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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB5014 Introduced 2/8/2024, by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | | Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, if a public institution of higher education or a State agency uses a value-added reseller for the purchase of any information technology hardware under the Code, then that public institution of higher education or State agency may require the value-added reseller to include in its bid an attestation from the manufacturer of the goods stating that the manufacturer offers the goods for sale to all value-added resellers at substantially the same terms that apply to the bidder's purchase of the goods. Requires the Department of Innovation and Technology and the University of Illinois each to include those requirements when making at least one procurement of information technology hardware during State fiscal year 2025. Effective immediately. |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning State government. |
2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
3 | | represented in the General Assembly: |
4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by |
5 | | adding Section 55-30 as follows: |
6 | | (30 ILCS 500/55-30 new) |
7 | | Sec. 55-30. Value-added resellers. |
8 | | (a) If a public institution of higher education or a State |
9 | | agency uses a value-added reseller for the purchase of any |
10 | | information technology hardware under this Code, then that |
11 | | public institution of higher education or State agency may |
12 | | require the value-added reseller to include in its bid an |
13 | | attestation from the manufacturer of the goods stating that |
14 | | the manufacturer offers the goods for sale to all value-added |
15 | | resellers at substantially the same terms that apply to the |
16 | | bidder's purchase of the goods from the manufacturer, |
17 | | including price, discounts, commissions, rebates, and other |
18 | | incentives that impact the consideration paid for the goods. |
19 | | If the public institution of higher education or State agency |
20 | | imposes such a requirement, then the specifications for the |
21 | | bid must clearly include this requirement. |
22 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the |
23 | | Department of Innovation and Technology and the University of |