SB3487 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3487

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 500/20-20
30 ILCS 535/45	from Ch. 127, par. 4151-45

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that any procurement of construction not exceeding $250,000 (currently, $100,000) may be made without competitive source selection. Amends the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act. In a Section concerning small contracts under the Act, provides that specified provisions do not apply to architectural, engineering, and land surveying contracts with an estimated basic professional services fee of less than $50,000 (currently, $25,000).

A BILL FOR

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 20-20 as follows:

(30 ILCS 500/20-20)

Sec. 20-20. Small purchases.

(a) Amount. Any individual procurement of supplies or services not exceeding $100,000 and any procurement of construction not exceeding $250,000 $100,000, or any individual procurement of professional or artistic services not exceeding $100,000 may be made without competitive source selection. Procurements shall not be artificially divided so as to constitute a small purchase under this Section. Any procurement of construction not exceeding $100,000 may be made by an alternative competitive source selection. The construction agency shall establish rules for an alternative competitive source selection process. This Section does not apply to construction-related professional services contracts awarded in accordance with the provisions of the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act.

(b) Adjustment. Each July 1, the small purchase maximum established in subsection (a) shall be adjusted for inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers as determined by the United States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100.

(c) Based upon rules proposed by the Board and rules promulgated by the chief procurement officers, the small purchase maximum established in subsection (a) may be modified.

(Source: P.A. 100-43, eff. 8-9-17.)

Section 10. The Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act is amended by changing Section 45 as follows:

(30 ILCS 535/45) (from Ch. 127, par. 4151-45)

Sec. 45. Small contracts. The provisions of Sections 25, 30, and 35 do not apply to architectural, engineering, and land surveying contracts with an estimated basic professional services fee of less than $50,000 $25,000.

(Source: P.A. 92-861, eff. 1-3-03.)