99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2791

 

Introduced 2/17/2016, by Sen. Gary Forby

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/20-27 new

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that a State purchasing officer or chief procurement officer may award a sole source contract to a qualified HUBZone small business concern, subject to certain restrictions. Provides that, if a contract is awarded pursuant to a competitive bidding process, the price offered by a qualified HUBZone small business concern shall be deemed to be lower than the price offered by another responsible bidder if the price offered by the qualified HUBZone small business concern is not more than 10% higher than the price offered by the other responsible bidder. Provides that the term "qualified HUBZone small business concern" means a business located in the State that qualifies as a HUBZone small business concern under the Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone) program administered by the United States Small Business Administration.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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
5adding Section 20-27 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/20-27 new)
7    Sec. 20-27. HUBZone businesses.
8    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a State
9purchasing officer or chief procurement officer may award a
10sole source contract to a qualified HUBZone small business
11concern if:
12        (1) the qualified HUBZone small business concern is
13    determined to be a responsible bidder, potential
14    contractor, or offeror with respect to the performance of
15    that contract;
16        (2) the State purchasing officer or chief procurement
17    officer has a reasonable expectation that only one
18    qualified HUBZone small business concern will submit an
19    offer for the contract;
20        (3) the anticipated award price of the contract
21    (including options) does not exceed (i) $5,000,000 in the
22    case of a contract opportunity assigned a standard
23    industrial classification code for manufacturing or (ii)

 

 

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1    $3,000,000 in the case of all other contracts; and
2        (4) in the estimation of the State purchasing officer
3    or chief procurement officer, the contract will be awarded
4    to the qualified HUBZone small business concern at a fair
5    and reasonable price.
6    (b) A contract may be awarded under this Section on the
7basis of competition restricted to qualified HUBZone small
8business concerns if the State purchasing officer or chief
9procurement officer has a reasonable expectation that 2 or more
10qualified HUBZone small business concerns will submit offers
11and that the award can be made at a fair market price.
12    (c) If a contract is to be awarded pursuant to a
13competitive bidding process, other than the process described
14in subsection (b) of this Section, the price offered by a
15qualified HUBZone small business concern shall be deemed to be
16lower than the price offered by another responsible bidder,
17potential contractor, or offeror if the price offered by the
18qualified HUBZone small business concern is not more than 10%
19higher than the price offered by the other responsible bidder,
20potential contractor, or offeror.
21    (d) Each chief procurement officer shall establish rules
22related to the eligibility of qualified HUBZone small business
23concerns to receive sole source contracts and preferences under
24this Section and shall verify the accuracy of any information
25submitted by a qualified HUBZone small business concern with
26respect to a contract awarded under this Section.

 

 

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1    (e) For the purposes of this Section:
2        "Qualified HUBZone small business concern" means a
3    business located in the State that qualifies as a HUBZone
4    small business concern under the Historically
5    Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone) program
6    administered by the United States Small Business
7    Administration.
8        "Responsible bidder, potential contractor, or offeror"
9    has the meaning given to that term in Section 1-15.80 of
10    this Code.