Section 10.200  Purpose

This Subpart is intended:

a)         to set forth the practice and procedures to be followed for the establishment and continuation of narrowly tailored sheltered markets under Section 8b of the Act;

b)         to provide opportunity for the public to understand and comment on evidence regarding past or present racial, gender or disability-based discrimination present in procurements by interested State agencies;

c)         to establish procedures by which the Council consults interested or affected segments of the public;

d)         to enable the Department to fully consider and respond to evidence regarding past or present racial, gender or disability-based discrimination present presented to the Council;

e)         to establish cooperation between the Department and other governmental bodies, including the Council, the Offices of the Chief Procurement Officers, and interested State agencies and public institutions of higher education;

f)         to foster openness among the Department, other governmental bodies, and the public; and

g)         to comply with State and federal requirements.

(Source:  Added at 42 Ill. Reg. 12941, effective June 25, 2018)