Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2303 Latest Draft

Bill / Engrossed Version Filed 03/14/2023

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1  AN ACT concerning finance.
2  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3  represented in the General Assembly:
4  Section 5. The Governmental Joint Purchasing Act is
5  amended by changing Section 4.05 as follows:
6  (30 ILCS 525/4.05)
7  Sec. 4.05. Other methods of joint purchases.
8  (a) It may be determined that it is impractical to obtain
9  competition because either (i) there is only one
10  economically-feasible source for the item, or (ii) there is a
11  threat to public health or public safety, or when immediate
12  expenditure is necessary to prevent or minimize serious
13  disruption in critical State services that affect health,
14  safety, or collection of substantial State revenues, or to
15  ensure the integrity of State records, or (iii) it is in the
16  best interest of the State to award a contract to a qualified
17  not-for-profit agency for persons with significant
18  disabilities under Section 45-35 of the Illinois Procurement
19  Code.
20  (b) When the State of Illinois is a party to the joint
21  purchase agreement, the applicable chief procurement officer
22  shall make a determination whether (i) there is only one
23  economically feasible source for the item, or (ii) that there

 

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1  exists a threat to public health or public safety or that
2  immediate expenditure is necessary to prevent or minimize
3  serious disruption in critical State services, or (iii) the
4  contract is eligible to be awarded to a not-for-profit agency
5  for persons with significant disabilities under Section 45-35
6  of the Illinois Procurement Code.
7  (c) When there is only one economically feasible source
8  for the item, the chief procurement officer may authorize a
9  sole economically-feasible source contract. When there exists
10  a threat to public health or public safety or when immediate
11  expenditure is necessary to prevent or minimize serious
12  disruption in critical State services, the chief procurement
13  officer may authorize an emergency procurement without
14  competitive sealed bidding or competitive sealed proposals or
15  prior notice. When an agency requests to award a contract to a
16  not-for-profit agency for persons with significant
17  disabilities under to Section 45-35 of the Illinois
18  Procurement Code, the chief procurement officer may authorize
19  the award.
20  (d) All joint purchases made pursuant to this Section
21  shall follow the same procedures for sole source contracts in
22  the Illinois Procurement Code when the chief procurement
23  officer determines there is only one economically-feasible
24  source for the item. All joint purchases made pursuant to this
25  Section shall follow the same procedures for emergency
26  purchases in the Illinois Procurement Code when the chief

 

 

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1  procurement officer determines immediate expenditure is
2  necessary to prevent or minimize serious disruption in
3  critical State services that affect health, safety, or
4  collection of substantial State revenues, or to ensure the
5  integrity of State records. All joint purchases made under
6  this Section shall follow the same procedures for
7  not-for-profit agencies for persons with significant
8  disabilities under to Section 45-35 of the Illinois
9  Procurement Code when the chief procurement officer determines
10  that it is in the best interest of the State.
11  (e) Each chief procurement officer shall submit to the
12  General Assembly by November 1 of each year a report of
13  procurements made under this Section.
14  (Source: P.A. 100-43, eff. 8-9-17.)

 

 

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