103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2181

 

Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. David Koehler

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/45-77 new

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, when a State contract is to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder who will fulfill the contract through the use of low embodied carbon concrete may be given preference over other bidders unable to do so if the cost included in the bid using low embodied carbon concrete is not more than 10% greater than the cost in the bid not using low embodied carbon concrete. Provides that contracts entered into under the provisions may also include, at the discretion of the contracting State agency, a price preference of up to 10% for environmentally preferable materials. Provides that, if federal funds are to be used for a contract that is awarded under the provisions, then the contracting State agency shall conduct the procurement and include in the contract any specifications needed to comply with federal procurement standards. Provides that, if the application of the provisions would create a conflict with a federal law or a federal regulation, then the provisions do not apply. Defines "low embodied carbon concrete".


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
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 45-77 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/45-77 new)
7    Sec. 45-77. Low embodied carbon concrete.
8    (a) When a State contract is to be awarded to the lowest
9responsible bidder, an otherwise qualified bidder who will
10fulfill the contract through the use of low embodied carbon
11concrete may be given preference over other bidders unable to
12do so if the cost included in the bid using low embodied carbon
13concrete is not more than 10% greater than the cost in the bid
14not using low embodied carbon concrete.
15    (b) Contracts entered into under this Section may also
16include, at the discretion of the contracting State agency, a
17price preference of up to 10% for environmentally preferable
18materials. If federal funds are to be used for a contract that
19is awarded under this Section, then the contracting State
20agency shall conduct the procurement and include in the
21contract any specifications needed to comply with federal
22procurement standards. This subsection (b) does not apply to
23any contract if the application of the provisions of this

 

 

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1Section would create a conflict with a federal law or a federal
2regulation.
3    (c) As used in this Section, "low embodied carbon
4concrete" means concrete mixes and products that have been
5verified to result in a Global Warming Potential value that is
6less than or equal to the Global Warming Potential of the
7presently approved green procurement specifications and do not
8result in the elevation of hazardous pollutants that have been
9verified to be harmful to human health and ecosystems.
10    The Global Warming Potential value shall be provided in a
11manner that is consistent with criteria in an Environmental
12Product Declaration. Such information shall be used to
13acknowledge those companies that have invested in emissions
14reduction technologies and practices and to encourage other
15companies to take action to reduce emissions to become more
16competitive in the bidding process.