Sen. Ram Villivalam

Filed: 3/25/2022

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4813

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4813 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
510-20.21 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.21)
7    Sec. 10-20.21. Contracts.
8    (a) To award all contracts for purchase of supplies and
9materials or work involving an expenditure in excess of
10$25,000 or a lower amount as required by board policy to the
11lowest responsible bidder, considering conformity with
12specifications, terms of delivery, quality and serviceability,
13after due advertisement, except the following:
14        (i) contracts for the services of individuals
15    possessing a high degree of professional skill where the
16    ability or fitness of the individual plays an important

 

 

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1    part;
2        (ii) contracts for the printing of finance committee
3    reports and departmental reports;
4        (iii) contracts for the printing or engraving of
5    bonds, tax warrants and other evidences of indebtedness;
6        (iv) contracts for the purchase of perishable foods
7    and perishable beverages;
8        (v) contracts for materials and work which have been
9    awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after due
10    advertisement, but due to unforeseen revisions, not the
11    fault of the contractor for materials and work, must be
12    revised causing expenditures not in excess of 10% of the
13    contract price;
14        (vi) contracts for the maintenance or servicing of, or
15    provision of repair parts for, equipment which are made
16    with the manufacturer or authorized service agent of that
17    equipment where the provision of parts, maintenance, or
18    servicing can best be performed by the manufacturer or
19    authorized service agent;
20        (vii) purchases and contracts for the use, purchase,
21    delivery, movement, or installation of data processing
22    equipment, software, or services and telecommunications
23    and interconnect equipment, software, and services;
24        (viii) contracts for duplicating machines and
25    supplies;
26        (ix) contracts for the purchase of fuel, including

 

 

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1    diesel, gasoline, oil, aviation, natural gas, or propane,
2    lubricants, or other petroleum products;
3        (x) purchases of equipment previously owned by some
4    entity other than the district itself;
5        (xi) contracts for repair, maintenance, remodeling,
6    renovation, or construction, or a single project involving
7    an expenditure not to exceed $50,000 and not involving a
8    change or increase in the size, type, or extent of an
9    existing facility;
10        (xii) contracts for goods or services procured from
11    another governmental agency;
12        (xiii) contracts for goods or services which are
13    economically procurable from only one source, such as for
14    the purchase of magazines, books, periodicals, pamphlets
15    and reports, and for utility services such as water,
16    light, heat, telephone or telegraph;
17        (xiv) where funds are expended in an emergency and
18    such emergency expenditure is approved by 3/4 of the
19    members of the board;
20        (xv) State master contracts authorized under Article
21    28A of this Code; and
22        (xvi) contracts providing for the transportation of
23    pupils, which contracts must be advertised in the same
24    manner as competitive bids and awarded by first
25    considering the bidder or bidders most able to provide
26    safety and comfort for the pupils, stability of service,

 

 

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1    and any other factors set forth in the request for
2    proposal regarding quality of service, and then price; and
3        (xvii) contracts for goods, services, or management in
4    the operation of a school's food service, including a
5    school that participates in any of the United States
6    Department of Agriculture's child nutrition programs, if:
7            (1) the contracts procure food that promotes the
8        health and well-being of students, including whole
9        grains, fresh and minimally processed fruits and
10        vegetables, essential fats (including nuts, seeds, and
11        fish), and whole plant-based and lean proteins so as
12        to decrease sodium, added sugars, artificial
13        additives, and saturated, hydrogenated, and trans
14        fats;
15            (2) the contracts give a preference to State or
16        regional suppliers that source local food products;
17            (3) the contracts give a preference to food
18        suppliers that utilize producers that adopt practices
19        recommended by the United States Department of
20        Agriculture, including attempting to achieve a
21        reduction or elimination of synthetic pesticides and
22        fertilizers through the use of precision agriculture,
23        integrated pest management, or advanced nutrient
24        management and avoiding the misuse or routine use of
25        hormones or antibiotics for growth promotion or
26        ongoing disease prevention; or

 

 

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1            (4) the contracts increase opportunities for
2        businesses owned and operated by minorities, women, or
3        persons with disabilities.
4    Food supplier data shall be submitted to the school
5    district at the time of the bid, to the best of the
6    bidder's ability, and shall be updated upon entering into
7    a contract, updated annually thereafter during the term of
8    the contract, and updated upon changes to the contract.
9    The contractor shall submit the updated food supplier
10    data. The data required under this item (xvii) shall
11    include the name and address of each supplier,
12    distributor, processor, and producer involved in the
13    provision of the products that the bidder is to supply.
14However, at no time shall a cause of action lie against a
15school board for awarding a pupil transportation contract per
16the standards set forth in this subsection (a) unless the
17cause of action is based on fraudulent conduct.
18    All competitive bids for contracts involving an
19expenditure in excess of $25,000 or a lower amount as required
20by board policy must be sealed by the bidder and must be opened
21by a member or employee of the school board at a public bid
22opening at which the contents of the bids must be announced.
23Each bidder must receive at least 3 days' notice of the time
24and place of the bid opening. For purposes of this Section due
25advertisement includes, but is not limited to, at least one
26public notice at least 10 days before the bid date in a

 

 

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1newspaper published in the district, or if no newspaper is
2published in the district, in a newspaper of general
3circulation in the area of the district. State master
4contracts and certified education purchasing contracts, as
5defined in Article 28A of this Code, are not subject to the
6requirements of this paragraph.
7    Under this Section, the acceptance of bids sealed by a
8bidder and the opening of these bids at a public bid opening
9may be permitted by an electronic process for communicating,
10accepting, and opening competitive bids. An electronic bidding
11process must provide for, but is not limited to, the following
12safeguards:
13        (1) On the date and time certain of a bid opening, the
14    primary person conducting the competitive, sealed,
15    electronic bid process shall log onto a specified database
16    using a unique username and password previously assigned
17    to the bidder to allow access to the bidder's specific bid
18    project number.
19        (2) The specified electronic database must be on a
20    network that (i) is in a secure environment behind a
21    firewall; (ii) has specific encryption tools; (iii)
22    maintains specific intrusion detection systems; (iv) has
23    redundant systems architecture with data storage back-up,
24    whether by compact disc or tape; and (v) maintains a
25    disaster recovery plan.
26It is the legislative intent of Public Act 96-841 to maintain

 

 

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1the integrity of the sealed bidding process provided for in
2this Section, to further limit any possibility of bid-rigging,
3to reduce administrative costs to school districts, and to
4effect efficiencies in communications with bidders.
5    (b) To require, as a condition of any contract for goods
6and services, that persons bidding for and awarded a contract
7and all affiliates of the person collect and remit Illinois
8Use Tax on all sales of tangible personal property into the
9State of Illinois in accordance with the provisions of the
10Illinois Use Tax Act regardless of whether the person or
11affiliate is a "retailer maintaining a place of business
12within this State" as defined in Section 2 of the Use Tax Act.
13For purposes of this Section, the term "affiliate" means any
14entity that (1) directly, indirectly, or constructively
15controls another entity, (2) is directly, indirectly, or
16constructively controlled by another entity, or (3) is subject
17to the control of a common entity. For purposes of this
18subsection (b), an entity controls another entity if it owns,
19directly or individually, more than 10% of the voting
20securities of that entity. As used in this subsection (b), the
21term "voting security" means a security that (1) confers upon
22the holder the right to vote for the election of members of the
23board of directors or similar governing body of the business
24or (2) is convertible into, or entitles the holder to receive
25upon its exercise, a security that confers such a right to
26vote. A general partnership interest is a voting security.

 

 

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1    To require that bids and contracts include a certification
2by the bidder or contractor that the bidder or contractor is
3not barred from bidding for or entering into a contract under
4this Section and that the bidder or contractor acknowledges
5that the school board may declare the contract void if the
6certification completed pursuant to this subsection (b) is
7false.
8    (b-5) To require all contracts and agreements that pertain
9to goods and services and that are intended to generate
10additional revenue and other remunerations for the school
11district in excess of $1,000, including without limitation
12vending machine contracts, sports and other attire, class
13rings, and photographic services, to be approved by the school
14board. The school board shall file as an attachment to its
15annual budget a report, in a form as determined by the State
16Board of Education, indicating for the prior year the name of
17the vendor, the product or service provided, and the actual
18net revenue and non-monetary remuneration from each of the
19contracts or agreements. In addition, the report shall
20indicate for what purpose the revenue was used and how and to
21whom the non-monetary remuneration was distributed.
22    (b-10) To prohibit any contract to purchase food with a
23bidder or offeror if the bidder's or offeror's contract terms
24prohibit the school from donating food to food banks,
25including, but not limited to, homeless shelters, food
26pantries, and soup kitchens.

 

 

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1    (c) If the State education purchasing entity creates a
2master contract as defined in Article 28A of this Code, then
3the State education purchasing entity shall notify school
4districts of the existence of the master contract.
5    (d) In purchasing supplies, materials, equipment, or
6services that are not subject to subsection (c) of this
7Section, before a school district solicits bids or awards a
8contract, the district may review and consider as a bid under
9subsection (a) of this Section certified education purchasing
10contracts that are already available through the State
11education purchasing entity.
12(Source: P.A. 101-570, eff. 8-23-19; 101-632, eff. 6-5-20.)
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.".