(70 ILCS 1810/5.02) (from Ch. 19, par. 156.2)
Sec. 5.02.
All leases or other contracts for operation of any public
warehouse or public grain elevator to which this Section is applicable
owned or otherwise controlled by the District which are entered into on or
after July 1, 1955 shall be governed by the following procedure: Notice
shall be given by the District that bids will be received for the operation
of such public warehouse or public grain elevator. This notice shall state
the time within which and the place where bids may be submitted, the time
and place of opening of bids, and shall be published not more than 30 days
nor less than 15 days in advance of the first day for the submission of
bids in any one or more newspapers designated by the District which have a
general circulation within the District; this notice shall specify
sufficient data of the proposed operation to enable bidders to understand
the scope of the operation; provided, however, that contracts which by
their nature are not adapted to award by competitive bidding, such as
contracts for the services of individuals possessing a high degree of
personal skill, contracts for the purchase or binding of magazines, books,
periodicals, pamphlets, reports and similar articles, and contracts for
utility services such as water, light, heat, telephone or telegraph, shall
not be subject to the competitive bidding requirements of this section.
The Board may, by ordinance, promulgate reasonable regulations
prescribing the qualifications of the bidders as to experience, adequacy of
equipment, ability to complete performance within the time set, and other
factors in addition to financial responsibility, and may by ordinance
provide for suitable performance guaranties to qualify a bid. Copies of all
such regulations shall be made available to all bidders.
The District may determine in advance the minimum rental that should be
produced by the public warehouse or public grain elevator offered and, if
no qualified bid will produce such minimum rental, all bids may be rejected
and the District shall then readvertise for bids. If after such
readvertisement no responsible and satisfactory bid within the terms of the
advertisement is received, the District may then negotiate a lease for not
less than the amount of minimum rental so determined. If, after negotiating
for a lease as herein provided, it is found necessary to revise the minimum
rental to be produced by the facilities offered for lease, then the
District shall again readvertise for bids, as herein provided, before
negotiating a lease.
If the District shall temporarily operate any public warehouse or public
grain elevator as in this Act provided, such temporary operation shall not
continue for more than one year without advertising for bids for the
operation of such facility as herein provided.
This Section applies only to structures in existence on the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1963. It does not apply to warehouses and
grain elevators on which construction is completed after such date.
(Source: P.A. 83-1360.)
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