House Sponsors: SCHOENBERG AND LANG. Short description: CREATE STATE PROCUREMENT CODE Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Creates the Illinois Procurement Code. Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act and repeals various Acts and Sections of Acts governing State purchasing. Provides for the purchasing of supplies, services, and construction and the leasing of real property and capital improvements by the State. Establishes a Procurement Policy Board appointed by the Governor to develop procurement policies and rules to be implemented by a Chief Procurement Officer appointed by the Board. Grants general procurement authority to 16 State purchasing officers appointed by State officers of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches and the governing boards of State colleges and universities. Permits delegation of procurement authority under certain circumstances. Grants procurement authority for professional or artistic services to individual State entities. Grants procurement authority for construction to the Capital Development Board, the Department of Transportation, the Illinois Toll Highway Authority, and agencies otherwise authorized to enter construction contracts. Makes competitive sealed bidding the required method of source selection, with exceptions for procurements of a small, emergency, or sole source nature or as permitted by rule of the Procurement Policy Board. Requires publication of an Illinois Procurement Bulletin. Provides for procurement preferences, contract requirements, auditing, prohibitions, and penalties. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (DCMS) Estimated implementation cost is $2,563,000, including 32 new employees. Estimated Procurement Bulletin cost of $1,000,384 would result in an annual subscription fee of approximately $40.62 for each of the estimated 24,000 vendors. FISCAL NOTE, REVISED (CMS) Estimated implementation cost is $3,092,659, including 41 new employees. The purchase option requirement is expected to in- crease State lease costs; for every %age increase, State expen- ditures will increase by $937,000. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 99-01-12 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status