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90_HB1018eng
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 and references in the Act to "State
13 agency" shall mean "county" and references to the "Department
14 of Central Management Services" shall mean the "county
15 board". Notwithstanding any provision of the Illinois
16 Purchasing Act, any purchase by a county of services,
17 materials, equipment, or supplies in excess of $10,000, other
18 than professional services, shall be contracted for by a
19 competitive selection procedure.
20 (Source: P.A. 87-1208; 88-150.)