Public Act 095-0992
 		





SB2327 Re-Enrolled
LRB095 19691 BDD 46045 b






    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services 
Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by 
adding Section 405-515 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 405/405-515 new)

    Sec. 405-515. High-Volume Transaction Processing System 
study.
    (a) As used in this Act:
    "Department" means the Department of Central Management 
Services. 
    "High-Volume Transaction Processing System (HVTPS)" means 
a computer, or designated network of computers, that, in daily 
operations (i) supports, or is capable of supporting, more than 
15,000,000 transactions per hour and (ii) is used for critical 
computing needs, including, but not limited to, bulk data 
processing, transaction processing, resource planning, 
statistic generation, process monitoring, and process 
modeling. "HVTPS" also includes the applications, operating 
systems, and other support software, hardware add-ons, and 
maintenance services required by a system. 
    "Overall value" is to be derived from factors including, 
but not limited to, total cost of ownership, the quality of the 
hardware, software, or services to be delivered by the 
contractor, the contractor's responsiveness and account 
service record, and the contractor's willingness to share risk. 
    (b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall study 
the cost of and the State's current use of and reliance on 
HVTPS.  The study shall consider, without limitation: 
        (1) The nature of the operations supported by existing 
    HVTPS, including the State's need to conduct those 
    operations in a reliable, secure, scalable, and 
    end-user-friendly manner. 
        (2) For existing HVTPS, employee costs, one-time 
    charges, recurring charges, and average maintenance 
    charges associated with the components of an HVTPS. 
        (3) For existing HVTPS, the State's reliance on 
    non-employees for system maintenance and support, and the 
    feasibility of having those functions performed by State 
    employees, new or existing. 
        (4) An assessment of the overall value of existing 
    HVTPS to the State. 
        (5) Whether HVTPS of comparable capacity and 
    performance characteristics are available in the 
    marketplace and, if not, in what manner the marketplace is 
    failing to offer such comparable systems. 
        (6) If comparable HVTPS exist in the marketplace, the 
    study must indicate what good-faith estimates exist for 
    cost components that are comparable to those identified in 
    item (2) of this subsection. 
        (7) If comparable HVTPS exist in the marketplace, the 
    feasibility of having system maintenance and support 
    functions performed by State employees. 
        (8) The study shall include public comments from 
    stakeholders and available case studies. 
    (c) The Department shall report to the Governor and the 
General Assembly no later than 6 months after the completion of 
the study.  Sensitive or confidential material, such as 
technical trade secrets (excluding pricing), may be redacted 
from the public version of the report.