SB2724sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Willie Preston

Filed: 2/26/2024

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2724

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2724 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by adding Section 55-30 as follows:

(30 ILCS 500/55-30 new)

Sec. 55-30. Value-added resellers.

(a) If a public institution of higher education or a State agency uses a value-added reseller for the purchase of any information technology hardware under this Code, then that public institution of higher education or State agency may require the value-added reseller to include in its bid an attestation from the manufacturer of the goods stating that the manufacturer offers the goods for sale to all value-added resellers at substantially the same terms that apply to the bidder's purchase of the goods from the manufacturer, including price, discounts, commissions, rebates, and other incentives that impact the consideration paid for the goods. If the public institution of higher education or State agency imposes such a requirement, then the specifications for the bid must clearly include this requirement.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Innovation and Technology and the University of Illinois must each include the requirements set forth in subsection (a) when making at least one procurement of information technology hardware during State fiscal year 2025.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the agency or public institution of higher education may decline to award the bid to the value-added reseller if the agency or public institution of higher education determines that the price is not competitive.

(d) As used in this Section:

"Information technology hardware" means laptops, desktops, tablets, monitors, docking stations, telephones, headsets, cable cords, computers, servers, and wires.

"Public institution of higher education" has the meaning given to that term in Section 1-13.

"Value-added reseller" means a company that resells information technology hardware and provides value, such as installation services, software, or service contracts, in addition to the original order fulfillment.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".