety of Illinois citizens.

(Source: P.A. 94‑1079, eff. 6‑1‑07.)

(30 ILCS 500/25‑80)

Sec. 25‑80. Successor vendor. All service contracts shall include a clause requiring the bidder or offeror, in order to be considered a responsible bidder or offeror for the purposes of this Code, to certify to the purchasing agency (i) that it shall offer to assume the collective bargaining obligations of the prior employer, including any existing collective bargaining agreement with the bargaining representative of any existing collective bargaining unit or units performing substantially similar work to the services covered by the contract subject to its bid or offer, and (ii) that it shall offer employment to all employees currently employed in any existing bargaining unit performing substantially similar work that will be performed by the successor vendor.

This Section does not apply to heating and air conditioning service contracts, plumbing service contracts, and electrical service contracts.

(Source: P.A. 95‑314, eff. 1‑1‑08.)

(30 ILCS 500/25‑200)

Sec. 25‑200. Proposed contracts; Procurement Policy Board. This Article is subject to Section 5‑30 of this Code.

(Source: P.A. 93‑839, eff. 7‑30‑04.)

(30 ILCS 500/Art. 30 heading) ARTICLE 30 CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION‑RELATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

(30 ILCS 500/30‑5)

Sec. 30‑5. Applicability. Construction and construction‑related professional services shall be procured in accordance with this Article.

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

(30 ILCS 500/30‑10)

Sec. 30‑10. Authority. Construction agencies shall have the authority to procure construction and construction‑related professional services.

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

(30 ILCS 500/30‑15)

Sec. 30‑15. Method of source selection.

(a) Competitive sealed bidding. Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d) and Sections 20‑20, 20‑25, and 20‑30, all State construction contracts shall be procured by competitive sealed bidding in accordance with Section 20‑10.

(b) Other methods. The Capital Development Board shall establish by rule construction purchases that may be made without competitive sealed bidding and the most competitive alternate method of source selection that shall be used.

(c) Construction‑related professional services. All construction‑related professional services contracts shall be awarded in accordance with the provisions of the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act. "Professional services" means those services within the scope of the practice of architecture, professional engineering, structural engineering, or registered land surveying, as defined by the laws of this State.

(d) Correctional facilities. Remodeling and rehabilitation projects at correctional facilities under $25,000 funded from the General Revenue Fund are exempt from the provisions of this Article. The Department of Corrections may use inmate labor for the remodeling or rehabilitation of correctional facilities on those projects under $25,000 funded from the General Revenue Fund.

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

(30 ILCS 500/30‑20)

Sec. 30‑20. Prequalification.

(a) The Capital Development Board shall promulgate rules for the development of prequalified supplier lists for construction and construction‑related professional services and the periodic updating of those lists. Construction and construction‑related professional services contracts over $25,000 may be awarded to any qualified suppliers.

(b) The Illinois Power Agency shall promulgate rules for the development of prequalified supplier lists for construction and construction‑related professional services and the periodic updating of those lists. Construction and construction related professional services contracts over $25,000 may be awarded to any qualified suppliers, pursuant to a competitive bidding process.

(Source: P.A. 95‑481, eff. 8‑28‑07.)

(30 ILCS 500/30‑22)

Sec. 30‑22. Construction contracts; responsible bidder requirements. To be considered a responsible bidder on a construction contract for purposes of this Code, a bidder must comply with all of the following requirements and must present satisfactory evidence of that compliance to the appropriate construction agency:

(1) The bidder must comply with all applicable laws concerning the bidder's entitlement to conduct business in Illinois.

(2) The bidder must comply with all applicable provisions of the Prevailing Wage Act.

(3) The bidder must comply with Subchapter VI ("Equal Employment Opportunities") of Chapter 21 of Title 42 of the United States Code (42 U.S.C. 2000e and following) and with Federal Executive Order No. 11246 as amended by Executive Order No. 11375.

(4) The bidder must have a valid Federal Employer Identification Number or, if an individual, a valid Social Security Number.

(5) The bidder must have a valid certificate of insurance showing the following coverages: general liability, professional liability, product liability, workers' compensation, completed operations, hazardous occupation, and automobile.

(6) The bidder and all bidder's subcontractors must participate in applicable apprenticeship and training programs approved by and registered with the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training.

(7) For contracts with the Illinois Power Agency, the Director of the Illinois Power Agency may establish additional requirements for responsible bidders. These additional requirements, if established, shall be set forth together with the other criteria contained in the invitation for bids, and shall appear in the appropriate volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin.

The provisions of this Section shall not apply to federally funded construction projects if such application would jeopardize the receipt or use of federal funds in support of such a project.

(Source: P.A. 95‑481, eff. 8‑28‑07.)

(30 ILCS 500/30‑25)

Sec. 30‑25. Retention of a percentage of contract price. Whenever any contract entered into by a construction agency for the repair, remodeling, renovation, or construction of a building or structure, for the construction or maintenance of a highway, as those terms are defined in Article 2 of the Illinois Highway Code, for the construction or maintenance of facilities as that term is defined under Section 1‑10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act, or for the reclamation of abandoned lands as those terms are defined in Article I of the Abandoned Mined Lands and Water Reclamation Act provides for the retention of a percentage of the contract price until final completion and acceptance of the work, upon the request of the contractor and with the approval of the construction agency the amount so retained may be deposited under a trust agreement with an Illinois bank or financial institution of the contractor's choice and subject to the approval of the construction agency. The contractor shall receive any interest on the deposited amount. Upon application by the contractor, the trust agreement must contain, at a minimum, the following provisions:

(1) the amount to be deposited subject to the trust;

(2) the terms and conditions of payment in case of default by the contractor;

(3) the termination of the trust agreement upon completion of the contract; and

(4) the contractor shall be responsible for obtaining the written consent of the bank trustee and for any costs or service fees.

The trust agreement may, at the discretion of the construction agency and upon request of the contractor, become effective at the time of the first partial payment in accordance with existing statutes and rules.

(Source: P.A. 95‑481, eff. 8‑28‑07.)

(30 ILCS 500/30‑30)

Sec. 30‑30. Contracts in excess of $250,000. For building construction contracts in excess of $250,000, separate specifications shall be prepared for all equipment, labor, and materials in connection with the following 5 subdivisions of the work to be performed:

(1) plumbing;

(2) heating, piping, refrigeration, and automatic temperature control systems, including the testing and balancing of those systems;

(3) ventilating and distribution systems for conditioned air, including the testing and balancing of those systems;

(4) electric wiring; and

(5) general contract work.

The specifications must be so drawn as to permit separate and independent bidding upon each of the 5 subdivisions of work. All contracts awarded for any part thereof shall award the 5 subdivisions of work separately to responsible and reliable persons, firms, or corporations engaged in these classes of work. The contracts, at the discretion of the construction agency, may be assigned to the successful bidder on the general contract work or to the successful bidder on the subdivision of work designated by the construction agency before the bidding as the prime subdivision of work, provided that all payments will be made directly to the contractors for the 5 subdivisions of work upon compliance with the conditions of the contract. A contract may be let for one or more buildings in any project to the same contractor. The specifications shall require, however, that unless the buildings are identical, a separate price shall be submitted for each building. The contract may be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder for each or all of the buildings included in the specifications.

Until a date 3 years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the requirements of this Section do not apply to a construction project for which the Capital Development Board is the construction agency if: (i) the project budget is at least $20,000,000; (ii) the Capital Development Board has submitted to the Procurement Policy Board a written request for a public hearing on waiver of the application of the requirements of this Section to that project, including its reasons for seeking the waiver and why the waiver is in the best interest of the State; (iii) the Capital Development Board has posted notice of the waiver hearing on its procurement web page and on the online Procurement Bulletin at least 15 working days before the hearing; (iv) the Procurement Policy Board, after conducting the public hearing on the waiver request, reviews and approves the request in writing before the award of the contract; (v) the successful low bidder has prequalified with the Capital Development Board; (vi) the bid of the successful low bidder identifies the name of the subcontractor, if any, and the bid proposal costs for each of the 5 subdivisions of work set forth in this Section; and (vii) the contract entered into with the successful bidder provides that no identified subcontractor may be terminated without the written consent of the Capital Development Board. With respect to any construction project described in this paragraph, the Capital Development Board shall: (i) provide to the Auditor General an affidavit that the waiver of the application of the requirements of this Section is in the best interest of the State; (ii) specify in writing as a public record that the project shall comply with the disadvantaged business practices of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act and the equal employment practices of Section 2‑105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (iii) report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly on the bidding, award, and performance. On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Capital Development Board may award in each year contracts with an aggregate total value of no more than $100,000,000 with respect to construction projects described in this paragraph.

Until a date 5 years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the requirements of this Section do not apply to the Capitol Building HVAC upgrade project if (i) the bid of the successful bidder identifies the name of the subcontractor, if any, and the bid proposal costs for each of the 5 subdivisions of work set forth in this Section, and (ii) the contract entered into with the successful bidder provides that no identified subcontractor may be terminated without the written consent of the Capital Development Board.

(Source: P.A. 94‑699, eff. 11‑29‑05; 95‑758, eff. 1‑1‑09.)

(30 ILCS 500/30‑35)

Sec. 30‑35. Expenditure in excess of contract price.

(a) Germaneness. No funds in excess of the contract price may be obligated or expended unless the additional work to be performed or materials to be furnished is germane to the original contract. Even if germane to the original contract, no additional expenditures or obligations may, in their total combined amounts, be in excess of the percentages of the original contract amount set forth in subsection (b) unless they have received the prior written approval of the construction agency. In the event that the total of the combined additional expenditures or obligations exceeds the percentages of the original contract amount set forth in subsection (b), the construction agency shall investigate all the additional expenditures or obligations in excess of the original contract amount and shall in writing approve or disapprove subsequent expenditures or obligations and state in detail the reasons for the approval or disapproval.

(b) Written determination required. When the contract amount is no more than $75,000, the percentage shall be 9% (maximum $6,750). When the contract amount is between $75,001 and $200,000, the percentage shall be 7% of the amount above $75,000 plus $6,750, but not to exceed 7% of $200,000 (maximum $14,000). When the contract amount is between $200,001 and $500,000, the percentage shall be 5% of the amount above $200,000 plus $14,000, but not to exceed 5% of $500,000 (maximum $25,000). When the contract amount is in excess of $500,000, the percentage shall be 3% of the amount above $500,000 plus $25,000.

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

(30 ILCS 500/30‑43)

Sec. 30‑43. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 92‑11, eff. 6‑11‑01. Repealed by P.A. 93‑632, eff. 2‑1‑04.)

(30 ILCS 500/30‑45)

Sec. 30‑45. Other Acts. This Article is subject to applicable provisions of the following Acts:

(1) the Prevailing Wage Act;

(2) the Public Construction Bond Act;

(3) the Public Works Employment Discrimination Act;

(4) the Public Works Preference Act;

(5) the Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works Act;

(6) the Public Contract Fraud Act; and

(7) the Illinois Construction Evaluation Act.

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

(30 ILCS 500/30‑150)

Sec. 30‑150. Proposed contracts; Procurement Policy Board. This Article is subject to Section 5‑30 of this Code.

(Source: P.A. 93‑839, eff. 7‑30‑04.)

(30 ILCS 500/Art. 33 heading) ARTICLE 33. CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES (Source: P.A. 94‑532, eff. 8‑10‑05.)

(30 ILCS 500/33‑5)

Sec. 33‑5. Definitions. In this Article:

"Construction management services" includes:

(1) services provided in the planning and pre‑construction phases of a construction project including, but not limited to, consulting with, advising, assisting, and making recommendations to the Capital Development Board and architect, engineer, or licensed land surveyor on all aspects of planning for project construction; reviewing all plans and specifications as they are being developed and making recommendations with respect to construction feasibility, availability of material and labor, time requirements for procurement and construction, and projected costs; making, reviewing, and refining budget estimates based on the Board's program and other available information; making recommendations to the Board and the architect or engineer regarding the division of work in the plans and specifications to facilitate the bidding and awarding of contracts; soliciting the interest of capable contractors and taking bids on the project; analyzing the bids received; and preparing and maintaining a progress schedule during the design phase of the project and preparation of a proposed construction schedule; and

(2) services provided in the construction phase of the project including, but not limited to, maintaining competent supervisory staff to coordinate and provide general direction of the work and progress of the contractors on the project; directing the work as it is being performed for general conformance with working drawings and specifications; establishing procedures for coordinating among the Board, architect or engineer, contractors, and construction manager with respect to all aspects of the project and implementing those procedures; maintaining job site records and making appropriate progress reports; implementing labor policy in conformance with the requirements of the public owner; reviewing the safety and equal opportunity programs of each contractor for conformance with the public owner's policy and making recommendations; reviewing and processing all applications for payment by involved contractors and material suppliers in accordance with the terms of the contract; making recommendations and processing requests for changes in the work and maintaining records of change orders; scheduling and conducting job meetings to ensure orderly progress of the work; developing and monitoring a project progress schedule, coordinating and expediting the work of all contractors and providing periodic status reports to the owner and the architect or engineer; and establishing and maintaining a cost control system and conducting meetings to review costs.

"Construction manager" means any individual, sole proprietorship, firm, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity providing construction management services for the Board and prequalified by the State in accordance with 30 ILCS 500/33‑10.

"Board" means the Capital Development Board.

(Source: P.A. 94‑532, eff. 8‑10‑05.)

(30 ILCS 500/33‑10)

Sec. 33‑10. Prequalification. The Board shall establish procedures to prequalify firms seeking to provide construction management services or may use prequalification lists from other State agencies to meet the requirements of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 94‑532, eff. 8‑10‑05.)

(30 ILCS 500/33‑15)

Sec. 33‑15. Public notice. Whenever a project requiring construction management services is proposed for a State agency, the Board shall provide no less than a 14‑day advance notice published in a request for proposals setting forth the projects and services to be procured. The request for proposals shall be mailed to each firm that is prequalified under Section 33‑10. The request for proposals shall include a description of each project and shall state the time and place for interested firms to submit a letter of interest and, if required by the request for proposals, a statement of qualifications.

(Source: P.A. 94‑532, eff. 8‑10‑05.)

(30 ILCS 500/33‑20)

Sec. 33‑20. Evaluation procedure. The Board shall evaluate the construction managers submitting letters of interest and other prequalified construction managers, taking into account qualifications; and the Board may consider, but shall not be limited to considering, ability of personnel, past record and experience, performance data on file, willingness to meet time requirements, location, workload of the construction manager, and any other qualifications‑based factors as the Board may determine in writing are applicable. The Board may conduct discussions with and require public presentations by construction managers deemed to be the most qualified regarding their qualifications, approach to the project, and ability to furnish the required services.

The Board shall establish a committee to select construction managers to provide construction management services. A selection committee may include at least one public member. The public member may not be employed or associated with any firm holding a contract with the Board nor may the public member's firm be considered for a contract with that Board while he or she is serving as a public member of the committee.

In no case shall the Board, prior to selecting a construction manager for negotiation under Section 33‑30, seek formal or informal submission of verbal or written estimates of costs or proposals in terms of dollars, hours required, percentage of construction cost, or any other measure of compensation.

(Source: P.A. 94‑532, eff. 8‑10‑05.)

(30 ILCS 500/33‑25)

Sec. 33‑25. Selection Procedure. On the basis of evaluations, discussions, and any presentations, the Board shall select no less than 3 firms it determines to be qualified to provide services for the project and rank them in order of qualifications to provide services regarding the specific project. The Board shall then contract at a fair and reasonable compensation. If fewer than 3 firms submit letters of interest and the Board determines that one or both of those firms are so qualified, the Board may proceed to negotiate a contract under Section 33‑30. The decision of the Board shall be final and binding.

(Source: P.A. 94‑532, eff. 8‑10‑05.)

(30 ILCS 500/33‑30)

Sec. 33‑30. Contract Negotiation.

(a) The Board shall prepare a written description of the scope of the proposed services to be used as a basis for negotiations and shall negotiate a contract with the highest ranked construction management firm at compensation that the Board determines in writing to be fair and reasonable. In making this decision, the Board shall take into account the estimated value, scope, complexity, and nature of the services to be rendered. In no case may the Board establish a payment formula designed to eliminate firms from contention or restrict competition or negotiation of fees.

(b) If the Board is unable to negotiate a satisfactory contract with the firm that is highest ranked, negotiations with that firm shall be terminated. The Board shall then begin negotiations with the firm that is next highest ranked. If the Board is unable to negotiate a satisfactory contract with that firm, negotiations with that firm shall be terminated. The Board shall then begin negotiations with the firm that is next highest ranked.

(c) If the Board is unable to negotiate a satisfactory contract with any of the selected firms, the Board shall re‑evaluate the construction management services requested, including the estimated value, scope, complexity, and fee requirements. The Board shall then compile a list of not less than 3 prequalified firms and proceed in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 94‑532, eff. 8‑10‑05.)

(30 ILCS 500/33‑35)

Sec. 33‑35. Small Contracts. The provisions of Sections 33‑20, 33‑25, and 33‑30 do not apply to construction management contracts of less than $25,000.

(Source: P.A. 94‑532, eff. 8‑10‑05.)

(30 ILCS 500/33‑40)

Sec. 33‑40. Emergency services. Sections 33‑20, 33‑25, and 33‑30 do not apply in the procurement of construction management services by the Board (i) when the Board determines in writing that it is in the best interest of the State to proceed with the immediate selection of a firm or (ii) in emergencies when immediate services are necessary to protect the public health and safety, including, but not limited to, earthquake, tornado, storm, or natural or man‑made disaster.

(Source: P.A. 94‑532, eff. 8‑10‑05.)

(30 ILCS 500/33‑45)

Sec. 33‑45. Firm performance evaluation. The Board shall evaluate the performance of each firm upon completion of a contract. That evaluation shall be made available to the firm and the firm may submit a written response, with the evaluation and response retained solely by the Board. The evaluation and response shall not be made available to any other person or firm and is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. The evaluation shall be based on the terms identified in the construction manager's contract.

(Source: P.A. 94‑532, eff. 8‑10‑05.)

(30 ILCS 500/33‑50)

Sec. 33‑50. Duties of construction manager; additional requirements for persons performing construction work.

(a) Upon the award of a construction management services contract, a construction manager must contract with the Board to furnish his or her skill and judgment in cooperation with, and reliance upon, the services of the project architect or engineer. The construction manager must furnish business administration, management of the construction process, and other specified services to the Board and must perform his or her obligations in an expeditious and economical manner consistent with the interest of the Board. If it is in the State's best interest, the construction manager may provide or perform basic services for which reimbursement is provided in the general conditions to the construction management services contract.

(b) The actual construction work on the project must be awarded to contractors under this Code. The Capital Development Board may further separate additional divisions of work under this Article. This subsection is subject to the applicable provisions of the following Acts:

(1) the Prevailing Wage Act;

(2) the Public Construction Bond Act;

(3) the Public Works Employment Discrimination Act;

(4) the Public Works Preference Act;

(5) the Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works Act;

(6) the Public Contract Fraud Act;

(7) the Illinois Construction Evaluation Act; and

(8) the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989, the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989, and the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989.

(Source: P.A. 94‑532, eff. 8‑10‑05.)

(30 ILCS 500/33‑55)

Sec. 33‑55. Prohibited conduct. No construction management services contract may be awarded by the Board on a negotiated basis as provided in this Article if the construction manager or an entity that controls, is controlled by, or shares common ownership or control with the construction manager (i) guarantees, warrants, or otherwise assumes financial responsibility for the work of others on the project; (ii) provides the Board with a guaranteed maximum price for the work of others on the project; or (iii) furnishes or guarantees a performance or payment bond for other contractors on the project. In any such case, the contract for construction management services must be let by competitive bidding as in the case of contracts for construction work.

(Source: P.A. 94‑532, eff. 8‑10‑05.)

(30 ILCS 500/Art. 35 heading) ARTICLE 35 PROCUREMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND ARTISTIC SERVICES

(30 ILCS 500/35‑5)

Sec. 35‑5. Application. All professional and artistic services shall be procured in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

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

(30 ILCS 500/35‑10)

Sec. 35‑10. Authority. Each State purchasing officer, under the supervision of his or her respective chief procurement officer, has the authority to select, according to the provisions of this Article, his or her own professional and artistic services.

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

(30 ILCS 500/35‑15)

Sec. 35‑15. Prequalification.

(a) The Director of Central Management Services, the Illinois Power Agency, 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 published for public comment prior to their submission to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules for approval.

(c) The Director of Central Management Services, the Illinois Power Agency, 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 for bidding or responding to invitations for bid or proposal.

(Source: P.A. 95‑481, eff. 8‑28‑07.)

(30 ILCS 500/35‑20)

Sec. 35‑20. Uniformity in procurement.

(a) The Director of Central Management Services, the Illinois Power Agency, and the higher education chief procurement officer shall each develop, cause to be printed, and distribute uniform documents for the solicitation, review, and acceptance of all professional and artistic services.

(b) All chief procurement officers, State purchasing officers, and their designees shall use the appropriate uniform procedures and forms specified in this Code for all professional and artistic services.

(c) These forms shall include in detail, in writing, at least:

(1) a description of the goal to be achieved;

(2) the services to be performed;

(3) the need for the service;

(4) the qualifications that are necessary; and

(5) a plan for post‑performance review.

(Source: P.A. 95‑481, eff. 8‑28‑07.)

(30 ILCS 500/35‑25)

Sec. 35‑25. Uniformity in contract.

(a) The Director of Central Management Services, the Illinois Power Agency, and the higher education chief procurement officer shall each develop, cause to be printed, and distribute uniform documents for the contracting of professional and artistic services.

(b) All chief procurement officers, State purchasing officers, and their designees shall use the appropriate uniform contracts and forms in contracting for all professional and artistic services.

(c) These contracts and forms shall include in detail, in writing, at least:

(1) the detail listed in subsection (c) of Section 35‑20;

(2) the duration of the contract, with a schedule of delivery, when applicable;

(3) the method for charging and measuring cost (hourly, per day, etc.);

(4) the rate of remuneration; and

(5) the maximum price.

(Source: P.A. 95‑481, eff. 8‑28‑07.)

(30 ILCS 500/35‑30)

Sec. 35‑30. Awards.

(a) All State contracts for professional and artistic services, except as provided in this Section, shall be awarded using the competitive request for proposal process outlined in this Section.

(b) For each contract offered, the chief procurement officer, State purchasing officer, or his or her designee shall use the appropriate standard solicitation forms available from the Department of Central Management Services, the Illinois Power Agency, or the higher education chief procurement officer.

(c) Prepared forms shall be submitted to the Department of Central Management Services, the Illinois Power Agency, or the higher education chief procurement officer, whichever is appropriate, for publication in its Illinois Procurement Bulletin and circulation to the Department of Central Management Services' or the higher education chief procurement officer's list of prequalified vendors. Notice of the offer or request for proposal shall appear at least 14 days before the response to the offer is due.

(d) All interested respondents shall return their responses to the Department of Central Management Services, the Illinois Power Agency, or the higher education chief procurement officer, whichever is appropriate, which shall open and record them. The Department or higher education chief procurement officer then shall forward the responses, together with any information it has available about the qualifications and other State work of the respondents.

(e) After evaluation, ranking, and selection, the responsible chief procurement officer, State purchasing officer, or his or her designee shall notify the Department of Central Management Services, the Illinois Power Agency, or the higher education chief procurement officer, whichever is appropriate, of the successful respondent and shall forward a copy of the signed contract for the Department's, Agency's, or higher education chief procurement officer's file. The Department, Agency, or higher education chief procurement officer shall publish the names of the responsible procurement decision‑maker, the agency letting the contract, the successful respondent, a contract reference, and value of the let contract in the next appropriate volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin.

(f) For all professional and artistic contracts with annualized value that exceeds $25,000, evaluation and ranking by price are required. Any chief procurement officer or State purchasing officer, but not their designees, may select an offeror other than the lowest bidder by price. In any case, when the contract exceeds the $25,000 threshold and the lowest bidder is not selected, the chief procurement officer or the State purchasing officer shall forward together with the contract notice of who the low bidder was and a written decision as to why another was selected to the Department of Central Management Services, the Illinois Power Agency, or the higher education chief procurement officer, whichever is appropriate. The Department, Agency, or higher education chief procurement officer shall publish as provided in subsection (e) of Section 35‑30, but shall include notice of the chief procurement officer's or State purchasing officer's written decision.

(g) The Department of Central Management Services, the Illinois Power Agency, and higher education chief procurement officer may each refine, but not contradict, this Section by promulgating rules for submission to the Procurement Policy Board and then to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. Any refinement shall be based on the principles and procedures of the federal Architect‑Engineer Selection Law, Public Law 92‑582 Brooks Act, and the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act; except that pricing shall be an integral part of the selection process.

(Source: P.A. 95‑331, eff. 8‑21‑07; 95‑481, eff. 8‑28‑07.)

(30 ILCS 500/35‑35)

Sec. 35‑35. Exceptions.

(a) Exceptions to Section 35‑30 are allowed for sole source procurements, emergency procurements, and at the discretion of the chief procurement officer or the State purchasing officer, but not their designees, for professional and artistic contracts that are nonrenewable, one year or less in duration, and have a value of less than $20,000.

(b) All exceptions granted under this Article must still be submitted to the Department of Central Management Services, the Illinois Power Agency, or the higher education chief procurement officer, whichever is appropriate, and published as provided for in subsection (f) of Section 35‑30, shall name the authorizing chief procurement officer or State purchasing officer, and shall include a brief explanation of the reason for the exception.

(Source: P.A. 95‑481, eff. 8‑28‑07.)

(30 ILCS 500/35‑40)

Sec. 35‑40. Subcontractors.

(a) Any contract granted under this Article shall state whether the services of a subcontractor will be used. The contract shall include the names and addresses of all subcontractors and the expected amount of money each will receive under the contract.

(b) If at any time during the term of a contract, a contractor adds or changes any subcontractors, he or she shall promptly notify, in writing, the Department of Central Management Services, the Illinois Power Agency, or the higher education chief procurement officer, whichever is appropriate, and the responsible chief procurement officer, State purchasing officer, or their designee of the names and addresses and the expected amount of money each new or replaced subcontractor will receive.

(Source: P.A. 95‑481, eff. 8‑28‑07.)

(30 ILCS 500/35‑150)

Sec. 35‑150. Proposed contracts; Procurement Policy Board. This Article is subject to Section 5‑30 of this Code.

(Source: P.A. 93‑839, eff. 7‑30‑04.)

(30 ILCS 500/Art. 40 heading) ARTICLE 40 REAL PROPERTY AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT LEASES

(30 ILCS 500/40‑5)

Sec. 40‑5. Applicability. All leases for real property or capital improvements, including office and storage space, buildings, and other facilities for State agencies, shall be procured in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

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

(30 ILCS 500/40‑10)

Sec. 40‑10. Authority. State purchasing officers shall have the authority to procure leases for real property or capital improvements.

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

(30 ILCS 500/40‑15)

Sec. 40‑15. Method of source selection.

(a) Request for information. Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), all State contracts for leases of real property or capital improvements shall be awarded by a request for information process in accordance with Section 40‑20.

(b) Other methods. A request for information process need not be used in procuring any of the following leases:

(1) Property of less than 10,000 square feet.

(2) Rent of less than $100,000 per year.

(3) Duration of less than one year that cannot be renewed.

(4) Specialized space available at only one location.

(5) Renewal or extension of a lease; provided that: (i) the chief procurement officer determines in writing that the renewal or extension is in the best interest of the State; (ii) the chief procurement officer submits his or her written determination and the renewal or extension to the Board; (iii) the Board does not object in writing to the renewal or extension within 30 days after its submission; and (iv) the chief procurement officer publishes the renewal or extension in the appropriate volume of the Procurement Bulletin.

(c) Leases with governmental units. Leases with other governmental units may be negotiated without using the request for information process when deemed by the chief procurement officer to be in the best interest of the State.

(Source: P.A. 95‑647, eff. 10‑11‑07.)

(30 ILCS 500/40‑20)

Sec. 40‑20. Request for information.

(a) Conditions for use. Leases shall be procured by request for information except as otherwise provided in Section 40‑15.

(b) Form. A request for information shall be issued and shall include:

(1) the type of property to be leased;

(2) the proposed uses of the property;

(3) the duration of the lease;

(4) the preferred location of the property; and

(5) a general description of the configuration desired.

(c) Public notice. Public notice of the request for information for the availability of real property to lease shall be published in the appropriate volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin at least 14 days before the date set forth in the request for receipt of responses and shall also be published in similar manner in a newspaper of general circulation in the community or communities where the using agency is seeking space.

(d) Response. The request for information response shall consist of written information sufficient to show that the respondent can meet minimum criteria set forth in the request. State purchasing officers may enter into discussions with respondents for the purpose of clarifying State needs and the information supplied by the respondents. On the basis of the information supplied and discussions, if any, a State purchasing officer shall make a written determination identifying the responses that meet the minimum criteria set forth in the request for information. Negotiations shall be entered into with all qualified respondents for the purpose of securing a lease that is in the best interest of the State. A written report of the negotiations shall be retained in the lease files and shall include the reasons for the final selection. All leases shall be reduced to writing and filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 20‑80.

When the lowest response by price is not selected, the State purchasing officer shall forward to the chief procurement officer, along with the lease, notice of the identity of the lowest respondent by price and written reasons for the selection of a different response. The chief procurement officer shall publish the written reasons in the next volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin.

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

(30 ILCS 500/40‑25)

Sec. 40‑25. Length of leases.

(a) Maximum term. Leases shall be for a term not to exceed 10 years inclusive, beginning January, 1, 2010, of proposed contract renewals and shall include a termination option in favor of the State after 5 years.

(b) Renewal. Leases may include a renewal option. An option to renew may be exercised only when a State purchasing officer determines in writing that renewal is in the best interest of the State and notice of the exercise of the option is published in the appropriate volume of the Procurement Bulletin at least 60 days prior to the exercise of the option.

(c) Subject to appropriation. All leases shall recite that they are subject to termination and cancellation in any year for which the General Assembly fails to make an appropriation to make payments under the terms of the lease.

(d) Holdover. Beginning January 1, 2010, no lease may continue on a month‑to‑month or other holdover basis for a total of more than 6 months. Beginning July 1, 2010, the Comptroller shall withhold payment of leases beyond this holdover period.

(Source: P.A. 96‑15, eff. 6‑22‑09.)

(30 ILCS 500/40‑30)

Sec. 40‑30. Purchase option. Initial leases of all space in entire, free‑standing buildings shall include an option to purchase exerciseable by the State, unless the purchasing officer determines that inclusion of such purchase option is not in the State's best interest and makes that determination in writing along with the reasons for making that determination and publishes the written determination in the appropriate volume of the Procurement Bulletin. Leases from governmental units and not‑for‑profit entities are exempt from the requirements of this Section.

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

(30 ILCS 500/40‑35)

Sec. 40‑35. Rent without occupancy. Except when deemed by the Board to be in the best interest of the State, no State agency may incur rental obligations before occupying the space rented.

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

(30 ILCS 500/40‑40)

Sec. 40‑40. Local site preferences. Upon the request of the chief executive officer of a unit of local government, leasing preferences may be given to sites located in enterprise zones, tax increment districts, or redevelopment districts.

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

(30 ILCS 500/40‑45)

Sec. 40‑45. Leases exempt from Article. A lease entered into by the State under Section 7.4 of the State Property Control Act is not subject to the provisions of this Article.

(Source: P.A. 93‑19, eff. 6‑20‑03.)

(30 ILCS 500/40‑46)

Sec. 40‑46. Leases exempt from Article. A lease entered into under Section 7.5 of the State Property Control Act is not subject to the provisions of this Article.

(Source: P.A. 93‑19, eff. 6‑20‑03.)

(30 ILCS 500/40‑55)

Sec. 40‑55. Lessor's failure to make improvements. Each lease must provide for a penalty upon the lessor's failure to make improvements agreed upon in the lease. The penalty shall consist of a reduction in lease payments equal to the corresponding percentage of the improvement value to the lease value. The penalty shall continue until the lessor complies with the lease and the improvements are certified by the chief procurement officer and the leasing State agency.

(Source: P.A. 93‑839, eff. 7‑30‑04.)

(30 ILCS 500/40‑150)

Sec. 40‑150. Proposed contracts; Procurement Policy Board. This Article is subject to Section 5‑30 of this Code.

(Source: P.A. 93‑839, eff. 7‑30‑04.)

(30 ILCS 500/Art. 45 heading) ARTICLE 45 PREFERENCES

(30 ILCS 500/45‑5)

Sec. 45‑5. Procurement preferences. To promote business and employment opportunities in Illinois, procurement preferences are established and shall be applicable to any procurement made under this Code.

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

(30 ILCS 500/45‑10)

Sec. 45‑10. Resident bidders.

(a) Amount of preference. When a contract is to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, a resident bidder shall be allowed a preference as against a non‑resident bidder from any state that gives or requires a preference to bidders from that state. The preference shall be equal to the preference given or required by the state of the non‑resident bidder. Further, if only non‑resident bidders are bidding, the purchasing agency is within its right to specify that Illinois labor and manufacturing locations be used as a part of the manufacturing process, if applicable. This specification may be negotiated as part of the solicitation process.

(b) Residency. A resident bidder is a person authorized to transact business in this State and having a bona fide establishment for transacting business within this State where it was actually transacting business on the date when any bid for a public contract is first advertised or announced. A resident bidder includes a foreign corporation duly authorized to transact business in this State that has a bona fide establishment for transacting business within this State where it was actually transacting business on the date when any bid for a public contract is first advertised or announced.

(c) Federal funds. This Section does not apply to any contract for any project as to which federal funds are available for expenditure when its provisions may be in conflict with federal law or federal regulation.

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

(30 ILCS 500/45‑15)

Sec. 45‑15. Soybean oil‑based ink. Contracts requiring the procurement of printing services shall specify the use of soybean oil‑based ink unless a State purchasing officer determines that another type of ink is required to assure high quality and reasonable pricing of the printed product.

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

(30 ILCS 500/45‑20)

Sec. 45‑20. Recycled supplies. When a public contract is to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract through the use of products made of recycled supplies may be given preference over other bidders unable to do so, provided that the cost included in the bid of supplies made of recycled materials does not constitute an undue economic or practical hardship.

(Source: P.A. 96‑197, eff. 1‑1‑10.)

(30 ILCS 500/45‑25)

Sec. 45‑25. Recyclable supplies. All supplies purchased for use by State agencies must be recyclable paper unless a recyclable substitute cannot be used to meet the requirements of the State agencies or would constitute an undue economic or practical hardship.

(Source: P.A. 96‑197, eff. 1‑1‑10.)

(30 ILCS 500/45‑26)

Sec. 45‑26. Environmentally preferable procurement.

(a) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:

(1) "Supplies" means all personal property, including but not limited to equipment, materials, printing, and insurance, and the financing of those supplies.

(2) "Services" means the furnishing of labor, time, or effort by a contractor, not involving the delivery of a specific end product other than reports or supplies that are incidental to the required performance.

(3) "Environmentally preferable supplies" means supplies that are less harmful to the natural environment and human health than substantially similar supplies for the same purpose. Attributes of environmentally preferable supplies include, but are not limited to, the following:

(i) made of recycled materials, to the maximum extent feasible;

(ii) not containing, emitting, or producing toxic substances;

(iii) constituted so as to minimize the production of waste; and

(iv) constituted so as to conserve energy and water resources over the course of production, transport, intended use, and disposal.

(4) "Environmentally preferable services" means services that are less harmful to the natural environment and human health than substantially similar services for the same purpose. Attributes of "environmentally preferable services" include, but are not limited to, the following:

(i) use of supplies made of recycled materials, to the maximum extent feasible;

(ii) use of supplies that do not contain, emit, or produce toxic substances;

(iii) employment of methods that minimize the production of waste; and

(iv) employment of methods that conserve energy and water resources or use energy and water resources more efficiently than substantially similar methods.

(b) Award of contracts for environmentally preferable supplies or services. Notwithstanding any rule, regulation, statute, order, or policy of any kind, with the exceptions of Sections 45‑20 and 45‑25 of this Code, State agencies shall contract for supplies and services that are environmentally preferable.

If, however, contracting for an environmentally preferable supply or service would impose an undue economic or practical hardship on the contracting State agency, or if an environmentally preferable supply or service cannot be used to meet the requirements of the State agency, then the State agency need not contract for an environmentally preferable supply or service. Specifications for contracts, at the discretion of the contracting State agency, may include a price preference of up to 10% for environmentally preferable supplies or services.

(Source: P.A. 96‑197, eff. 1‑1‑10.)

(30 ILCS 500/45‑30)

Sec. 45‑30. Correctional industries. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in other law, the chief procurement officer shall, in consultation with the Department of Corrections, determine which articles, materials, industry related services, food stuffs, and supplies that are produced or manufactured by persons confined in institutions and facilities of the Department of Corrections shall be given preference by purchasing agencies procuring those items. The chief procurement officer shall develop and distribute to the various purchasing and using agencies procedures for implementing this Section.

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

(30 ILCS 500/45‑35)

Sec. 45‑35. Facilities for persons with severe disabilities.

(a) Qualification. Supplies and services may be procured without advertising or calling for bids from any qualified not‑for‑profit agency for persons with severe disabilities that:

(1) complies with Illinois laws governing private not‑for‑profit organizations;

(2) is certified as a sheltered workshop by the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor; and

(3) meets the applicable Illinois Department of Human Services just standards.

(b) Participation. To participate, the not‑for‑profit agency must have indicated an interest in providing the supplies and services, must meet the specifications and needs of the using agency, and must set a fair market price.

(c) Committee. There is created within the Department of Central Management Services a committee to facilitate the purchase of products and services of persons so severely disabled by a physical, developmental, or mental disability or a combination of any of those disabilities that they cannot engage in normal competitive employment. This committee is called the State Use Committee. The committee shall consist of the Director of the Department of Central Management Services or his or her designee, the Director of the Department of Human Services or his or her designee, one public member representing private business who is knowledgeable of the employment needs and concerns of persons with developmental disabilities, one public member representing private business who is knowledgeable of the needs and concerns of rehabilitation facilities, one public member who is knowledgeable of the employment needs and concerns of persons with developmental disabilities, one public member who is knowledgeable of the needs and concerns of rehabilitation facilities, and 2 public members from a statewide association that represents community‑based rehabilitation facilities, all appointed by the Governor. The public members shall serve 2 year terms, commencing upon appointment and every 2 years thereafter. A public member may be reappointed, and vacancies shall be filled by appointment for the completion of the term. In the event there is a vacancy on the Committee, the Governor must make an appointment to fill that vacancy within 30 calendar days after the notice of vacancy. The members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses at a rate equal to that of State employees on a per diem basis by the Department of Central Management Services. All members shall be entitled to vote on issues before the committee.

The committee shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) To request from any State agency information as to product specification and service requirements in order to carry out its purpose.

(2) To meet quarterly or more often as necessary to carry out its purposes.

(3) To request a quarterly report from each participating qualified not‑for‑profit agency for persons with severe disabilities describing the volume of sales for each product or service sold under this Section.

(4) To prepare a report for the Governor annually.

(5) To prepare a publication that lists all supplies and services currently available from any qualified not‑for‑profit agency for persons with severe disabilities. This list and any revisions shall be distributed to all purchasing agencies.

(6) To encourage diversity in supplies and services provided by qualified not‑for‑profit agencies for persons with severe disabilities and discourage unnecessary duplication or competition among facilities.

(7) To develop guidelines to be followed by qualifying agencies for participation under the provisions of this Section. The guidelines shall be developed within 6 months after the effective date of this Code and made available on a nondiscriminatory basis to all qualifying agencies.

(8) To review all bids submitted under the provisions of this Section and reject any bid for any purchase that is determined to be substantially more than the purchase would have cost had it been competitively bid.

(9) To develop a 5‑year plan for increasing the number of products and services purchased from qualified not‑for‑profit agencies for persons with severe disabilities, including the feasibility of developing mandatory set‑aside contracts. This 5‑year plan must be developed no later than 180 calendar days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.

(c‑5) Conditions for Use. Each chief procurement officer shall, in consultation with the State Use Committee, determine which articles, materials, services, food stuffs, and supplies that are produced, manufactured, or provided by persons with severe disabilities in qualified not‑for‑profit agencies shall be given preference by purchasing agencies procuring those items.

(d) Former committee. The committee created under subsection (c) shall replace the committee created under Section 7‑2 of the Illinois Purchasing Act, which shall continue to operate until the appointments under subsection (c) are made.

(Source: P.A. 96‑634, eff. 8‑24‑09.)

(30 ILCS 500/45‑40)

Sec. 45‑40. Gas mileage.

(a) Specification. Contracts for the purchase or lease of new passenger automobiles, other than station wagons, vans, four‑wheel drive vehicles, emergency vehicles, and police and fire vehicles, shall specify the procurement of a model that, according to the most current mileage study published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, can achieve at least the minimum average fuel economy in miles per gallon imposed upon manufacturers of vehicles under Title V of The Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act.

(b) Exemptions. The State purchasing officer may exempt procurements from the requirement of subsection (a) when there is a demonstrated need, submitted in writing, for an automobile that does not meet the minimum average fuel economy standards. The chief procurement officer shall promulgate rules for determining need consistent with the intent of this Section.

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

(30 ILCS 500/45‑45)

Sec. 45‑45. Small businesses.

(a) Set‑asides. The chief procurement officer has authority to designate as small business set‑asides a fair proportion of construction, supply, and service contracts for award to small businesses in Illinois. Advertisements for bids or offers for those contracts shall specify designation as small business set‑asides. In awarding the contracts, only bids or offers from qualified small businesses shall be considered.

(b) Small business. "Small business" means a business that is independently owned and operated and that is not dominant in its field of operation. The chief procurement officer shall establish a detailed definition by rule, using in addition to the foregoing criteria other criteria, including the number of employees and the dollar volume of business. When computing the size status of a bidder, annual sales and receipts of the bidder and all of its affiliates shall be included. The maximum number of employees and the maximum dollar volume that a small business may have under the rules promulgated by the chief procurement officer may vary from industry to industry to the extent necessary to reflect differing characteristics of those industries, subject to the following limitations:

(1) No wholesale business is a small business if its annual sales for its most recently completed fiscal year exceed $10,000,000.

(2) No retail business or business selling services is a small business if its annual sales and receipts exceed $6,000,000.

(3) No manufacturing business is a small business if it employs more than 250 persons.

(4) No construction business is a small business if its annual sales and receipts exceed $10,000,000.

(c) Fair proportion. For the purpose of subsection (a), for State agencies of the executive branch, a fair proportion of construction contracts shall be no less than 25% nor more than 40% of the annual total contracts for construction.

(d) Withdrawal of designation. A small business set‑aside designation may be withdrawn by the purchasing agency when deemed in the best interests of the State. Upon withdrawal, all bids or offers shall be rejected, and the bidders or offerors shall be notified of the reason for rejection. The contract shall then be awarded in accordance with this Code without the designation of small business set‑aside.

(e) Small business specialist. The chief procurement officer shall designate a State purchasing officer who will be responsible for engaging an experienced contract negotiator to serve as its small business specialist, whose duties shall include:

(1) Compiling and maintaining a comprehensive bidders list of small businesses. In this duty, he or she shall cooperate with the Federal Small Business Administration in locating potential sources for various products and services.

(2) Assisting small businesses in complying with the procedures for bidding on State contracts.

(3) Examining requests from State agencies for the purchase of property or services to help determine which invitations to bid are to be designated small business set‑asides.

(4) Making recommendations to the chief procurement officer for the simplification of specifications and terms in order to increase the opportunities for small business participation.

(5) Assisting in investigations by purchasing agencies to determine the responsibility of bidders on small business set‑asides.

(f) Small business annual report. The State purchasing officer designated under subsection (e) shall annually before December 1 report in writing to the General Assembly concerning the awarding of contracts to small businesses. The report shall include the total value of awards made in the preceding fiscal year under the designation of small business set‑aside. The report shall also include the total value of awards made to businesses owned by minorities, females, and persons with disabilities, as defined in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act, in the preceding fiscal year under the designation of small business set‑aside.

The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act.

(Source: P.A. 92‑60, eff. 7‑12‑01; 93‑769, eff. 1‑1‑05.)

(30 ILCS 500/45‑50)

Sec. 45‑50. Illinois agricultural products. In awarding contracts requiring the procurement of agricultural products, preference may be given to an otherwise qualified bidder or offeror who will fulfill the contract through the use of agricultural products grown in Illinois.

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

(30 ILCS 500/45‑55)

Sec. 45‑55. Corn‑based plastics. In awarding contracts requiring the procurement of plastic products, preference may be given to an otherwise qualified bidder or offeror who will fulfill the contract through the use of plastic products made from Illinois corn by‑products.

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

(30 ILCS 500/45‑57)

Sec. 45‑57. Disabled veterans.

(a) It is the goal of the State to promote and encourage the continued economic development of businesses owned and controlled by qualified service disabled veterans and that qualified service disabled veteran‑owned businesses (referred to as SDVOB) participate in the State's procurement process as both prime and subcontractors. A Task Force shall be established, appointed by the Directors or Secretaries of, and made up of representatives of, the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Department of Central Management Services, the Business Enterprise Program, and the Business Enterprise Council. The Department of Central Management Services shall provide administrative support to the Task Force. The purpose of this Task Force shall be to determine the appropriate percentage goal for award each fiscal year of the State's total expenditures for contracts awarded under this Code to SDVOB. That portion of a contract under which the contractor subcontracts with a SDVOB may be counted toward the goal of this subsection. In making that determination the Task Force shall consult with statewide veterans' service organizations and the business community, including businesses owned by qualified disabled veterans. The Task Force shall submit its report to the General Assembly concerning its recommendations regarding the appropriate percentage goal for award each fiscal year of the State's total expenditures for contracts awarded under this Code to qualified service disabled veterans no later than 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.

(b) Once the appropriate goal is established, then by each September 1, each chief procurement officer shall report to the Department of Central Management Services on all of the following for the immediately preceding fiscal year, and by each October 1 the Department of Central Management Services shall compile and report that information to the General Assembly:

(1) The number of SDVOB who submitted a bid for a contract under this Code.

(2) The number of SDVOB who entered into contracts with the State under this Code and the total value of those contracts.

(c) Each year, each chief procurement officer shall review the progress of all State agencies under its jurisdiction in meeting the goal described in subsection (a), with input from statewide veterans' service organizations and from the business community, including businesses owned by qualified disabled veterans, and shall make recommendations to be included in the Department of Central Management Services' report to the General Assembly regarding continuation, increases, or decreases of the percentage goal. The recommendations shall be based upon the number of businesses that are owned by qualified disabled veterans and on the continued need to encourage and promote businesses owned by qualified disabled veterans.

(d) To assist the State in reaching the goal described in subsection (a), the Governor shall recommend to the General Assembly changes in programs to assist businesses owned by qualified disabled veterans.

(e) As used in this Section:

"Business" means a business that has average annual gross sales over the 3 most recent calendar years of less than $31,000,000 as evidenced by the federal income tax returns of the business.

"Control" means the exclusive, ultimate, majority, or sole control of the business, including but not limited to capital investment and all other financial matters, property, acquisitions, contract negotiations, legal matters, officer‑director‑employee selection and comprehensive hiring, operation responsibilities, cost‑control matters, income and dividend matters, financial transactions, and rights of other shareholders or joint partners. Control shall be real, substantial, and continuing, not pro forma. Control shall include the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the business and to make the day‑to‑day as well as major decisions in matters of policy, management, and operations. Control shall be exemplified by possessing the requisite knowledge and expertise to run the particular business.

"Qualified service disabled veteran" means a veteran who has been found to have a service‑connected disability by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States Department of Defense.

"Qualified disabled veteran‑owned business" means a business entity that is at least 51% owned by one or more qualified disabled veterans, or in the case of a corporation, at least 51% of the stock of which is owned by one or more qualified disabled veterans; and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more of the qualified disabled veterans who own it.

"Service‑connected disability" means a disability incurred in the line of duty in the active military, naval, or air service as described in 38 U.S.C. 101(16).

"Veteran" means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service and who was discharged or released from his or her service under conditions other than dishonorable.

(f) The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs and the Department of Central Management Services Business Enterprise Program shall work together to devise a certification procedure to assure that businesses taking advantage of this Act are legitimately classified as qualified service disabled veteran‑owned businesses.

(Source: P.A. 96‑96, eff. 1‑1‑10.)

(30 ILCS 500/45‑60)

Sec. 45‑60. Vehicles powered by agricultural commodity‑based fuel. In awarding contracts requiring the procurement of vehicles, preference may be given to an otherwise qualified bidder or offeror who will fulfill the contract through the use of vehicles powered by ethanol produced from Illinois corn or biodiesel fuels produced from Illinois soybeans.

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

(30 ILCS 500/45‑65)

Sec. 45‑65. Additional preferences. This Code is subject to applicable provisions of:

(1) the Public Purchases in Other States Act;

(2) the Illinois Mined Coal Act;

(3) the Steel Products Procurement Act;

(4) the Veterans Preference Act;

(5) the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act; and

(6) the Procurement of Domestic Products Act.

(Source: P.A. 93‑954, eff. 1‑1‑05.)

(30 ILCS 500/45‑67)

Sec. 45‑67. Encouragement to hire qualified veterans. A chief procurement officer may, as part of any solicitation, encourage prospective vendors to consider hiring qualified veterans and to notify them of any available financial incentives or other advantages associated with hiring such persons. In establishing internal guidelines in furtherance of this Section, the Department of Central Management Services may work with an interagency advisory committee consisting of representatives from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Employment Security, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the Department of Revenue and consisting of 8 members of the General Assembly, 2 of whom are appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 2 of whom are appointed by the President of the Senate, 2 of whom are appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and 2 of whom are appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate.

For the purposes of this Section, "qualified veteran" means an Illinois resident who: (i) was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a member of the Illinois National Guard, or a member of any reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States; (ii) served on active duty in connection with Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, or Operation Iraqi Freedom; and (iii) was honorably discharged.

The Department of Central Management Services must report to the Governor and to the General Assembly by December 31 of each year on the activities undertaken by chief procurement officers and the Department of Central Management Services to encourage prospective vendors to consider hiring qualified veterans. The report must include the number of vendors who have hired qualified veterans.

(Source: P.A. 94‑1067, eff. 8‑1‑06.)

(30 ILCS 500/45‑70)

Sec. 45‑70. Encouragement to hire ex‑offenders. A chief procurement officer may, as part of any solicitation, encourage prospective vendors to consider hiring Illinois residents discharged from any Illinois adult correctional center, in appropriate circumstances, and to notify them of any available financial incentives or other advantages associated with hiring such persons. In establishing internal guidelines in furtherance of this Section, the Department of Central Management Services may work with an interagency advisory committee consisting of representatives from the Department of Corrections, the Department of Employment Security, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the Department of Revenue and consisting of 8 members of the General Assembly, 2 of whom are appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 2 of whom are appointed by the President of the Senate, 2 of whom are appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and 2 of whom are appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate.

The Department of Central Management Services must report to the Governor and to the General Assembly by December 31 of each year on the activities undertaken by chief procurement officers and the Department of Central Management Services to encourage prospective vendors to consider hiring Illinois residents who have been discharged from an Illinois adult correctional center. The report must include the number of vendors who have hired Illinois residents who have been discharged from any Illinois adult correctional center.

(Source: P.A. 94‑1067, eff. 8‑1‑06.)

(30 ILCS 500/45‑75)

Sec. 45‑75. Biobased products. When a State contract is to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract through the use of biobased products may be given preference over other bidders unable to do so, provided that the cost included in the bid of biobased products is not more than 5% greater than the cost of products that are not biobased.

For the purpose of this Section, a biobased product is defined as in the federal Biobased Products Preferred Procurement Program.

This Section does not apply to contracts for construction projects awarded by the Capital Development Board or the Department of Transportation.

(Source: P.A. 95‑71, eff. 1‑1‑08; 95‑876, eff. 8‑21‑08.)

(30 ILCS 500/45‑80)

Sec. 45‑80. Historic area preference. State agencies with responsibilities for leasing, acquiring, or maintaining State facilities shall take all reasonable steps to minimize any regulations, policies, and procedures that impede the goals of Section 17 of the Capital Development Board Act.

(Source: P.A. 95‑101, eff. 8‑13‑07; 95‑876, eff. 8‑21‑08.)

(30 ILCS 500/Art. 50 heading) ARTICLE 50 PROCUREMENT ETHICS AND DISCLOSURE

(30 ILCS 500/50‑1)

Sec. 50‑1. Purpose. It is the express duty of all chief procurement officers, State purchasing officers, and their designees to maximize the value of the expenditure of public moneys in procuring goods, services, and contracts for the State of Illinois and to act in a manner that maintains the integrity and public trust of State government. In discharging this duty, they are charged to use all available information, reasonable efforts, and reasonable actions to protect, safeguard, and maintain the procurement process of the State of Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/50‑5)

Sec. 50‑5. Bribery.

(a) Prohibition. No person or business shall be awarded a contract or subcontract under this Code who:

(1) has been convicted under the laws of Illinois or any other state of bribery or attempting to bribe an officer or employee of the State of Illinois or any other state in that officer's or employee's official capacity; or

(2) has made an admission of guilt of that conduct that is a matter of record but has not been prosecuted for that conduct.

(b) Businesses. No business shall be barred from contracting with any unit of State or local government as a result of a conviction under this Section of any employee or agent of the business if the employee or agent is no longer employed by the business and:

(1) the business has been finally adjudicated not guilty; or

(2) the business demonstrates to the governmental entity with which it seeks to contract, and that entity finds that the commission of the offense was not authorized, requested, commanded, or performed by a director, officer, or high managerial agent on behalf of the business as provided in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 5‑4 of the Criminal Code of 1961.

(c) Conduct on behalf of business. For purposes of this Section, when an official, agent, or employee of a business committed the bribery or attempted bribery on behalf of the business and in accordance with the direction or authorization of a responsible official of the business, the business shall be chargeable with the conduct.

(d) Certification. Every bid submitted to and contract executed by the State shall contain a certification by the contractor that the contractor is not barred from being awarded a contract or subcontract under this Section. A contractor who makes a false statement, material to the certification, commits a Class 3 felony.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/50‑10)

Sec. 50‑10. Felons. Unless otherwise provided, no person or business convicted of a felony shall do business with the State of Illinois or any State agency from the date of conviction until 5 years after the date of completion of the sentence for that felony, unless no person held responsible by a prosecutorial office for the facts upon which the conviction was based continues to have any involvement with the business.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/50‑10.5)

Sec. 50‑10.5. Prohibited bidders and contractors.

(a) Unless otherwise provided, no business shall bid or enter into a contract with the State of Illinois or any State agency if the business or any officer, director, partner, or other managerial agent of the business has been convicted of a felony under the Sarbanes‑Oxley Act of 2002 or a Class 3 or Class 2 felony under the Illinois Securities Law of 1953 for a period of 5 years from the date of conviction.

(b) Every bid submitted to and contract executed by the State shall contain a certification by the bidder or contractor that the contractor is not barred from being awarded a contract under this Section and that the contractor acknowledges that the contracting State agency shall declare the contract void if the certification completed pursuant to this subsection (b) is false.

(c) If a business is not a natural person, the prohibition in subsection (a) applies only if:

(1) the business itself is convicted of a felony referenced in subsection (a); or

(2) the business is ordered to pay punitive damages based on the conduct of any officer, director, partner, or other managerial agent who has been convicted of a felony referenced in subsection (a).

(d) A natural person who is convicted of a felony referenced in subsection (a) remains subject to Section 50‑10.

(Source: P.A. 93‑600, eff. 1‑1‑04.)

(30 ILCS 500/50‑11)

Sec. 50‑11. Debt delinquency.

(a) No person shall submit a bid for or enter into a contract with a State agency under this Code if that person knows or should know that he or she or any affiliate is delinquent in the payment of any debt to the State, unless the person or affiliate has entered into a deferred payment plan to pay off the debt. For purposes of this Section, the phrase "delinquent in the payment of any debt" shall be determined by the Debt Collection Bureau. For purposes of this Section, the term "affiliate" means any entity that (1) directly, indirectly, or constructively controls another entity, (2) is directly, indirectly, or constructively controlled by another entity, or (3) is subject to the control of a common entity. For purposes of this subsection (a), a person controls an entity if the person owns, directly or individually, more than 10% of the voting securities of that entity. As used in this subsection (a), the term "voting security" means a security that (1) confers upon the holder the right to vote for the election of members of the board of directors or similar governing body of the business or (2) is convertible into, or entitles the holder to receive upon its exercise, a security that confers such a right to vote. A general partnership interest is a voting security.

(b) Every bid submitted to and contract executed by the State shall contain a certification by the bidder or contractor that the contractor and its affiliate is not barred from being awarded a contract under this Section and that the contractor acknowledges that the contracting State agency may declare the contract void if the certification completed pursuant to this subsection (b) is false.

(Source: P.A. 96‑493, eff. 1‑1‑10.)

(30 ILCS 500/50‑12)

Sec. 50‑12. Collection and remittance of Illinois Use Tax.

(a) No person shall enter into a contract with a State agency under this Code unless the person and all affiliates of the person collect and remit Illinois Use Tax on all sales of tangible personal property into the State of Illinois in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Use Tax Act regardless of whether the person or affiliate is a "retailer maintaining a place of business within this State" as defined in Section 2 of the Use Tax Act. For purposes of this Section, the term "affiliate" means any entity that (1) directly, indirectly, or constructively controls another entity, (2) is directly, indirectly, or constructively controlled by another entity, or (3) is subject to the control of a common entity. For purposes of this subsection (a), an entity controls another entity if it owns, directly or individually, more than 10% of the voting securities of that entity. As used in this subsection (a), the term "voting security" means a security that (1) confers upon the holder the right to vote for the election of members of the board of directors or similar governing body of the business or (2) is convertible into, or entitles the holder to receive upon its exercise, a security that confers such a right to vote. A general partnership interest is a voting security.

(b) Every bid submitted and contract executed by the State shall contain a certification by the bidder or contractor that the bidder or contractor is not barred from bidding for or entering into a contract under subsection (a) of this Section and that the bidder or contractor acknowledges that the contracting State agency may declare the contract void if the certification completed pursuant to this subsection (b) is false.

(Source: P.A. 93‑25, eff. 6‑20‑03.)

(30 ILCS 500/50‑13)

Sec. 50‑13. Conflicts of interest.

(a) Prohibition. It is unlawful for any person holding an elective office in this State, holding a seat in the General Assembly, or appointed to or employed in any of the offices or agencies of State government and who receives compensation for such employment in excess of 60% of the salary of the Governor of the State of Illinois, or who is an officer or employee of the Capital Development Board or the Illinois Toll Highway Authority, or who is the spouse or minor child of any such person to have or acquire any contract, or any direct pecuniary interest in any contract therein, whether for stationery, printing, paper, or any services, materials, or supplies, that will be wholly or partially satisfied by the payment of funds appropriated by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois or in any contract of the Capital Development Board or the Illinois Toll Highway Authority.

(b) Interests. It is unlawful for any firm, partnership, association, or corporation, in which any person listed in subsection (a) is entitled to receive (i) more than 7 1/2% of the total distributable income or (ii) an amount in excess of the salary of the Governor, to have or acquire any such contract or direct pecuniary interest therein.

(c) Combined interests. It is unlawful for any firm, partnership, association, or corporation, in which any person listed in subsection (a) together with his or her spouse or minor children is entitled to receive (i) more than 15%, in the aggregate, of the total distributable income or (ii) an amount in excess of 2 times the salary of the Governor, to have or acquire any such contract or direct pecuniary interest therein.

(c‑5) Appointees and firms. In addition to any provisions of this Code, the interests of certain appointees and their firms are subject to Section 3A‑35 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.

(d) Securities. Nothing in this Section invalidates the provisions of any bond or other security previously offered or to be offered for sale or sold by or for the State of Illinois.

(e) Prior interests. This Section does not affect the validity of any contract made between the State and an officer or employee of the State or member of the General Assembly, his or her spouse, minor child, or other immediate family member living in his or her residence or any combination of those persons if that contract was in existence before his or her election or employment as an officer, member, or employee. The contract is voidable, however, if it cannot be completed within 365 days after the officer, member, or employee takes office or is employed.

(f) Exceptions.

(1) Public aid payments. This Section does not apply to payments made for a public aid recipient.

(2) Teaching. This Section does not apply to a contract for personal services as a teacher or school administrator between a member of the General Assembly or his or her spouse, or a State officer or employee or his or her spouse, and any school district, public community college district, the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Illinois State University, Eastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois University, Chicago State University, Governor State University, or Northeastern Illinois University.

(3) Ministerial duties. This Section does not apply to a contract for personal services of a wholly ministerial character, including but not limited to services as a laborer, clerk, typist, stenographer, page, bookkeeper, receptionist, or telephone switchboard operator, made by a spouse or minor child of an elective or appointive State officer or employee or of a member of the General Assembly.

(4) Child and family services. This Section does not apply to payments made to a member of the General Assembly, a State officer or employee, his or her spouse or minor child acting as a foster parent, homemaker, advocate, or volunteer for or in behalf of a child or family served by the Department of Children and Family Services.

(5) Licensed professionals. Contracts with licensed professionals, provided they are competitively bid or part of a reimbursement program for specific, customary goods and services through the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Public Health, or the Department on Aging.

(g) Penalty. A person convicted of a violation of this Section is guilty of a business offense and shall be fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000.

(Source: P.A. 95‑331, eff. 8‑21‑07.)

(30 ILCS 500/50‑14)

Sec. 50‑14. Environmental Protection Act violations.

(a) Unless otherwise provided, no person or business found by a court or the Pollution Control Board to have committed a willful or knowing violation of the Environmental Protection Act shall do business with the State of Illinois or any State agency from the date of the order containing the finding of violation until 5 years after that date, unless the person or business can show that no person involved in the violation continues to have any involvement with the business.

(b) A person or business otherwise barred from doing business with the State of Illinois or any State agency under subsection (a) may be allowed to do business with the State of Illinois or any State agency if it is shown that there is no practicable alternative to the State to contracting with that person or business.

(c) Every bid submitted to and contract executed by the State shall contain a certification by the bidder or contractor that the bidder or contractor is not barred from being awarded a contract under this Section and that the contractor acknowledges that the contracting State agency may declare the contract void if the certification completed pursuant to this subsection (c) is false.

(Source: P.A. 93‑575, eff. 1‑1‑04; 93‑826, eff. 7‑28‑04.)

(30 ILCS 500/50‑14.5)

Sec. 50‑14.5. Lead Poisoning Prevention Act violations. Owners of residential buildings who have committed a willful or knowing violation of the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act are prohibited from doing business with the State of Illinois or any State agency until the violation is mitigated.

(Source: P.A. 94‑879, eff. 6‑20‑06.)

(30 ILCS 500/50‑15)

Sec. 50‑15. Negotiations.

(a) It is unlawful for any person employed in or on a continual contractual relationship with any of the offices or agencies of State government to participate in contract negotiations on behalf of that office or agency with any firm, partnership, association, or corporation with whom that person has a contract for future employment or is negotiating concerning possible future employment.

(b) Any person convicted of a violation of this Section is guilty of a business offense and shall be fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/50‑20)

Sec. 50‑20. Exemptions. With the approval of the appropriate chief procurement officer involved, the Governor, or an executive ethics board or commission he or she designates, may exempt named individuals from the prohibitions of Section 50‑13 when, in his, her, or its judgment, the public interest in having the individual in the service of the State outweighs the public policy evidenced in that Section. An exemption is effective only when it is filed with the Secretary of State and the Comptroller and includes a statement setting forth the name of the individual and all the pertinent facts that would make that Section applicable, setting forth the reason for the exemption, and declaring the individual exempted from that Section. Notice of each exemption shall be published in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/50‑25)

Sec. 50‑25. Inducement. Any person who offers or pays any money or other valuable thing to any person to induce him or her not to bid for a State contract or as recompense for not having bid on a State contract is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Any person who accepts any money or other valuable thing for not bidding for a State contract or who withholds a bid in consideration of the promise for the payment of money or other valuable thing is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

(Source: P.A. 90‑572, eff. 2‑6‑98.)

(30 ILCS 500/50‑30)

Sec. 50‑30. Revolving door prohibition.

(a) Chief procurement officers, associate procurement officers, State purchasing officers, their designees whose principal duties are directly related to State procurement, and executive officers confirmed by the Senate are expressly prohibited for a period of 2 years after terminating an affected position from engaging in any procurement activity relating to the State agency most recently employing them in an affected position for a period of at least 6 months. The prohibition includes but is not limited to: lobbying the procurement process; specifying; bidding; proposing bid, proposal, or contract documents; on their own behalf or on behalf of any firm, partnership, association, or corporation. This subsection applies only to persons who terminate an affected position on or after January 15, 1999.

(b) In addition to any other provisions of this Code, employment of former State employees is subject to the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.

(Source: P.A. 93‑615, eff. 11‑19‑03.)

(30 ILCS 500/50‑35)

Sec. 50‑35. Disclosure and potential conflicts of interest.

(a) All offers from responsive bidders or offerors with an annual value of more than $10,000 shall be accompanied by disclosure of the financial interests of the contractor, bidder, or proposer. The financial disclosure of each successful bidder or offeror shall become part of the publicly available contract or procurement file maintained by the appropriate chief procurement officer.

(b) Disclosure by the responsive bidders or offerors shall include any ownership or distributive income share that is in excess of 5%, or an amount greater than 60% of the annual salary of the Governor, of the bidding entity or its parent entity, whichever is less, unless the contractor or bidder (i) is a publicly traded entity subject to Federal 10K reporting, in which case it may submit its 10K disclosure in place of the prescribed disclosure, or (ii) is a privately held entity that is exempt from Federal 10k reporting but has more than 400 shareholders, in which case it may submit the information that Federal 10k reporting companies are required to report under 17 CFR 229.401 and list the names of any person or entity holding any ownership share that is in excess of 5% in place of the prescribed disclosure. The form of disclosure shall be prescribed by the applicable chief procurement officer and must include at least the names, addresses, and dollar or proportionate share of ownership of each person identified in this Section, their instrument of ownership or beneficial relationship, and notice of any potential conflict of interest resulting from the current ownership or beneficial relationship of each person identified in this Section having in addition any of the following relationships:

(1) State employment, currently or in the previous 3 years, including contractual employment of services.

(2) State employment of spouse, father, mother, son, or daughter, including contractual employment for services in the previous 2 years.

(3) Elective status; the holding of elective office of the State of Illinois, the government of the United States, any unit of local government authorized by the Constitution of the State of Illinois or the statutes of the State of Illinois currently or in the previous 3 years.

(4) Relationship to anyone holding elective office currently or in the previous 2 years; spouse, father, mother, son, or daughter.

(5) Appointive office; the holding of any appointive government office of the State of Illinois, the United States of America, or any unit of local government authorized by the Constitution of the State of Illinois or the statutes of the State of Illinois, which office entitles the holder to compensation in excess of expenses incurred in the discharge of that office currently or in the previous 3 years.

(6) Relationship to anyone holding appointive office currently or in the previous 2 years; spouse, father, mother, son, or daughter.

(7) Employment, currently or in the previous 3 years, as or by any registered lobbyist of the State government.

(8) Relationship to anyone who is or was a registered lobbyist in the previous 2 years; spouse, father, mother, son, or daughter.

(9) Compensated employment, currently or in the previous 3 years, by any registered election or re‑election committee registered with the Secretary of State or any county clerk in the State of Illinois, or any political action committee registered with either the Secretary of State or the Federal Board of Elections.

(10) Relationship to anyone; spouse, father, mother, son, or daughter; who is or was a compensated employee in the last 2 years of any registered election or re‑election committee registered with the Secretary of State or any county clerk in the State of Illinois, or any political action committee registered with either the Secretary of State or the Federal Board of Elections.

(c) The disclosure in subsection (b) is not intended to prohibit or prevent any contract. The disclosure is meant to fully and publicly disclose any potential conflict to the chief procurement officers, State purchasing officers, their designees, and executive officers so they may adequately discharge their duty to protect the State.

(d) In the case of any contract for personal services in excess of $50,000; any contract competitively bid in excess of $250,000; any other contract in excess of $50,000; when a potential for a conflict of interest is identified, discovered, or reasonably suspected it shall be reviewed and commented on in writing by the Governor of the State of Illinois, or by an executive ethics board or commission he or she might designate. The comment shall be returned to the responsible chief procurement officer who must rule in writing whether to void or allow the contract, bid, offer, or proposal weighing the best interest of the State of Illinois. The comment and determination shall become a publicly available part of the contract, bid, or proposal file.

(e) These thresholds and disclosure do not relieve the chief procurement officer, the State purchasing officer, or their designees from reasonable care and diligence for any contract, bid, offer, or proposal. The chief procurement officer, the State purchasing officer, or their designees shall be responsible for using any reasonably known and publicly available information to discover any undisclosed potential conflict of interest and act to protect the best interest of the State of Illinois.

(f) Inadvertent or accidental failure to fully disclose shall render the contract, bid, proposal, or relationship voidable by the chief procurement officer if he or she deems it in the best interest of the State of Illinois and, at his or her discretion, may be cause for barring from future contracts, bids, proposals, or relationships with the State for a period of up to 2 years.

(g) Intentional, willful, or material failure to disclose shall render the contract, bid, proposal, or relationship voidable by the chief procurement officer if he or she deems it in the best interest of the State of Illinois and shall result in debarment from future contracts, bids, proposals, or relationships for a period of not less than 2 years and not more than 10 years. Reinstatement after 2 years and before 10 years must be reviewed and commented on in writing by the Governor of the State of Illinois, or by an executive ethics board or commission he or she might designate. The comment shall be returned to the responsible chief procurement officer who must rule in writing whether and when to reinstate.

(h) In addition, all disclosures shall note any other current or pending contracts, proposals, leases, or other ongoing procurement relationships the bidding, proposing, or offering entity has with any other unit of State government and shall clearly identify the unit and the contract, proposal, lease, or other relationship.

(Source: P.A. 95‑331, eff. 8‑21‑07.)

(30 ILCS 500/50‑36)

Sec. 50‑36. Disclosure of business in Iran.

(a) As used in this Section:

"Business operations" means engaging in commerce in any form in Iran, including, but not limited to, acquiring, developing, maintaining, owning, selling, possessing, leasing, or operating equipment, facilities, personnel, products, services, personal property, real property, or any other apparatus of business or commerce.

"Company" means any sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or other entity or business association, including all wholly owned subsidiaries, majority‑owned subsidiaries, parent companies, or affiliates of those entities or business associations, that exists for the purpose of making profit.

"Mineral‑extraction activities" include exploring, extracting, processing, transporting, or wholesale selling or trading of elemental minerals or associated metal alloys or oxides (ore), including gold, copper, chromium, chromite, diamonds, iron, iron ore, silver, tungsten, uranium, and zinc.

"Oil‑related activities" include, but are not limited to, owning rights to oil blocks; exporting, extracting, producing, refining, processing, exploring for, transporting, selling, or trading of oil; and constructing, maintaining, or operating a pipeline, refinery, or other oil‑field infrastructure. The mere retail sale of gasoline and related consumer products is not considered an oil‑related activity.

"Petroleum resources" means petroleum, petroleum byproducts, or natural gas.

"Substantial action" means adopting, publicizing, and implementing a formal plan to cease scrutinized business operations within one year and to refrain from any such new business operations.

(b) Each bid, offer, or proposal submitted for a State contract, other than a small purchase defined in Section 20‑20, shall include a disclosure of whether or not the bidder, offeror, or proposing entity, or any of its corporate parents or subsidiaries, within the 24 months before submission of the bid, offer, or proposal had business operations that involved contracts with or provision of supplies or services to the Government of Iran, companies in which the Government of Iran has any direct or indirect equity share, consortiums or projects commissioned by the Government of Iran, or companies involved in consortiums or projects commissioned by the Government of Iran and:

(1) more than 10% of the company's revenues produced in or assets located in Iran involve oil‑related activities or mineral‑extraction activities; less than 75% of the company's revenues produced in or assets located in Iran involve contracts with or provision of oil‑related or mineral‑extraction products or services to the Government of Iran or a project or consortium created exclusively by that government; and the company has failed to take substantial action; or

(2) the company has, on or after August 5, 1996, made an investment of $20 million or more, or any combination of investments of at least $10 million each that in the aggregate equals or exceeds $20 million in any 12‑month period, that directly or significantly contributes to the enhancement of Iran's ability to develop petroleum resources of Iran.

(c) A bid, offer, or proposal that does not include the disclosure required by subsection (b) shall not be considered responsive. A chief procurement officer may consider the disclosure when evaluating the bid, offer, or proposal or awarding the contract.

(d) Each chief procurement officer shall provide the State Comptroller with the name of each entity disclosed under subsection (b) as doing business or having done business in Iran. The State Comptroller shall post that information on his or her official website.

(Source: P.A. 95‑616, eff. 1‑1‑08.)

(30 ILCS 500/50‑37)

Sec. 50‑37. Prohibition of political contributions.

(a) As used in this Section:

The terms "contract", "State contract", and "contract with a State agency" each mean any contract, as defined in this Code, between a business entity and a State agency let or awarded pursuant to this Code. The terms "contract", "State contract", and "contract with a State agency" do not include cost reimbursement contracts; purchase of care agreements as defined in Section 1‑15.68 of this Code; contracts for projects eligible for full or partial federal‑aid funding reimbursements authorized by the Federal Highway Administration; grants, including but are not limited to grants for job training or transportation; and grants, loans, or tax credit agreements for economic development purposes.

"Contribution" means a contribution as defined in Section 9‑1.4 of the Election Code.

"Declared candidate" means a person who has filed a statement of candidacy and petition for nomination or election in the principal office of the State Board of Elections.

"State agency" means and includes all boards, commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities, and bodies politic and corporate of the State, created by or in accordance with the Illinois Constitution or State statute, of the executive branch of State government and does include colleges, universities, public employee retirement systems, and institutions under the jurisdiction of the governing boards of the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Illinois State University, Eastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois University, Chicago State University, Governors State University, Northeastern Illinois University, and the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

"Officeholder" means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, or Treasurer. The Governor shall be considered the officeholder responsible for awarding all contracts by all officers and employees of, and vendors and others doing business with, executive branch State agencies under the jurisdiction of the Executive Ethics Commission and not within the jurisdiction of the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Comptroller, or the Treasurer.

"Sponsoring entity" means a sponsoring entity as defined in Section 9‑3 of the Election Code.

"Affiliated person" means (i) any person with any ownership interest or distributive share of the bidding or contracting business entity in excess of 7.5%, (ii) executive employees of the bidding or contracting business entity, and (iii) the spouse and minor children of any such persons.

"Affiliated entity" means (i) any subsidiary of the bidding or contracting business entity, (ii) any member of the same unitary business group, (iii) any organization recognized by the United States Internal Revenue Service as a tax‑exempt organization described in Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or any successor provision of federal tax law) established by the bidding or contracting business entity, any affiliated entity of that business entity, or any affiliated person of that business entity, or (iv) any political committee for which the bidding or contracting business entity, or any 501(c) organization described in item (iii) related to that business entity, is the sponsoring entity.

"Business entity" means any entity doing business for profit, whether organized as a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, limited liability company or partnership, or otherwise.

"Executive employee" means the President, Chairman,