101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3487

 

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/20-20
30 ILCS 535/45  from Ch. 127, par. 4151-45

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that any procurement of construction not exceeding $250,000 (currently, $100,000) may be made without competitive source selection. Amends the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act. In a Section concerning small contracts under the Act, provides that specified provisions do not apply to architectural, engineering, and land surveying contracts with an estimated basic professional services fee of less than $50,000 (currently, $25,000).


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Section 20-20 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/20-20)
7    Sec. 20-20. Small purchases.
8    (a) Amount. Any individual procurement of supplies or
9services not exceeding $100,000 and any procurement of
10construction not exceeding $250,000 $100,000, or any
11individual procurement of professional or artistic services
12not exceeding $100,000 may be made without competitive source
13selection. Procurements shall not be artificially divided so as
14to constitute a small purchase under this Section. Any
15procurement of construction not exceeding $100,000 may be made
16by an alternative competitive source selection. The
17construction agency shall establish rules for an alternative
18competitive source selection process. This Section does not
19apply to construction-related professional services contracts
20awarded in accordance with the provisions of the Architectural,
21Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection
22Act.
23    (b) Adjustment. Each July 1, the small purchase maximum

 

 

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1established in subsection (a) shall be adjusted for inflation
2as determined by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
3Consumers as determined by the United States Department of
4Labor and rounded to the nearest $100.
5    (c) Based upon rules proposed by the Board and rules
6promulgated by the chief procurement officers, the small
7purchase maximum established in subsection (a) may be modified.
8(Source: P.A. 100-43, eff. 8-9-17.)
 
9    Section 10. The Architectural, Engineering, and Land
10Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act is amended by
11changing Section 45 as follows:
 
12    (30 ILCS 535/45)  (from Ch. 127, par. 4151-45)
13    Sec. 45. Small contracts. The provisions of Sections 25,
1430, and 35 do not apply to architectural, engineering, and land
15surveying contracts with an estimated basic professional
16services fee of less than $50,000 $25,000.
17(Source: P.A. 92-861, eff. 1-3-03.)