103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2724
 
Introduced 1/12/2024, by Sen. Willie Preston
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/55-30 new
    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, if a public institution of higher education or a State agency uses a value-added reseller for the purchase of any information technology hardware under the Code, then that public institution of higher education or State agency may require the value-added reseller to include in its bid an attestation from the manufacturer of the goods stating that the manufacturer offers the goods for sale to all value-added resellers at substantially the same terms that apply to the bidder's purchase of the goods. Requires the Department of Innovation and Technology and the University of Illinois each to include those requirements when making at least one procurement of information technology hardware during State fiscal year 2025. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by 
5adding Section 55-30 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/55-30 new)
7    Sec. 55-30. Value-added resellers.
8    (a) If a public institution of higher education or a State 
9agency uses a value-added reseller for the purchase of any 
10information technology hardware under this Code, then that 
11public institution of higher education or State agency may 
12require the value-added reseller to include in its bid an 
13attestation from the manufacturer of the goods stating that 
14the manufacturer offers the goods for sale to all value-added 
15resellers at substantially the same terms that apply to the 
16bidder's purchase of the goods from the manufacturer, 
17including price, discounts, commissions, rebates, and other 
18incentives that impact the consideration paid for the goods. 
19If the public institution of higher education or State agency 
20imposes such a requirement, then the specifications for the 
21bid must clearly include this requirement.
22    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
23Department of Innovation and Technology and the University of 
 
 
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1Illinois must each include the requirements set forth in 
2subsection (a) when making at least one procurement of 
3information technology hardware during State fiscal year 2025. 
4    (c) As used in this Section:
5    "Information technology hardware" means laptops, desktops, 
6tablets, monitors, docking stations, telephones, headsets, 
7cable cords, computers, servers, and wires. 
8    "Public institution of higher education" has the meaning 
9given to that term in Section 1-13. 
10    "Value-added reseller" means a company that resells 
11information technology hardware and provides value, such as 
12installation services, software, or service contracts, in 
13addition to the original order fulfillment.
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
15becoming law.