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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 3-27.1 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 805/3-27.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-27.1)
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| Sec. 3-27.1. Contracts. To award all contracts for purchase |
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| of
supplies, materials or work involving an expenditure in |
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| excess of $10,000 to
the lowest responsible bidder considering |
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| conformity with specifications,
terms of delivery, quality, |
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| and serviceability; after due advertisement,
except the |
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| following: (a) contracts for the services of individuals
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| possessing a high degree of professional skill where the |
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| ability or fitness
of the individual plays an important part; |
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| (b) contracts for
the printing of finance committee reports and |
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| departmental reports; (c)
contracts for the printing or |
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| engraving of bonds, tax warrants and other
evidences of |
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| indebtedness; (d) contracts for materials and work which
have |
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| been awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after due |
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| advertisement,
but due to unforeseen revisions, not the fault |
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| of the contractor for
materials and work, must be revised |
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| causing expenditures not in excess of
10% of the contract |
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| price; (e) contracts for the maintenance or servicing
of, or |
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| provision of repair parts for, equipment which are made with |
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| the
manufacturer or authorized service agent of that equipment |
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| where the
provision of parts, maintenance, or servicing can |
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| best be performed by the
manufacturer or authorized service |
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| agent; (f) purchases and contracts for
the use, purchase, |
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| delivery, movement, or installation of data processing
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| equipment, software, or services and telecommunications and |
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| inter-connect
equipment, software, and services; (g) contracts |
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| for duplicating machines
and supplies; (h) contracts for the |
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| purchase of natural gas when the cost
is less than that offered |
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| by a public utility; (i) purchases of equipment
previously |
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| owned by some entity other than the district itself; (j)
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| contracts for repair, maintenance, remodeling, renovation, or |
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| construction,
or a single project involving an expenditure not |
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| to exceed $15,000 and not
involving a change or increase in the |
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| size, type, or extent of an existing
facility; (k) contracts |
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| for goods or services procured from another
governmental |
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| agency; (l) contracts for goods or services which are |
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| economically
procurable from only one source, such as for the |
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| purchase of magazines,
books, periodicals, pamphlets and |
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| reports, and for utility services such
as water, light, heat, |
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| telephone or telegraph; and (m) where funds are
expended in an |
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| emergency and such emergency expenditure is approved by 3/4
of |
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| the members of the board; and (n) any contract for which the |
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| board, by a vote of two-thirds of its members then holding |
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| office, authorizes a contract preference to a bidder other than |
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| the lowest responsible bidder, provided that the preferred |
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| bidder (i) has submitted a bid that is no more than 5% higher |
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| than the lowest bid, (ii) has its principal place of business |
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| within the district, and (iii) is otherwise responsible and the |
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| award of the contract is accompanied by a specific finding of |
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| the reason for such an award in the minutes of the board |
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| meeting in which the contract is awarded.
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| All competitive bids for contracts involving an |
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| expenditure in excess of
$10,000 must be sealed by the bidder |
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| and must be opened by a member or
employee of the board at a |
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| public bid opening at which the contents of the
bids must be |
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| announced. Each bidder must receive at least 3 days' notice of
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| the time and place of such bid opening. For purposes of this |
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| Section due
advertisement includes, but is not limited to, at |
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| least one public notice
at least 10 days before the bid date in |
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| a newspaper published in the
district, or if no newspaper is |
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| published in the district, in a newspaper
of general |
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| circulation in the area of the district.
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| The provisions of this Section do not apply to guaranteed |
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| energy savings
contracts entered into under Article V-A.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-1023; 88-173.)
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