Section 220.645  Designation of Case Coordination Units and Award of Contracts/Grants

a)         The Director of the Department shall represent and act for the State in all matters pertaining to the Request for Proposal (RFP) process and to contracts awarded as a result of that process.  The Director shall receive the recommendations from the AAA and the Department and has the ultimate decisionmaking authority for designation of CCUs and award of Department contracts.

b)         When a CCU designation is made:

1)         the Department and AAA shall notify each applicant, in writing, of the success or failure of the applicant to be jointly designated as a CCU in accordance with Department procedures; and

2)         after resolution of any objections to the designation decisions (refer to Section 220.650 of this Part), all agencies jointly designated as CCUs shall be offered a contract from the Department and a contract or grant, as appropriate, from the AAA.  The successful proposal shall be an integral part of the contract/grant awarded.

c)         A designated CCU shall be held accountable for all statements made in the CCU proposal, as well as any amendments made to a contract/grant, until such time as the contract/grant is terminated or a renewal proposal is submitted and the CCU has been awarded a new contract/grant.

(Source:  Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 9652, effective July 1, 2002)