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90_HB1018

      55 ILCS 5/5-1022          from Ch. 34, par. 5-1022
          Amends the Counties Code.  Allows a county to  adopt  the
      Illinois Purchasing Act by ordinance.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Counties Code by changing Section
 2    5-1022.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Counties  Code  is amended by changing
 6    Section 5-1022 as follows:
 7        (55 ILCS 5/5-1022) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1022)
 8        Sec. 5-1022. Competitive bids.
 9        (a)  Any purchase by a county with fewer  than  2,000,000
10    inhabitants  of services, materials, equipment or supplies in
11    excess of $10,000, other than professional services, shall be
12    contracted for in one of the following ways:
13             (1)  by a contract let  to  the  lowest  responsible
14        bidder   after   advertising  for  bids  in  a  newspaper
15        published within  the  county  or,  if  no  newspaper  is
16        published  within  the  county,  then  a newspaper having
17        general circulation within the county; or
18             (2)  by a contract let without advertising for  bids
19        in  the  case of an emergency if authorized by the county
20        board.
21        (b)  In determining the lowest  responsible  bidder,  the
22    county  board  shall take into consideration the qualities of
23    the   articles   supplied;   their   conformity   with    the
24    specifications;  their suitability to the requirements of the
25    county, availability of support services; uniqueness  of  the
26    service,  materials,  equipment, or supplies as it applies to
27    networked,  integrated  computer  systems;  compatibility  to
28    existing equipment; and the delivery terms.  The county board
29    also may take  into  consideration  whether  a  bidder  is  a
30    private  enterprise  or  a  State-controlled  enterprise and,
31    notwithstanding any other provision  of  this  Section  or  a
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 1    lower  bid  by  a  State-controlled  enterprise,  may  let  a
 2    contract  to  the lowest responsible bidder that is a private
 3    enterprise.
 4        (c)  This Section does not apply to contracts by a county
 5    with  the  federal  government  or  to  purchases   of   used
 6    equipment, purchases at auction or similar transactions which
 7    by  their  very  nature are not suitable to competitive bids,
 8    pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the county board.
 9        (d)  A county may adopt the Illinois  Purchasing  Act  by
10    ordinance.   If  a county adopts the Illinois Purchasing Act,
11    in full or in part, that  county  shall  be  subject  to  the
12    provisions of that Act.
13    (Source: P.A. 87-1208; 88-150.)

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