SB2690eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB2690 Engrossed LRB095 05589 NHT 25679 b

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by changing Section 3-27.1 as follows:

(110 ILCS 805/3-27.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-27.1)

Sec. 3-27.1. Contracts. To award all contracts for purchase of supplies, materials or work involving an expenditure in excess of $10,000 to the lowest responsible bidder considering conformity with specifications, terms of delivery, quality, and serviceability; after due advertisement, except the following: (a) contracts for the services of individuals possessing a high degree of professional skill where the ability or fitness of the individual plays an important part; (b) contracts for the printing of finance committee reports and departmental reports; (c) contracts for the printing or engraving of bonds, tax warrants and other evidences of indebtedness; (d) contracts for materials and work which have been awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after due advertisement, but due to unforeseen revisions, not the fault of the contractor for materials and work, must be revised causing expenditures not in excess of 10% of the contract price; (e) contracts for the maintenance or servicing of, or provision of repair parts for, equipment which are made with the manufacturer or authorized service agent of that equipment where the provision of parts, maintenance, or servicing can best be performed by the manufacturer or authorized service agent; (f) purchases and contracts for the use, purchase, delivery, movement, or installation of data processing equipment, software, or services and telecommunications and inter-connect equipment, software, and services; (g) contracts for duplicating machines and supplies; (h) contracts for the purchase of natural gas when the cost is less than that offered by a public utility; (i) purchases of equipment previously owned by some entity other than the district itself; (j) contracts for repair, maintenance, remodeling, renovation, or construction, or a single project involving an expenditure not to exceed $15,000 and not involving a change or increase in the size, type, or extent of an existing facility; (k) contracts for goods or services procured from another governmental agency; (l) contracts for goods or services which are economically procurable from only one source, such as for the purchase of magazines, books, periodicals, pamphlets and reports, and for utility services such as water, light, heat, telephone or telegraph; and (m) where funds are expended in an emergency and such emergency expenditure is approved by 3/4 of the members of the board; and (n) any contract for which the board, by a vote of two-thirds of its members then holding office, authorizes a contract preference to a bidder other than the lowest responsible bidder, provided that the preferred bidder (i) has submitted a bid that is no more than 5% higher than the lowest bid, (ii) has its principal place of business within the district, and (iii) is otherwise responsible and the award of the contract is accompanied by a specific finding of the reason for such an award in the minutes of the board meeting in which the contract is awarded.

All competitive bids for contracts involving an expenditure in excess of $10,000 must be sealed by the bidder and must be opened by a member or employee of the board at a public bid opening at which the contents of the bids must be announced. Each bidder must receive at least 3 days' notice of the time and place of such bid opening. For purposes of this Section due advertisement includes, but is not limited to, at least one public notice at least 10 days before the bid date in a newspaper published in the district, or if no newspaper is published in the district, in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the district.

The provisions of this Section do not apply to guaranteed energy savings contracts entered into under Article V-A.

(Source: P.A. 87-1023; 88-173.)