Section 4.5011  Debt Delinquency

a)         No person shall submit a bid or offer for or enter into a contract or subcontract under this Code, or make a submission to a vendor portal if that person knows or should know that he or she or any affiliate is delinquent in the payment of any debt to the State, unless the person or affiliate has entered into a deferred payment plan to pay off the debt.  [30 ILCS 500/50-11(a)]  For purposes of this Section, terms shall have the meanings ascribed in Section 50-11 of the Code.

b)         Every bid and offer submitted to the State, every vendor's submission to a vendor portal, every contract executed by the State, and every subcontract subject to Section 20-120 of the Code shall contain a certification by the contractor or subcontractor, respectively, that the bidder, offeror, respondent, potential contractor, contractor or subcontractor and its affiliate is not barred from being awarded a contract or subcontract under this Section and acknowledges that the CPO-HE  may declare the related contract void if any of the certifications required by this Section are false. If the false certification is made by a subcontractor, then the contractor's submitted bid and the executed contract may not be declared void, unless the contractor refuses to terminate the subcontract upon the State's request after a finding that the subcontractor's certification was false. [30 ILCS 50-11(b)]

(Source:  Amended at 43 Ill. Reg. 1781, effective February 15, 2019)