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1 | AN ACT concerning procurement.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | adding the heading of Article 33 and Sections 33-1, 33-5, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 33-10, 33-15, 33-20, 33-25, 33-30, 33-35, 33-40, and 33-45 and
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7 | changing Sections 45-15, 45-20, and 45-25 as follows:
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8 | (30 ILCS 500/Art. 33 heading new)
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9 | ARTICLE 33 ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE PROCUREMENTS
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10 | (30 ILCS 500/33-1 new)
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11 | Sec. 33-1. Application.
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12 | (a) This Article applies to all procurements subject to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | this Code. If a
provision of any other Article of this Code | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | conflicts with a
provision of this
Article, the provision of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | this Article shall apply.
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16 | (b) This Article applies to invitations and requests for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | proposals made and
contracts awarded after the effective date | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
General Assembly.
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19 | (30 ILCS 500/33-5 new)
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20 | Sec. 33-5. Definitions. As used in this Article:
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21 | "Designated products" means all products that have been or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | may be
identified pursuant to Section 33-15 as products that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | can
be procured with significant levels of recovered materials.
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24 | "Minimum content standards" means standards set by the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | State or, in their
absence, standards or guidelines
currently | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection
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27 | Agency, specifying the minimum level of recovered materials or
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28 | post-consumer material, or both, necessary for designated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | products to qualify
as
recycled
products.
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30 | "Paper and paper products" means all items manufactured |
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1 | from paper or
paperboard.
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2 | "Post-consumer paper material" means paper, paperboard, | ||||||
3 | and fibrous
waste including corrugated boxes, newspapers, | ||||||
4 | magazines, mixed waste
paper, tabulating cards, and used | ||||||
5 | cordage after the point at which they have
passed through their | ||||||
6 | end use as consumer items.
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7 | "Post-consumer material" means only those products | ||||||
8 | generated by a
business or consumer that have served their | ||||||
9 | intended end uses and that
have been separated or diverted from | ||||||
10 | the solid waste stream for the purposes
of collection, | ||||||
11 | recycling, and disposition.
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12 | "Practicable" means (1) able to perform in accordance with | ||||||
13 | applicable
specifications; (2) available at a reasonable price | ||||||
14 | offered as the low bid
under
the procedures in this Code; (3) | ||||||
15 | available within a reasonable period
of time; and (4) | ||||||
16 | maintaining a satisfactory level of competition.
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17 | "Recovered material" means material and byproducts that | ||||||
18 | have been
recovered or diverted from solid waste, but does not | ||||||
19 | include those materials
and byproducts generated from, and | ||||||
20 | commonly reused within, an original
manufacturing process | ||||||
21 | (such as mill broke or home scrap).
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22 | "Recovered paper material" means paper waste generated | ||||||
23 | after the
completion of a paper making process, such as | ||||||
24 | post-consumer material,
envelope cuttings, bindery trimmings, | ||||||
25 | printing waste, cutting and other
converting waste, butt rolls, | ||||||
26 | and mill wrappers; obsolete inventories; and
rejected unused | ||||||
27 | stock. Recovered paper material, however, shall not include
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28 | fibrous waste generated during the manufacturing process such | ||||||
29 | as fibers
recovered from waste water or trimmings of paper | ||||||
30 | machine rolls (mill
broke), fibrous byproducts of harvesting, | ||||||
31 | extractive or woodcutting
processes, or forest residue such as | ||||||
32 | bark.
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33 | "Recycled designated product" means a product designated
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34 | pursuant to Section 33-15 that meets or surpasses the State's
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35 | minimum content standards and all other criteria for | ||||||
36 | qualification
as specified in this Code.
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1 | "Reusable product" means a product that can be used several | ||||||
2 | times for
an intended end use before being discarded, such as a | ||||||
3 | washable food or
beverage container or a refillable ball point | ||||||
4 | pen.
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5 | "Recycle or Recycling" means any process by which materials | ||||||
6 | that would
otherwise become waste are collected, separated, or | ||||||
7 | processed and
returned to the economic mainstream in the form | ||||||
8 | of new, reused, or
reconstituted products, but does not include | ||||||
9 | the recovery of materials for fuel
in combustion or energy | ||||||
10 | production processes. For lubricating oil, the term
recycling | ||||||
11 | is to be synonymous with re-refining. For toner cartridges, the | ||||||
12 | term
recycling is to be synonymous with re-manufacture.
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13 | "Recyclable" means that the product is technically capable | ||||||
14 | of being
recycled and that economic markets for collecting and | ||||||
15 | recycling the product
exist within a reasonable distance, | ||||||
16 | including steel and plastic.
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17 | "Chlorine-free paper or paper products" means (1) recycled | ||||||
18 | paper in which
the recycled content is unbleached or bleached | ||||||
19 | without chlorine or chlorine
derivatives or (2) virgin paper | ||||||
20 | that is unbleached or processed with a
sequence that includes | ||||||
21 | no chlorine or chlorine derivatives.
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22 | (30 ILCS 500/33-10 new)
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23 | Sec. 33-10. Environmentally responsible procurements.
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24 | (a) Whenever practicable, all State agencies shall meet | ||||||
25 | their procurement
demands with recycled products and | ||||||
26 | recyclable products.
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27 | (b) Whenever practicable, the State shall require | ||||||
28 | contractors to perform
State
contracts with recycled products | ||||||
29 | and recyclable products.
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30 | (c) When specifying designated products under this | ||||||
31 | Article, the State shall
require recovered material content or | ||||||
32 | post-consumer material content, or both,
to be factors in | ||||||
33 | determining the lowest responsible bid in any competitive bid
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34 | selection process.
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1 | (30 ILCS 500/33-15 new)
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2 | Sec. 33-15. Designated products and recycled designated | ||||||
3 | products. For
purposes of this Article, the products listed in | ||||||
4 | this Section
are designated as products that can be readily | ||||||
5 | procured with
significant levels of recovered materials. | ||||||
6 | Designated products shall qualify as
recycled designated | ||||||
7 | products if they meet minimum content standards
established | ||||||
8 | pursuant to this Article. Designated products shall include:
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9 | (1) Paper and paper products.
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10 | (2) Compost products.
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11 | (3) Horticultural mulch made with recycled | ||||||
12 | landclearing and other wood
debris.
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13 | (4) Construction aggregates made with recycled cement | ||||||
14 | concrete, tire
rubber,
glass, or asphalt.
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15 | (5) Cement and asphalt concrete containing glass | ||||||
16 | cullet, recycled fiber or
plastic, or tire rubber.
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17 | (6) Antifreeze.
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18 | (7) Recycled plastic products, including lumber | ||||||
19 | shapes, refuse carts,
traffic
cones, insulation, | ||||||
20 | receptacle liners, recycling bins, traffic barriers, and
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21 | office products.
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22 | (8) Retreaded tires and products made from recycled | ||||||
23 | tire rubber, including
rubber mats and playfield surfaces.
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24 | (9) Toner cartridges for computer printers.
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25 | (10) Lubricating oil and hydraulic oil with re-refined | ||||||
26 | oil content.
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27 | (11) Insulation products.
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28 | (12) Paint.
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29 | (13) Wood products containing 50% or more reused or | ||||||
30 | deconstructed wood.
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31 | (14) Carpeting made from recycled fibers.
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32 | (15) Office furniture.
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33 | (16) All steel products.
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34 | (17) Other products as designated by each chief | ||||||
35 | procurement officer.
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1 | (30 ILCS 500/33-20 new)
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2 | Sec. 33-20. Requirements for procurement contracts.
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3 | (a) Invitations to bid issued
for the purchase of tangible | ||||||
4 | goods shall contain no terms, requirements, or
specifications | ||||||
5 | prohibiting or discouraging post-consumer or recovered
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6 | material content, unless the purchasing agency provides the | ||||||
7 | appropriate chief
procurement
officer
with satisfactory | ||||||
8 | evidence that, for technical reasons and for a particular end
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9 | use, a product containing such materials will not meet | ||||||
10 | reasonable
performance standards.
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11 | (b) In determining the lowest responsible bid for the
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12 | purchase
of designated products pursuant to, Section 33-15, the | ||||||
13 | purchasing agency shall
use the procedures and evaluation | ||||||
14 | criteria
specified in this Article. If the lowest price offered | ||||||
15 | for a recycled
designated product is not more than the | ||||||
16 | specified percentage higher than the
lowest offered price for | ||||||
17 | that same designated product that is not recycled, the
offered | ||||||
18 | price for the recycled designated product shall be considered | ||||||
19 | the low
bid if such bidder is otherwise responsible. The | ||||||
20 | specified
percentage will not be less than 10%. However, | ||||||
21 | nothing contained in this
Article shall preclude State agencies | ||||||
22 | from requiring post-consumer or
recovered material content as a | ||||||
23 | bid specification.
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24 | (c) Each contractor supplying the State with recycled | ||||||
25 | designated
products
shall provide acceptable certification | ||||||
26 | from all product manufacturers
that the products being supplied | ||||||
27 | meet or surpass minimum content
standards and shall agree to | ||||||
28 | reasonable verification procedures specified by
the purchasing | ||||||
29 | agency.
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30 | (d) Invitations to bid for designated
products,
whether | ||||||
31 | recycled or not, shall require the bidders, if awarded a
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32 | contract, to provide quarterly summaries of the quantities | ||||||
33 | purchased by
State agencies, unless the appropriate chief | ||||||
34 | procurement officer determines
that this requirement
would | ||||||
35 | significantly reduce the number of bids received.
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36 | (e) The State shall not purchase any item whose original |
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1 | manufacturer
places restrictions on the remanufacturing of | ||||||
2 | such item by other businesses.
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3 | (30 ILCS 500/33-25 new)
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4 | Sec. 33-25. Procurement of paper and paper
products.
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5 | (a) The Procurement Policy Board shall adopt minimum | ||||||
6 | content standards for
recycled paper products. Minimum content | ||||||
7 | standards
shall, at minimum, be consistent with standards | ||||||
8 | currently promulgated by
the United States Environmental | ||||||
9 | Protection Agency, unless the Board
determines that a different | ||||||
10 | standard would significantly increase
recycled product | ||||||
11 | availability or competition.
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12 | (b) The Board shall use a percentage factor of at least 10%
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13 | in the process of determining the lowest responsible bidder
for | ||||||
14 | paper and paper products. For paper or paper products that are | ||||||
15 | both
recycled and chlorine-free, the percentage factor shall | ||||||
16 | not be less than 15%.
The Board may elect to establish higher | ||||||
17 | percentages.
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18 | (c) All imprinted letterhead paper, copy paper, computer | ||||||
19 | printer paper, and
note pads used by State agencies shall be | ||||||
20 | recycled paper
containing at least 30% post-consumer content.
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21 | (d) Printing press services provided by the State or | ||||||
22 | purchased by the
State shall utilize soy or other | ||||||
23 | vegetable-based
inks. If lithographic ink is used in printing | ||||||
24 | performed by the State or in
printing services purchased by the | ||||||
25 | State, the ink
shall contain not less than the following | ||||||
26 | percentages of vegetable oil:
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27 | (1) News ink, 40%;
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28 | (2) Sheet-fed and forms ink, 20%;
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29 | (3) Heat-set ink, 10%.
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30 | High quality color process printing on high speed heat-set | ||||||
31 | presses is
exempt
when slow drying time significantly increases | ||||||
32 | production costs.
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33 | (e) State agencies shall publicize the State's use of | ||||||
34 | recycled paper by
printing the words "Printed on Recycled | ||||||
35 | Paper" on all letterhead paper and
on the title page of all |
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1 | reports printed on recycled paper.
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2 | (f) To reduce the volume of paper purchased, State agencies | ||||||
3 | shall use both
sides of paper sheets whenever practicable.
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4 | (g) All bids for new equipment and services shall include | ||||||
5 | language that will
encourage the use of recycled paper and | ||||||
6 | paper products, wherever
practicable.
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7 | (h) State agencies shall phase in equipment to facilitate | ||||||
8 | the use of
recycled
paper products, wherever practicable.
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9 | (i) In instances where recycled paper and paper products | ||||||
10 | may void existing
warranties, service agreements, or | ||||||
11 | contracts, recycled paper and paper
products shall not be | ||||||
12 | specified.
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13 | (j) Requests for proposals
shall require all proposed | ||||||
14 | contractors
to agree to the following as a precondition to | ||||||
15 | contract awards:
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16 | (1) All reports submitted to State agencies by a | ||||||
17 | contractor
in fulfillment of contract obligations shall | ||||||
18 | use recycled paper
when it is available at a reasonable | ||||||
19 | price. For the purpose of this subsection,
the price of | ||||||
20 | recycled paper shall be considered "reasonable" if its cost | ||||||
21 | is no
more than 10% higher than the lowest price offered | ||||||
22 | for non-recycled
paper.
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23 | (2) Reports submitted to State agencies shall use both
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24 | sides
of paper sheets whenever practicable.
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25 | (3) The contractor shall maintain records of purchased | ||||||
26 | paper
and paper products, including product description, | ||||||
27 | supplier, amount
purchased, unit prices, and | ||||||
28 | justifications for any use of non-recycled paper.
This | ||||||
29 | information shall be submitted to the purchasing agency | ||||||
30 | before
contract
expiration, according to procedures to be | ||||||
31 | established by each chief procurement
officer. The | ||||||
32 | contractor shall be responsible for
maintaining records | ||||||
33 | and submitting the information for all
of its | ||||||
34 | subcontractors.
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35 | (k) Printing services purchased by the State shall be
on | ||||||
36 | recycled paper containing at least 30% post-consumer content.
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1 | (30 ILCS 500/33-30 new)
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2 | Sec. 33-30. Annual report. Each State agency shall submit | ||||||
3 | to
its chief procurement officer
a report evaluating | ||||||
4 | procurements under this Article, including the following
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5 | components:
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6 | (1) Quantities of designated products purchased by the | ||||||
7 | State agency.
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8 | (2) Quantities and types of recycled products | ||||||
9 | purchased.
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10 | (3) Prices and relative quantities purchased of | ||||||
11 | recycled and non-recycled
designated products.
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12 | (4) A determination as to whether minimum content | ||||||
13 | standards should be
changed or remain the same.
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14 | (5) An assessment of the effectiveness of this Article | ||||||
15 | and an
evaluation of its goals.
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16 | (6) Recommendations for changes in procurement policy | ||||||
17 | under this Article,
including
designation of additional | ||||||
18 | products.
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19 | (30 ILCS 500/33-35 new)
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20 | Sec. 33-35. Responsibilities and reporting requirements of | ||||||
21 | State agencies.
All State agencies are responsible for:
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22 | (1) Purchasing and using recycled products whenever | ||||||
23 | practicable.
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24 | (2) Documenting any technical problems that preclude | ||||||
25 | the use of recycled
products.
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26 | (3) Providing written explanations to the appropriate | ||||||
27 | chief procurement
officer for not purchasing
recycled | ||||||
28 | products.
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29 | (4) Conducting comparative tests of the performance of | ||||||
30 | recycled products
and non-recycled products, as requested | ||||||
31 | by a chief procurement officer.
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32 | (5) Transmitting to contractors, upon their request, | ||||||
33 | information about
their
recycled products and vendors.
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34 | (6) Collecting information from contractors about |
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1 | their designated product
purchases before contract | ||||||
2 | expiration dates.
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3 | (7) Informing the appropriate chief procurement | ||||||
4 | officer of potential uses
of recycled
products by | ||||||
5 | contractors.
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6 | (30 ILCS 500/33-40 new)
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7 | Sec. 33-40. Responsibilities of chief procurement | ||||||
8 | officers.
Each chief procurement officer is responsible for:
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9 | (1) Disseminating recycled product information to | ||||||
10 | State agencies.
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11 | (2) Assisting State agencies in resolving problems and | ||||||
12 | complaints
concerning
recycled product performance or | ||||||
13 | availability.
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14 | (3) Revising or amending standard bid documents and | ||||||
15 | contract language
where
necessary to implement this | ||||||
16 | Article.
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17 | (4) Adopting and updating minimum content standards | ||||||
18 | for designated
recycled
products other than recycled paper | ||||||
19 | products.
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20 | (30 ILCS 500/33-45 new)
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21 | Sec. 33-45. Exemptions. Nothing in this Article shall be | ||||||
22 | construed
as
requiring a State agency or contractor to procure | ||||||
23 | products that do not
perform adequately for their intended end | ||||||
24 | use or are not available at a
reasonable price in a reasonable | ||||||
25 | period of time.
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26 | (30 ILCS 500/45-15)
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27 | Sec. 45-15. Soybean oil-based ink. Contracts requiring
the | ||||||
28 | procurement of printing
services shall specify the use of | ||||||
29 | soybean oil-based ink unless a
State purchasing officer
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30 | determines that another type of ink is required to assure high
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31 | quality and reasonable pricing of
the printed product.
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32 | This Section is subject to the provisions of Article 33 of | ||||||
33 | this Code.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)
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2 | (30 ILCS 500/45-20)
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3 | Sec. 45-20. Recycled materials. The State of Illinois shall | ||||||
4 | meet the buy-recycled requirements of Section
6002 of the | ||||||
5 | federal Resource and Conservation Act (RCRA), and the State and | ||||||
6 | all
State-supported institutions shall exclusively purchase | ||||||
7 | products from the
federal Environmental Protection Agency's | ||||||
8 | Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines,
unless
the cost of | ||||||
9 | non-recycled products is 5% less than the cost of | ||||||
10 | recycled-content
products. This Section is subject to the | ||||||
11 | provisions of Article 33 of this Code.
When a public contract
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12 | is to be awarded to the
lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise | ||||||
13 | qualified bidder who will
fulfill the contract through the
use | ||||||
14 | of products made of recycled materials may, on a pilot basis
or | ||||||
15 | in accordance with a pilot study,
be given preference over | ||||||
16 | other bidders unable to do so, provided
that the cost included | ||||||
17 | in the
bid of products made of recycled materials is not more | ||||||
18 | than 10%
greater than the cost of
products not made of recycled | ||||||
19 | materials.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)
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21 | (30 ILCS 500/45-25)
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22 | Sec. 45-25. Recyclable paper. All paper purchased for
use | ||||||
23 | by State agencies must
be recyclable paper unless recyclable | ||||||
24 | paper cannot be used to meet
the requirements of the State
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25 | agencies or does not meet the requirement of Section 45-20 . | ||||||
26 | State agencies shall determine their paper requirements
to | ||||||
27 | allow the use of recyclable
paper whenever possible, including | ||||||
28 | without limitation using plain
paper rather than colored paper
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29 | that is not recyclable.
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30 | This Section is subject to the provisions of Article 33 of | ||||||
31 | this Code.
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32 | (Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)
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33 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
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1 | 1, 2005. |