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1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by |
5 | | changing Section 3-27.1 as follows:
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6 | | (110 ILCS 805/3-27.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-27.1)
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7 | | Sec. 3-27.1. Contracts. To award all contracts for purchase |
8 | | of
supplies, materials or work involving an expenditure in |
9 | | excess of $25,000 or a lower amount as required by board policy |
10 | | to
the lowest responsible bidder considering conformity with |
11 | | specifications,
terms of delivery, quality, and |
12 | | serviceability; after due advertisement,
except the following: |
13 | | (a) contracts for the services of individuals
possessing a high |
14 | | degree of professional skill where the ability or fitness
of |
15 | | the individual plays an important part; (b) contracts for
the |
16 | | printing of finance committee reports and departmental |
17 | | reports; (c)
contracts for the printing or engraving of bonds, |
18 | | tax warrants and other
evidences of indebtedness; (d) contracts |
19 | | for materials and work which
have been awarded to the lowest |
20 | | responsible bidder after due advertisement,
but due to |
21 | | unforeseen revisions, not the fault of the contractor for
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22 | | materials and work, must be revised causing expenditures not in |
23 | | excess of
10% of the contract price; (e) contracts for the |
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1 | | maintenance or servicing
of, or provision of repair parts for, |
2 | | equipment which are made with the
manufacturer or authorized |
3 | | service agent of that equipment where the
provision of parts, |
4 | | maintenance, or servicing can best be performed by the
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5 | | manufacturer or authorized service agent; (f) purchases and |
6 | | contracts for
the use, purchase, delivery, movement, or |
7 | | installation of data processing
equipment, software, or |
8 | | services and telecommunications and inter-connect
equipment, |
9 | | software, and services; (g) contracts for duplicating machines
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10 | | and supplies; (h) contracts for the purchase of natural gas |
11 | | when the cost
is less than that offered by a public utility; |
12 | | (i) purchases of equipment
previously owned by some entity |
13 | | other than the district itself; (j)
contracts for repair, |
14 | | maintenance, remodeling, renovation, or construction,
or a |
15 | | single project involving an expenditure not to exceed $50,000 |
16 | | and not
involving a change or increase in the size, type, or |
17 | | extent of an existing
facility; (k) contracts for goods or |
18 | | services procured from another
governmental agency; (l) |
19 | | contracts for goods or services which are economically
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20 | | procurable from only one source, such as for the purchase of |
21 | | magazines,
books, periodicals, pamphlets and reports, and for |
22 | | utility services such
as water, light, heat, telephone or |
23 | | telegraph; and (m) where funds are
expended in an emergency and |
24 | | such emergency expenditure is approved by 3/4
of the members of |
25 | | the board ; and (n) contracts for the purchase of perishable |
26 | | foods and perishable beverages .
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1 | | All competitive bids for contracts involving an |
2 | | expenditure in excess of
$25,000 or a lower amount as required |
3 | | by board policy must be sealed by the bidder and must be opened |
4 | | by a member or
employee of the board at a public bid opening at |
5 | | which the contents of the
bids must be announced. Each bidder |
6 | | must receive at least 3 days' notice of
the time and place of |
7 | | such bid opening. For purposes of this Section due
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8 | | advertisement includes, but is not limited to, at least one |
9 | | public notice
at least 10 days before the bid date in a |
10 | | newspaper published in the
district, or if no newspaper is |
11 | | published in the district, in a newspaper
of general |
12 | | circulation in the area of the district. Electronic bid |
13 | | submissions shall be considered a sealed document for |
14 | | competitive bid requests if they are received at the designated |
15 | | office by the time and date set for receipt for bids. However, |
16 | | bids for construction purposes are prohibited from being |
17 | | submitted electronically. Electronic bid submissions must be |
18 | | authorized by specific language in the bid documents in order |
19 | | to be considered and must be opened in accordance with |
20 | | electronic security measures in effect at the community college |
21 | | at the time of opening. Unless the electronic submission |
22 | | procedures provide for a secure receipt, the vendor assumes the |
23 | | risk of premature disclosure due to submission in an unsealed |
24 | | form.
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25 | | The provisions of this Section do not apply to guaranteed |
26 | | energy savings
contracts entered into under Article V-A. The |
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1 | | provisions of this Section do not prevent a community college |
2 | | from complying with the terms and conditions of a grant, gift, |
3 | | or bequest that calls for the procurement of a particular good |
4 | | or service, provided that the grant, gift, or bequest provides |
5 | | all funding for the contract, complies with all applicable |
6 | | laws, and does not interfere with or otherwise impair any |
7 | | collective bargaining agreements the community college may |
8 | | have with labor organizations.
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9 | | (Source: P.A. 96-380, eff. 8-13-09; 97-1031, eff. 8-17-12.)
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