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90_SB0534
70 ILCS 2605/11.3 from Ch. 42, par. 331.3
70 ILCS 2605/11.6 from Ch. 42, par. 331.6
70 ILCS 2605/11.7 from Ch. 42, par. 331.7
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act.
Provides the purchase orders or contracts in excess of
$20,000 (now $10,000) for materials, equipment, or supplies
shall be let by competitive bidding. Provides that purchase
orders or contracts for materials, equipment, or supplies
involving amounts of $20,000 (now $10,000) or less, or
purchase orders or contracts for labor, services or work,
construction, the lease or sale of personal property or the
granting of any concession involving amounts of $10,000 or
less shall be let by a Purchasing Agent soliciting bids from
at least 3 vendors (now let in the open market in a manner
calculated to insure the best interests of the public).
Provides that officials and employees making requests for
purchases shall not split or otherwise partition those
requests (now any undertaking involving amounts in excess of
$10,000) for the purpose of evading the competitive bidding
requirements. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
2 District Act by changing Sections 11.3, 11.6, and 11.7.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
6 Act is amended by changing Sections 11.3, 11.6, and 11.7 as
7 follows:
8 (70 ILCS 2605/11.3) (from Ch. 42, par. 331.3)
9 Sec. 11.3. Except as provided in Sections 11.4 and 11.5,
10 all purchase orders or contracts involving amounts in excess
11 of $10,000 and made by or on behalf of the sanitary district
12 for labor, services or work, construction, the purchase,
13 lease or sale of personal property, materials, equipment or
14 supplies, or the granting of any concession, shall be let by
15 free and open competitive bidding after advertisement, to the
16 lowest responsible bidder or to the highest responsible
17 bidder, as the case may be, depending upon whether the
18 sanitary district is to expend or receive money.
19 Except as provided in Sections 11.4 and 11.5, all
20 purchase orders or contracts involving amounts in excess of
21 $20,000 and made by or on behalf of the sanitary district for
22 materials, equipment, or supplies shall be let by free and
23 open competitive bidding after advertisement.
24 All purchase orders or contracts that involve amounts of
25 $10,000 or less for labor, services or work, construction,
26 the lease or sale of personal property, or the granting of
27 any concession shall be let by the Purchasing Agent
28 soliciting bids from at least 3 vendors.
29 All purchase orders or contracts involving amounts of
30 $20,000 or less for materials, equipment, or supplies shall
31 be let by the Purchasing Agent soliciting bids from at least
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1 3 vendors.
2 All such purchase orders or contracts which shall involve
3 amounts of $10,000 or less, shall also be let in the manner
4 prescribed above whenever practicable, except that after
5 solicitation of bids, such purchase orders or contracts may
6 be let in the open market, in a manner calculated to insure
7 the best interests of the public. The provisions of this
8 Section are subject to any contrary provisions contained in
9 "An Act concerning the use of Illinois Mined Coal Act in
10 certain plants and institutions", filed July 13, 1937, as
11 heretofore and hereafter amended.
12 Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, the
13 sanitary district is expressly authorized to establish such
14 procedures as it deems appropriate to comply with state or
15 federal regulations as to affirmative action and the
16 utilization of small and minority businesses in construction
17 and procurement contracts.
18 (Source: P.A. 83-835.)
19 (70 ILCS 2605/11.6) (from Ch. 42, par. 331.6)
20 Sec. 11.6. The head of each department shall notify the
21 purchasing agent of those officers and employees authorized
22 to sign requests for purchases. Requests for purchases shall
23 be void unless executed by an authorized officer or employee
24 and approved by the purchasing agent. Requests for purchases
25 may be executed, approved and signed manually or
26 electronically.
27 Officials and employees making requests for purchases
28 shall not split or otherwise partition those requests for the
29 purpose of evading the competitive bidding requirements of
30 this Act, any undertaking involving amounts in excess of
31 $10,000.
32 (Source: P.A. 87-1125.)
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1 (70 ILCS 2605/11.7) (from Ch. 42, par. 331.7)
2 Sec. 11.7. All proposals to award purchase orders or
3 contracts involving amounts in excess of $10,000 for labor,
4 service or work, construction, the lease or sale of personal
5 property, or the granting of any concession and all proposals
6 to award purchase orders or contracts involving amounts in
7 excess of $20,000 for furnishing materials, equipment, or
8 supplies All proposals to award purchase orders or contracts
9 involving amounts in excess of $10,000 shall be published at
10 least 12 calendar days in advance of the date announced for
11 the receiving of bids, in a secular English language
12 newspaper of general circulation in said sanitary district
13 and shall be posted simultaneously on readily accessible
14 bulletin boards in the principal office of the sanitary
15 district. Nothing contained in this section shall be
16 construed to prohibit the placing of additional
17 advertisements in recognized trade journals. Advertisements
18 for bids shall describe the character of the proposed
19 contract or agreement in sufficient detail either in the
20 advertisement itself or by reference to plans, specifications
21 or other detail on file at the time of publication of the
22 first announcement, to enable the bidders to know what their
23 obligation will be. The advertisement shall also state the
24 date, time and place assigned for the opening of bids. No
25 bids shall be received at any time subsequent to the time
26 indicated in the announcement; however, an extension of time
27 may be granted for the opening of such bids upon publication
28 in the same newspaper of general circulation in said sanitary
29 district stating the date to which bid opening has been
30 extended. The time of the extended bid opening shall not be
31 less than 5 days after publication, Sundays and legal
32 holidays excluded.
33 Cash, cashier's check or a certified check payable to the
34 clerk and drawn upon a bank, as a deposit of good faith, in a
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1 reasonable amount not in excess of 10% of the contract
2 amount, may be required of each bidder by the purchasing
3 agent on all bids involving amounts in excess of $10,000. If
4 a deposit is required, the advertisement for bids shall so
5 specify. Instead of a deposit, the purchasing agent may
6 allow the use of a bid bond if the bond is issued by a surety
7 company that is listed in the Federal Register and is
8 authorized to do business in the State of Illinois.
9 (Source: P.A. 89-89, eff. 6-30-95.)
10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11 becoming law.