Bill Text: IL SB1742 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Allows the Department of Innovation and Technology to initiate a proof of concept request to inform the Department for future procurements. Allows the Department to adopt rules to implement the provisions. Defines "proof of concept request".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB1742 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB1742-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB1742 Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 500/1-15.76 new
30 ILCS 500/55-25 new
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Allows the Department of Innovation and Technology to initiate a proof of concept request to inform the Department for future procurements. Allows the Department to adopt rules to implement the provisions. Defines "proof of concept request".
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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
adding Sections 1-15.76 and 55-25 as follows:
(30 ILCS 500/1-15.76 new)
Sec. 1-15.76. Proof of concept request. "Proof of concept
request" means the process by which a potential purchasing
agency requests a tailored solution from the vendor community
prior to initiating a procurement under provisions of this
Code. A potential purchasing agency may require a small-scale
demonstration of the item or technology that the potential
purchasing agency is seeking.
(30 ILCS 500/55-25 new)
Sec. 55-25. Proof of concept.
(a) The Department of Innovation and Technology may
initiate a proof of concept request. The information gathered
from the proof of concept request may be used to inform the
Department for a future request for proposal, invitation for
bid, sole source procurement request, or other procurement
under this Code.
(b) The Department of Innovation and Technology may adopt

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rules to implement this Section.