Full Text of SB0277 96th General Assembly
SB0277eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 | 5 |
| 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 | 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 |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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.
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| All competitive bids for contracts involving an |
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| expenditure in excess of
$25,000 or a lower amount as required | 2 |
| by board policy must be sealed by the bidder and must be opened | 3 |
| by a member or
employee of the board at a public bid opening at | 4 |
| which the contents of the
bids must be announced. Each bidder | 5 |
| must receive at least 3 days' notice of
the time and place of | 6 |
| such bid opening. For purposes of this Section due
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| advertisement includes, but is not limited to, at least one | 8 |
| public notice
at least 10 days before the bid date in a | 9 |
| newspaper published in the
district, or if no newspaper is | 10 |
| published in the district, in a newspaper
of general | 11 |
| circulation in the area of the district. Electronic bid | 12 |
| submissions shall be considered a sealed document for | 13 |
| competitive bid requests if they are received at the designated | 14 |
| office by the time and date set for receipt for bids. However, | 15 |
| bids for construction purposes are prohibited from being | 16 |
| submitted electronically. Electronic bid submissions must be | 17 |
| authorized by specific language in the bid documents in order | 18 |
| to be considered and must be opened in accordance with | 19 |
| electronic security measures in effect at the community college | 20 |
| at the time of opening. Unless the electronic submission | 21 |
| procedures provide for a secure receipt, the vendor assumes the | 22 |
| risk of premature disclosure due to submission in an unsealed | 23 |
| form.
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| The provisions of this Section do not apply to guaranteed | 25 |
| energy savings
contracts entered into under Article V-A.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-990, eff. 10-3-08.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 |
| becoming law.
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