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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2297 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that a State agency or public institution of higher education may request that certain procurements be designated as continuous improvement procurements. |
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| | SB2297 | | LRB104 10177 HLH 20249 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning finance.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 20-17 as follows:
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| 6 | | (30 ILCS 500/20-17 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 20-17. Continuous improvement procurements. |
| 8 | | (a) To promote broader inclusion of small and diverse |
| 9 | | firms, a State agency or public institution of higher |
| 10 | | education may request that certain procurements be designated |
| 11 | | as continuous improvement procurements. |
| 12 | | (b) Once a procurement is designated as a continuous |
| 13 | | improvement procurement, the State agency or public |
| 14 | | institution of higher education may resolicit the defined |
| 15 | | services no sooner than every 6 months but shall, at minimum, |
| 16 | | resolicit the defined services at least annually during the |
| 17 | | term of the award. |
| 18 | | (c) Awarded respondents awarded during the initial |
| 19 | | solicitation shall be awarded through the term of the award |
| 20 | | unless self-electing to be removed from the award. |
| 21 | | (d) A State agency or public institution of higher |
| 22 | | education shall use the same evaluation criteria established |
| 23 | | at the initial publication for all subsequent resolicitations. |