Bill Text: IL HB4104 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. With respect to a sole source procurement, requires that (i) the notice of the procurement in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin include a justification of the manner in which an absence of other economically feasible sources was determined and (ii) the justification be retained in the procurement's contract file.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-20 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock [HB4104 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB4104-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB4104 Introduced 2/27/2009, by Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 500/20-25
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. With respect to a sole source procurement, requires that (i) the notice of the procurement in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin include a justification of the manner in which an absence of other economically feasible sources was determined and (ii) the justification be retained in the procurement's contract file.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning finance.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
changing Section 20-25 as follows:
(30 ILCS 500/20-25)
Sec. 20-25. Sole source procurements. In accordance with
standards set by rule, contracts may be awarded without use of
the specified method of source selection when there is only one
economically feasible source for the item. At least 2 weeks
before entering into a sole source contract, the purchasing
agency shall publish in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin a
notice of intent to do so along with a description of the item
to be procured, and the intended sole source contractor, and a
justification of the manner in which the absence of any other
economically feasible source was determined. A copy of that
justification must be retained in that procurement's contract
file.
(Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)