101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3566

 

Introduced , by Rep. William Davis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides requirements concerning a scoring methodology for competitive sealed proposals under the Code. Provides that no vendor shall be eligible for renewal of a contract when that vendor has failed to meet the goals agreed to in the vendor's utilization plan unless the State agency has determined that the vendor made good faith efforts toward meeting the contract goals and has issued a waiver or that vendor is not otherwise excused from compliance by the chief procurement officer in consultation with the purchasing State Agency. Provides for the form and content of waivers and for a database of waivers. Provides for diversity training. Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides that when a State agency or public institution of higher education issues competitive solicitations and the award history for a service or supply category shows awards to a class of business owners that are underrepresented, the Council shall determine the reason for the disparity and shall identify potential and appropriate methods to minimize or eliminate the cause for the disparity. Requires each State agency and public institution of higher education to file an annual report of its utilization of businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities that includes, among other requirements, a plan to increase the diversity of the vendors engaged in contracts with the State agency or public institution of higher education, with a particular focus on the most underrepresented in contract awards. Defines terms. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2019.


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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5changing Sections 20-15, 20-60, and 35-30 and by adding Section
650-85 as follows:
 
7    (30 ILCS 500/20-15)
8    Sec. 20-15. Competitive sealed proposals.
9    (a) Conditions for use. When provided under this Code or
10under rules, or when the purchasing agency determines in
11writing that the use of competitive sealed bidding is either
12not practicable or not advantageous to the State, a contract
13may be entered into by competitive sealed proposals.
14    (b) Request for proposals. Proposals shall be solicited
15through a request for proposals.
16    (c) Public notice. Public notice of the request for
17proposals shall be published in the Illinois Procurement
18Bulletin at least 14 calendar days before the date set in the
19invitation for the opening of proposals.
20    (d) Receipt of proposals. Proposals shall be opened
21publicly or via an electronic procurement system in the
22presence of one or more witnesses at the time and place
23designated in the request for proposals, but proposals shall be

 

 

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1opened in a manner to avoid disclosure of contents to competing
2offerors during the process of negotiation. A record of
3proposals shall be prepared and shall be open for public
4inspection after contract award.
5    (e) Evaluation factors. The requests for proposals shall
6state the relative importance of price and other evaluation
7factors. Proposals shall be submitted in 2 parts: the first,
8covering items except price; and the second, commitment to
9diversity; and the third, all other items. Each part of all
10proposals shall be evaluated and ranked independently of the
11other parts of all proposals. The results of the evaluation of
12all 3 parts shall be used in ranking of proposals covering
13price. The first part of all proposals shall be evaluated and
14ranked independently of the second part of all proposals.
15    (e-5) Method of scoring.
16        (1) The point scoring methodology for competitive
17    sealed proposals shall provide points for commitment to
18    diversity. Those points shall be equivalent to 20% of the
19    points assigned to the third part of the proposal, all
20    other items.
21        (2) Factors to be considered in the award of these
22    points shall be set by rule by the applicable chief
23    procurement officer and may include, but are not limited
24    to:
25            (A) whether or how well the respondent, on the
26        solicitation being evaluated, met the goal of

 

 

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1        contracting or subcontracting with businesses owned by
2        women, minorities, or persons with disabilities;
3            (B) whether the respondent, on the solicitation
4        being evaluated, assisted businesses owned by women,
5        minorities, or persons with disabilities in obtaining
6        lines of credit, insurance, necessary equipment,
7        supplies, materials, or related assistance or
8        services;
9            (C) the percentage of prior year revenues of the
10        respondent that involve businesses owned by women,
11        minorities, or persons with disabilities;
12            (D) whether the respondent has a written supplier
13        diversity program, including, but not limited to, use
14        of diversity vendors in the supply chain and a training
15        or mentoring program with businesses owned by women,
16        minorities, or persons with disabilities; and
17            (E) the percentage of members of the respondent's
18        governing board, senior executives, and managers who
19        are women, minorities, or persons with disabilities.
20        (3) If any State agency or public institution of higher
21    education contract is eligible to be paid for or
22    reimbursed, in whole or in part, with federal-aid funds,
23    grants, or loans, and the provisions of this subsection
24    (e-5) would result in the loss of those federal-aid funds,
25    grants, or loans, then the contract is exempt from the
26    provisions of this Section in order to remain eligible for

 

 

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1    those federal-aid funds, grants, or loans. For the purposes
2    of this subsection (e-5):
3        "Manager" means a person who controls or administers
4    all or part of a company or similar organization.
5        "Minorities" has the same meaning as "minority person"
6    under Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities,
7    Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
8        "Persons with disabilities" has the same meaning as
9    "person with a disability" under Section 2 of the Business
10    Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
11    Disabilities Act.
12        "Senior executive" means the chief executive officer,
13    chief operating officer, chief financial officer, or
14    anyone else in charge of a principal business unit or
15    function.
16        "Women" has the same meaning as "woman" under Section 2
17    of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and
18    Persons with Disabilities Act.
19    (f) Discussion with responsible offerors and revisions of
20offers or proposals. As provided in the request for proposals
21and under rules, discussions may be conducted with responsible
22offerors who submit offers or proposals determined to be
23reasonably susceptible of being selected for award for the
24purpose of clarifying and assuring full understanding of and
25responsiveness to the solicitation requirements. Those
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1respect to any opportunity for discussion and revision of
2proposals. Revisions may be permitted after submission and
3before award for the purpose of obtaining best and final
4offers. In conducting discussions there shall be no disclosure
5of any information derived from proposals submitted by
6competing offerors. If information is disclosed to any offeror,
7it shall be provided to all competing offerors.
8    (g) Award. Awards shall be made to the responsible offeror
9whose proposal is determined in writing to be the most
10advantageous to the State, taking into consideration price and
11the evaluation factors set forth in the request for proposals.
12The contract file shall contain the basis on which the award is
13made.
14(Source: P.A. 100-43, eff. 8-9-17.)
 
15    (30 ILCS 500/20-60)
16    Sec. 20-60. Duration of contracts.
17    (a) Maximum duration. A contract may be entered into for
18any period of time deemed to be in the best interests of the
19State but not exceeding 10 years inclusive, beginning January
201, 2010, of proposed contract renewals. Third parties may lease
21State-owned dark fiber networks for any period of time deemed
22to be in the best interest of the State, but not exceeding 20
23years. The length of a lease for real property or capital
24improvements shall be in accordance with the provisions of
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1contracts or energy savings contracts or leases shall be in
2accordance with the provisions of Section 25-45. A contract for
3bond or mortgage insurance awarded by the Illinois Housing
4Development Authority, however, may be entered into for any
5period of time less than or equal to the maximum period of time
6that the subject bond or mortgage may remain outstanding.
7    (b) Subject to appropriation. All contracts made or entered
8into shall recite that they are subject to termination and
9cancellation in any year for which the General Assembly fails
10to make an appropriation to make payments under the terms of
11the contract.
12    (c) The chief procurement officer shall file a proposed
13extension or renewal of a contract with the Procurement Policy
14Board prior to entering into any extension or renewal if the
15cost associated with the extension or renewal exceeds $249,999.
16The Procurement Policy Board may object to the proposed
17extension or renewal within 30 calendar days and require a
18hearing before the Board prior to entering into the extension
19or renewal. If the Procurement Policy Board does not object
20within 30 calendar days or takes affirmative action to
21recommend the extension or renewal, the chief procurement
22officer may enter into the extension or renewal of a contract.
23This subsection does not apply to any emergency procurement,
24any procurement under Article 40, or any procurement exempted
25by Section 1-10(b) of this Code. If any State agency contract
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1or loans and the provisions of this subsection would result in
2the loss of those federal-aid funds, grants, or loans, then the
3contract is exempt from the provisions of this subsection in
4order to remain eligible for those federal-aid funds, grants,
5or loans, and the State agency shall file notice of this
6exemption with the Procurement Policy Board prior to entering
7into the proposed extension or renewal. Nothing in this
8subsection permits a chief procurement officer to enter into an
9extension or renewal in violation of subsection (a). By August
101 each year, the Procurement Policy Board shall file a report
11with the General Assembly identifying for the previous fiscal
12year (i) the proposed extensions or renewals that were filed
13with the Board and whether the Board objected and (ii) the
14contracts exempt from this subsection.
15    (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of
16this Section, the Department of Innovation and Technology may
17enter into leases for dark fiber networks for any period of
18time deemed to be in the best interests of the State but not
19exceeding 20 years inclusive. The Department of Innovation and
20Technology may lease dark fiber networks from third parties
21only for the primary purpose of providing services to (i) to
22the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney
23General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, or Treasurer and
24State agencies, as defined under Section 5-15 of the Civil
25Administrative Code of Illinois or (ii) for anchor
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1Network Act. Dark fiber network lease contracts shall be
2subject to all other provisions of this Code and any applicable
3rules or requirements, including, but not limited to,
4publication of lease solicitations, use of standard State
5contracting terms and conditions, and approval of vendor
6certifications and financial disclosures.
7    (e) As used in this Section, "dark fiber network" means a
8network of fiber optic cables laid but currently unused by a
9third party that the third party is leasing for use as network
10infrastructure.
11    (f) No vendor shall be eligible for renewal of a contract
12when that vendor has failed to meet the goals agreed to in the
13vendor's utilization plan unless the State agency has
14determined that the vendor made good faith efforts toward
15meeting the contract goals and has issued a waiver or that
16vendor is not otherwise excused from compliance by the chief
17procurement officer in consultation with the purchasing State
18Agency. The form and content of the waiver shall be prescribed
19by each chief procurement officer who shall maintain on his or
20her official website a database of waivers granted under this
21Section with respect to contracts under his or her
22jurisdiction. The database shall be updated periodically and
23shall be searchable by contractor name and by contracting State
24agency or public institution of higher education.
25(Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-611, eff. 7-20-18;
26revised 10-11-18.)
 

 

 

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1    (30 ILCS 500/35-30)
2    Sec. 35-30. Awards.
3    (a) All State contracts for professional and artistic
4services, except as provided in this Section, shall be awarded
5using the competitive request for proposal process outlined in
6this Section.The scoring for requests for proposals shall
7include the commitment to diversity factors and methodology
8described in subsection (e-5) of Section 20-15.
9    (b) For each contract offered, the chief procurement
10officer, State purchasing officer, or his or her designee shall
11use the appropriate standard solicitation forms available from
12the chief procurement officer for matters other than
13construction or the higher education chief procurement
14officer.
15    (c) Prepared forms shall be submitted to the chief
16procurement officer for matters other than construction or the
17higher education chief procurement officer, whichever is
18appropriate, for publication in its Illinois Procurement
19Bulletin and circulation to the chief procurement officer for
20matters other than construction or the higher education chief
21procurement officer's list of prequalified vendors. Notice of
22the offer or request for proposal shall appear at least 14
23calendar days before the response to the offer is due.
24    (d) All interested respondents shall return their
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1than construction or the higher education chief procurement
2officer, whichever is appropriate, which shall open and record
3them. The chief procurement officer for matters other than
4construction or higher education chief procurement officer
5then shall forward the responses, together with any information
6it has available about the qualifications and other State work
7of the respondents.
8    (e) After evaluation, ranking, and selection, the
9responsible chief procurement officer, State purchasing
10officer, or his or her designee shall notify the chief
11procurement officer for matters other than construction or the
12higher education chief procurement officer, whichever is
13appropriate, of the successful respondent and shall forward a
14copy of the signed contract for the chief procurement officer
15for matters other than construction or higher education chief
16procurement officer's file. The chief procurement officer for
17matters other than construction or higher education chief
18procurement officer shall publish the names of the responsible
19procurement decision-maker, the agency letting the contract,
20the successful respondent, a contract reference, and value of
21the let contract in the next appropriate volume of the Illinois
22Procurement Bulletin.
23    (f) For all professional and artistic contracts with
24annualized value that exceeds $100,000, evaluation and ranking
25by price are required. Any chief procurement officer or State
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1respondent other than the lowest respondent by price. In any
2case, when the contract exceeds the $100,000 threshold and the
3lowest respondent is not selected, the chief procurement
4officer or the State purchasing officer shall forward together
5with the contract notice of who the low respondent by price was
6and a written decision as to why another was selected to the
7chief procurement officer for matters other than construction
8or the higher education chief procurement officer, whichever is
9appropriate. The chief procurement officer for matters other
10than construction or higher education chief procurement
11officer shall publish as provided in subsection (e) of Section
1235-30, but shall include notice of the chief procurement
13officer's or State purchasing officer's written decision.
14    (g) The chief procurement officer for matters other than
15construction and higher education chief procurement officer
16may each refine, but not contradict, this Section by
17promulgating rules for submission to the Procurement Policy
18Board and then to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.
19Any refinement shall be based on the principles and procedures
20of the federal Architect-Engineer Selection Law, Public Law
2192-582 Brooks Act, and the Architectural, Engineering, and Land
22Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act; except that
23pricing shall be an integral part of the selection process.
24(Source: P.A. 100-43, eff. 8-9-17.)
 
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1    Sec. 50-85. Diversity training.(a) Each chief procurement
2officer, State purchasing officer, procurement compliance
3monitor, applicable support staff of each chief procurement
4officer, State agency purchasing and contracting staff, those
5identified under subsection (c) of Section 5-45 of the State
6Officials and Employees Ethics Act who have the authority to
7participate personally and substantially in the award of State
8contracts, and any other State agency staff with substantial
9procurement and contracting responsibilities as determined by
10the chief procurement officer, in consultation with the State
11agency, shall complete annual training for diversity and
12inclusion. Each chief procurement officer shall prescribe the
13program of diversity and inclusion training appropriate for
14each chief procurement officer's jurisdiction.
 
15    Section 10. The Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women,
16and Persons with Disabilities Act is amended by changing
17Sections 4f and 6 as follows:
 
18    (30 ILCS 575/4f)
19    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2020)
20    Sec. 4f. Award of State contracts.
21    (1) It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the
22State of Illinois to promote and encourage each State agency
23and public institution of higher education to use businesses
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1the area of goods and services, including, but not limited to,
2insurance services, investment management services,
3information technology services, accounting services,
4architectural and engineering services, and legal services.
5Furthermore, each State agency and public institution of higher
6education shall utilize such firms to the greatest extent
7feasible within the bounds of financial and fiduciary prudence,
8and take affirmative steps to remove any barriers to the full
9participation of such firms in the procurement and contracting
10opportunities afforded.
11        (a) When a State agency or public institution of higher
12    education, other than a community college, awards a
13    contract for insurance services, for each State agency or
14    public institution of higher education, it shall be the
15    aspirational goal to use insurance brokers owned by
16    minorities, women, and persons with disabilities as
17    defined by this Act, for not less than 20% of the total
18    annual premiums or fees.
19        (b) When a State agency or public institution of higher
20    education, other than a community college, awards a
21    contract for investment services, for each State agency or
22    public institution of higher education, it shall be the
23    aspirational goal to use emerging investment managers
24    owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities
25    as defined by this Act, for not less than 20% of the total
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1    aspirational goal that not less than 20% of the direct
2    asset managers of the State funds be minorities, women, and
3    persons with disabilities.
4        (c) When a State agency or public institution of higher
5    education, other than a community college, awards
6    contracts for information technology services, accounting
7    services, architectural and engineering services, and
8    legal services, for each State agency and public
9    institution of higher education, it shall be the
10    aspirational goal to use such firms owned by minorities,
11    women, and persons with disabilities as defined by this Act
12    and lawyers who are minorities, women, and persons with
13    disabilities as defined by this Act, for not less than 20%
14    of the total dollar amount of State contracts.
15        (d) When a community college awards a contract for
16    insurance services, investment services, information
17    technology services, accounting services, architectural
18    and engineering services, and legal services, it shall be
19    the aspirational goal of each community college to use
20    businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with
21    disabilities as defined in this Act for not less than 20%
22    of the total amount spent on contracts for these services
23    collectively. When a community college awards contracts
24    for investment services, contracts awarded to investment
25    managers who are not emerging investment managers as
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1    owned by minorities, women, or persons with disabilities
2    for the purposes of this Section.
3        (e) When a State agency or public institution of higher
4    education issues competitive solicitations and the award
5    history for a service or supply category shows awards to a
6    class of business owners that are underrepresented, the
7    Council shall determine the reason for the disparity and
8    shall identify potential and appropriate methods to
9    minimize or eliminate the cause for the disparity.
10        If any State agency or public institution of higher
11    education contract is eligible to be paid for or
12    reimbursed, in whole or in part, with federal-aid funds,
13    grants, or loans, and the provisions of this paragraph (e)
14    would result in the loss of those federal-aid funds,
15    grants, or loans, then the contract is exempt from the
16    provisions of this paragraph (e) in order to remain
17    eligible for those federal-aid funds, grants, or loans.
18    (2) As used in this Section:
19        "Accounting services" means the measurement,
20    processing and communication of financial information
21    about economic entities including, but is not limited to,
22    financial accounting, management accounting, auditing,
23    cost containment and auditing services, taxation and
24    accounting information systems.
25        "Architectural and engineering services" means
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1    nature, or incidental services, that members of the
2    architectural and engineering professions, and individuals
3    in their employ, may logically or justifiably perform,
4    including studies, investigations, surveying and mapping,
5    tests, evaluations, consultations, comprehensive planning,
6    program management, conceptual designs, plans and
7    specifications, value engineering, construction phase
8    services, soils engineering, drawing reviews, preparation
9    of operating and maintenance manuals, and other related
10    services.
11        "Emerging investment manager" means an investment
12    manager or claims consultant having assets under
13    management below $10 billion or otherwise adjudicating
14    claims.
15        "Information technology services" means, but is not
16    limited to, specialized technology-oriented solutions by
17    combining the processes and functions of software,
18    hardware, networks, telecommunications, web designers,
19    cloud developing resellers, and electronics.
20        "Insurance broker" means an insurance brokerage firm,
21    claims administrator, or both, that procures, places all
22    lines of insurance, or administers claims with annual
23    premiums or fees of at least $5,000,000 but not more than
24    $10,000,000.
25        "Legal services" means work performed by a lawyer
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1    litigation, enforcement actions, or investigations.
2    (3) Each State agency and public institution of higher
3education shall adopt policies that identify its plan and
4implementation procedures for increasing the use of service
5firms owned by minorities, women, and persons with
6disabilities.
7    (4) Except as provided in subsection (5), the Council shall
8file no later than March 1 of each year an annual report to the
9Governor and the General Assembly. The report filed with the
10General Assembly shall be filed as required in Section 3.1 of
11the General Assembly Organization Act. This report shall: (i)
12identify the service firms used by each State agency and public
13institution of higher education, (ii) identify the actions it
14has undertaken to increase the use of service firms owned by
15minorities, women, and persons with disabilities, including
16encouraging non-minority-owned firms to use other service
17firms owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities
18as subcontractors when the opportunities arise, (iii) state any
19recommendations made by the Council to each State agency and
20public institution of higher education to increase
21participation by the use of service firms owned by minorities,
22women, and persons with disabilities, and (iv) include the
23following:
24        (A) For insurance services: the names of the insurance
25    brokers or claims consultants used, the total of risk
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1    higher education by insurance brokers, the total
2    commissions, fees paid, or both, the lines or insurance
3    policies placed, and the amount of premiums placed; and the
4    percentage of the risk managed by insurance brokers, the
5    percentage of total commission, fees paid, or both, the
6    lines or insurance policies placed, and the amount of
7    premiums placed with each by the insurance brokers owned by
8    minorities, women, and persons with disabilities by each
9    State agency and public institution of higher education.
10        (B) For investment management services: the names of
11    the investment managers used, the total funds under
12    management of investment managers; the total commissions,
13    fees paid, or both; the total and percentage of funds under
14    management of emerging investment managers owned by
15    minorities, women, and persons with disabilities,
16    including the total and percentage of total commissions,
17    fees paid, or both by each State agency and public
18    institution of higher education.
19        (C) The names of service firms, the percentage and
20    total dollar amount paid for professional services by
21    category by each State agency and public institution of
22    higher education.
23        (D) The names of service firms, the percentage and
24    total dollar amount paid for services by category to firms
25    owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities
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1    education.
2        (E) The total number of contracts awarded for services
3    by category and the total number of contracts awarded to
4    firms owned by minorities, women, and persons with
5    disabilities by each State agency and public institution of
6    higher education.
7    (5) For community college districts, the Business
8Enterprise Council shall only report the following information
9for each community college district: (i) the name of the
10community colleges in the district, (ii) the name and contact
11information of a person at each community college appointed to
12be the single point of contact for vendors owned by minorities,
13women, or persons with disabilities, (iii) the policy of the
14community college district concerning certified vendors, (iv)
15the certifications recognized by the community college
16district for determining whether a business is owned or
17controlled by a minority, woman, or person with a disability,
18(v) outreach efforts conducted by the community college
19district to increase the use of certified vendors, (vi) the
20total expenditures by the community college district in the
21prior fiscal year in the divisions of work specified in
22paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subsection (1) of this Section
23and the amount paid to certified vendors in those divisions of
24work, and (vii) the total number of contracts entered into for
25the divisions of work specified in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c)
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1contracts awarded to certified vendors providing these
2services to the community college district. The Business
3Enterprise Council shall not make any utilization reports under
4this Act for community college districts for Fiscal Year 2015
5and Fiscal Year 2016, but shall make the report required by
6this subsection for Fiscal Year 2017 and for each fiscal year
7thereafter. The Business Enterprise Council shall report the
8information in items (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of this
9subsection beginning in September of 2016. The Business
10Enterprise Council may collect the data needed to make its
11report from the Illinois Community College Board.
12    (6) The status of the utilization of services shall be
13discussed at each of the regularly scheduled Business
14Enterprise Council meetings. Time shall be allotted for the
15Council to receive, review, and discuss the progress of the use
16of service firms owned by minorities, women, and persons with
17disabilities by each State agency and public institution of
18higher education; and any evidence regarding past or present
19racial, ethnic, or gender-based discrimination which directly
20impacts a State agency or public institution of higher
21education contracting with such firms. If after reviewing such
22evidence the Council finds that there is or has been such
23discrimination against a specific group, race or sex, the
24Council shall establish sheltered markets or adjust existing
25sheltered markets tailored to address the Council's specific
26findings for the divisions of work specified in paragraphs (a),

 

 

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1(b), and (c) of subsection (1) of this Section.
2(Source: P.A. 99-462, eff. 8-25-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16;
3100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)
 
4    (30 ILCS 575/6)  (from Ch. 127, par. 132.606)
5    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2020)
6    Sec. 6. Agency compliance plans. Each State agency and
7public institutions of higher education under the jurisdiction
8of this Act shall file with the Council an annual compliance
9plan which shall outline the goals of the State agency or
10public institutions of higher education for contracting with
11businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with
12disabilities for the then current fiscal year, the manner in
13which the agency intends to reach these goals and a timetable
14for reaching these goals. The Council shall review and approve
15the plan of each State agency and public institutions of higher
16education and may reject any plan that does not comply with
17this Act or any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to
18this Act.
19    (a) The compliance plan shall also include, but not be
20limited to, (1) a policy statement, signed by the State agency
21or public institution of higher education head, expressing a
22commitment to encourage the use of businesses owned by
23minorities, women, and persons with disabilities, (2) the
24designation of the liaison officer provided for in Section 5 of
25this Act, (3) procedures to distribute to potential contractors

 

 

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1and vendors the list of all businesses legitimately classified
2as businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with
3disabilities and so certified under this Act, (4) procedures to
4set separate contract goals on specific prime contracts and
5purchase orders with subcontracting possibilities based upon
6the type of work or services and subcontractor availability,
7(5) procedures to assure that contractors and vendors make good
8faith efforts to meet contract goals, (6) procedures for
9contract goal exemption, modification and waiver, and (7) the
10delineation of separate contract goals for businesses owned by
11minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
12    (b) Approval of the compliance plans shall include such
13delegation of responsibilities to the requesting State agency
14or public institution of higher education as the Council deems
15necessary and appropriate to fulfill the purpose of this Act.
16Such responsibilities may include, but need not be limited to
17those outlined in subsections (1), (2) and (3) of Section 7,
18paragraph (a) of Section 8, and Section 8a of this Act.
19    (c) Each State agency and public institution of higher
20education under the jurisdiction of this Act shall file with
21the Council an annual report of its utilization of businesses
22owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities
23during the preceding fiscal year including lapse period
24spending and a mid-fiscal year report of its utilization to
25date for the then current fiscal year. The reports shall
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1public institution of higher education to meet its goals under
2the Act, as well as a plan to increase the diversity of the
3vendors engaged in contracts with the State agency or public
4institution of higher education, with a particular focus on the
5most underrepresented in contract awards.
6    (d) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in this
7Act, any State agency or public institution of higher education
8which administers a construction program, for which federal law
9or regulations establish standards and procedures for the
10utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses and
11disadvantaged businesses, shall implement a disadvantaged
12business enterprise program to include minority-owned and
13women-owned businesses and disadvantaged businesses, using the
14federal standards and procedures for the establishment of goals
15and utilization procedures for the State-funded, as well as the
16federally assisted, portions of the program. In such cases,
17these goals shall not exceed those established pursuant to the
18relevant federal statutes or regulations. Notwithstanding the
19provisions of Section 8b, the Illinois Department of
20Transportation is authorized to establish sheltered markets
21for the State-funded portions of the program consistent with
22federal law and regulations. Additionally, a compliance plan
23which is filed by such State agency or public institution of
24higher education pursuant to this Act, which incorporates
25equivalent terms and conditions of its federally-approved
26compliance plan, shall be deemed approved under this Act.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 99-462, eff. 8-25-15; 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
32019.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    30 ILCS 500/20-15
4    30 ILCS 500/20-60
5    30 ILCS 500/35-30
6    30 ILCS 500/50-85 new
7    30 ILCS 575/4f
8    30 ILCS 575/6from Ch. 127, par. 132.606