Sen. Larry K. Bomke

Filed: 3/11/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2887

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2887 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5 changing Section 40-20 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 500/40-20)
7     Sec. 40-20. Request for information.
8     (a) Conditions for use. Leases shall be procured by request
9 for information except as otherwise provided in Section 40-15.
10     (b) Form. A request for information shall be issued and
11 shall include:
12         (1) the type of property to be leased;
13         (2) the proposed uses of the property;
14         (3) the duration of the lease;
15         (4) the preferred location of the property; and
16         (5) a general description of the configuration

 

 

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1     desired.
2     (c) Public notice. Public notice of the request for
3 information for the availability of real property to lease
4 shall be published in the appropriate volume of the Illinois
5 Procurement Bulletin at least 14 days before the date set forth
6 in the request for receipt of responses and shall also be
7 published in similar manner in a newspaper of general
8 circulation in the community or communities where the using
9 agency is seeking space.
10     (d) Response. The request for information response shall
11 consist of written information sufficient to show that the
12 respondent can meet minimum criteria set forth in the request.
13 State purchasing officers may enter into discussions with
14 respondents for the purpose of clarifying State needs and the
15 information supplied by the respondents. On the basis of the
16 information supplied and discussions, if any, a State
17 purchasing officer shall make a written determination
18 identifying the responses that meet the minimum criteria set
19 forth in the request for information. Negotiations shall be
20 entered into with all qualified respondents for the purpose of
21 securing a lease that is in the best interest of the State. A
22 written report of the negotiations shall be retained in the
23 lease files and shall include the reasons for the final
24 selection. All leases shall be reduced to writing; one copy
25 shall be filed with the Comptroller and filed in accordance
26 with the provisions of Section 20-80, and one copy shall be

 

 

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1 filed with the Board.
2     When the lowest response by price is not selected, the
3 State purchasing officer shall forward to the chief procurement
4 officer, along with the lease, notice of the identity of the
5 lowest respondent by price and written reasons for the
6 selection of a different response. The chief procurement
7 officer shall publish the written reasons in the next volume of
8 the Illinois Procurement Bulletin.
9     (e) Board review. Upon receipt of any proposed lease of
10 real property of 10,000 or more square feet with annual rent
11 payments of $100,000 or more, the Procurement Policy Board
12 shall have 30 days to review the proposed lease. If the Board
13 does not object in writing within those 30 days, then the
14 proposed lease shall become effective according to its terms as
15 submitted. The leasing agency shall make any and all materials
16 available to the Board to assist in the review process.
17 (Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)".