Rep. David E. Miller

Filed: 7/26/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1592

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1592, AS AMENDED,
3 with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No.
4 5, on page 47, below line 3, by inserting the following:
 
5     "Section 1-127. Minority, female, and disabled persons
6 businesses; reports.
7     (a) The Director of the Illinois Power Agency, or his or
8 her designee, when offering bids for professional services,
9 shall conduct outreach to minority owned businesses, female
10 owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
11 disabilities. Outreach shall include, but is not limited to,
12 advertisements in periodicals and newspapers, mailings, and
13 other appropriate media.
14     (b) The Director or his or her designee shall, upon
15 request, provide technical assistance to minority owned
16 businesses, female owned businesses, and businesses owned by
17 persons with disabilities seeking to do business with the

 

 

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1 Agency.
2     (c) The Director or his or her designee, upon request,
3 shall conduct post-bid reviews with minority owned businesses,
4 female owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
5 disabilities whose bids were not selected by the Agency.
6 Post-bid reviews shall provide a business with detailed and
7 specific reasons why the bid of that business was rejected and
8 concrete recommendations to improve its bid application on
9 future Agency professional services opportunities.
10     (d) The Agency shall report annually to the Governor and
11 the General Assembly by July 1. The report shall identify the
12 businesses that have provided bids to offer professional
13 services to the Agency and shall also include, but not be
14 limited to, the following information:
15         (1) whether or not the businesses are minority owned
16     businesses, female owned businesses, or businesses owned
17     by persons with disabilities;
18         (2) the percentage of professional service contracts
19     that were awarded to minority owned businesses, female
20     owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
21     disabilities as compared to other businesses; and
22         (3) the actions the Agency has undertaken to increase
23     the use of the minority owned businesses, female owned
24     businesses, and businesses owned by persons with
25     disabilities in professional service contracts.
26     (e) In this Section, "professional services" means

 

 

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1 services that use skills that are predominantly mental or
2 intellectual, rather than physical or manual, including, but
3 not limited to, accounting, architecture, consulting,
4 engineering, finance, legal, and marketing. "Professional
5 services" does not include bidders into the competitive
6 procurement process pursuant to Section 16-111.5 of the Public
7 Utilities Act."; and
 
8 on page 130, line 18, after ""demand response"," by inserting
9 ""electric utility",".