TITLE 44: GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, GRANTMAKING, PROCUREMENT, AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
SUBTITLE A: PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACT PROVISIONS
CHAPTER V: COMMISSION ON EQUITY AND INCLUSION
PART 30 BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM: CONTRACTING WITH BUSINESSES OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY MINORITIES, FEMALES AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (TRANSFERRED)
SECTION 30.205 PARTICIPATION ELIGIBILITY

Section 30.205 Participation Eligibility

a) Participation in any sheltered market solicitation shall be limited to BEP certified vendors.

b) The Council may choose which subgroups within the BEP certified vendor pool can participate in any sheltered market, on a case-by-case basis, based on evidence of racial, gender or disability-based discrimination.

c) Participating businesses shall make all books and records related to the performance of any sheltered market contract available for audit pursuant to Section 20-65 of the Illinois Procurement Code.

d) Any subcontractors utilized on a sheltered market procurement shall be BEP certified vendors.

(Recodified from Section 10.205 of 44 Ill. Adm. Code 10 (Central Management Services) pursuant to P.A. 101-657, at 47 Ill. Reg. 279)