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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1852
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1852 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended
5 by changing Section 3-27.1 as follows:
6 (110 ILCS 805/3-27.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-27.1)
7 Sec. 3-27.1. Contracts. To award all contracts for
8 purchase of supplies, materials or work involving an
9 expenditure in excess of $10,000 to the lowest responsible
10 bidder considering conformity with specifications, terms of
11 delivery, quality, and serviceability; after due
12 advertisement, except the following: (a) contracts for the
13 services of individuals possessing a high degree of
14 professional skill where the ability or fitness of the
15 individual plays an important part; (b) contracts for the
16 printing of finance committee reports and departmental
17 reports; (c) contracts for the printing or engraving of
18 bonds, tax warrants and other evidences of indebtedness; (d)
19 contracts for materials and work which have been awarded to
20 the lowest responsible bidder after due advertisement, but
21 due to unforeseen revisions, not the fault of the contractor
22 for materials and work, must be revised causing expenditures
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1 not in excess of 10% of the contract price; (e) contracts for
2 the maintenance or servicing of, or provision of repair parts
3 for, equipment which are made with the manufacturer or
4 authorized service agent of that equipment where the
5 provision of parts, maintenance, or servicing can best be
6 performed by the manufacturer or authorized service agent;
7 (f) purchases and contracts for the use, purchase, delivery,
8 movement, or installation of data processing equipment,
9 software, or services and telecommunications and
10 inter-connect equipment, software, and services; (g)
11 contracts for duplicating machines and supplies; (h)
12 contracts for the purchase of natural gas when the cost is
13 less than that offered by a public utility; (i) purchases of
14 equipment previously owned by some entity other than the
15 district itself; (j) contracts for repair, maintenance,
16 remodeling, renovation, or construction, or a single project
17 involving an expenditure not to exceed $15,000 and not
18 involving a change or increase in the size, type, or extent
19 of an existing facility; (k) contracts for goods or services
20 procured from another governmental agency or through an
21 intrastate or interstate governmental agency consortium; (l)
22 contracts for goods or services which are economically
23 procurable from only one source, such as for the purchase of
24 magazines, books, periodicals, pamphlets and reports, and for
25 utility services such as water, light, heat, telephone or
26 telegraph; and (m) where funds are expended in an emergency
27 and such emergency expenditure is approved by 3/4 of the
28 members of the board.
29 All competitive bids for contracts involving an
30 expenditure in excess of $10,000 must be sealed by the bidder
31 and must be opened by a member or employee of the board at a
32 public bid opening at which the contents of the bids must be
33 announced. Each bidder must receive at least 3 days' notice
34 of the time and place of such bid opening. For purposes of
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1 this Section due advertisement includes, but is not limited
2 to, at least one public notice at least 10 days before the
3 bid date in a newspaper published in the district, or if no
4 newspaper is published in the district, in a newspaper of
5 general circulation in the area of the district.
6 The provisions of this Section do not apply to guaranteed
7 energy savings contracts entered into under Article V-A.
8 (Source: P.A. 87-1023; 88-173.)".