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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 3-27.1 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 805/3-27.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-27.1)
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| Sec. 3-27.1. Contracts. To award all contracts for purchase |
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| of
supplies, materials or work involving an expenditure in |
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| excess of $25,000 or a lower amount as required by board policy |
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| to
the lowest responsible bidder considering conformity with |
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| specifications,
terms of delivery, quality, and |
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| serviceability; after due advertisement,
except the following: |
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| (a) contracts for the services of individuals
possessing a high |
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| degree of professional skill where the ability or fitness
of |
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| the individual plays an important part; (b) contracts for
the |
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| printing of finance committee reports and departmental |
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| reports; (c)
contracts for the printing or engraving of bonds, |
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| tax warrants and other
evidences of indebtedness; (d) contracts |
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| for materials and work which
have been awarded to the lowest |
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| responsible bidder after due advertisement,
but due to |
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| unforeseen revisions, not the fault of the contractor for
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| materials and work, must be revised causing expenditures not in |
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| excess of
10% of the contract price; (e) contracts for the |
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| maintenance or servicing
of, or provision of repair parts for, |
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| equipment which are made with the
manufacturer or authorized |
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| service agent of that equipment where the
provision of parts, |
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| maintenance, or servicing can best be performed by the
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| manufacturer or authorized service agent; (f) purchases and |
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| contracts for
the use, purchase, delivery, movement, or |
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| installation of data processing
equipment, software, or |
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| services and telecommunications and inter-connect
equipment, |
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| software, and services; (g) contracts for duplicating machines
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| and supplies; (h) contracts for the purchase of natural gas |
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| when the cost
is less than that offered by a public utility; |
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| (i) purchases of equipment
previously owned by some entity |
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| other than the district itself; (j)
contracts for repair, |
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| maintenance, remodeling, renovation, or construction,
or a |
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| single project involving an expenditure not to exceed $50,000 |
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| and not
involving a change or increase in the size, type, or |
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| extent of an existing
facility; (k) contracts for goods or |
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| services procured from another
governmental agency; (l) |
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| contracts for goods or services which are economically
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| procurable from only one source, such as for the purchase of |
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| magazines,
books, periodicals, pamphlets and reports, and for |
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| utility services such
as water, light, heat, telephone or |
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| telegraph; and (m) where funds are
expended in an emergency and |
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| such emergency expenditure is approved by 3/4
of the members of |
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| the board.
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| All competitive bids for contracts involving an |
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| expenditure in excess of
$25,000 or a lower amount as required |
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| by board policy must be sealed by the bidder and must be opened |
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| by a member or
employee of the board at a public bid opening at |
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| which the contents of the
bids must be announced. Each bidder |
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| must receive at least 3 days' notice of
the time and place of |
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| such bid opening. For purposes of this Section due
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| advertisement includes, but is not limited to, at least one |
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| public notice
at least 10 days before the bid date in a |
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| newspaper published in the
district, or if no newspaper is |
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| published in the district, in a newspaper
of general |
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| circulation in the area of the district. Electronic bid |
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| submissions shall be considered a sealed document for |
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| competitive bid requests if they are received at the designated |
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| office by the time and date set for receipt for bids. However, |
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| bids for construction purposes are prohibited from being |
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| submitted electronically. Electronic bid submissions must be |
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| authorized by specific language in the bid documents in order |
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| to be considered and must be opened in accordance with |
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| electronic security measures in effect at the community college |
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| at the time of opening. Unless the electronic submission |
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| procedures provide for a secure receipt, the vendor assumes the |
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| risk of premature disclosure due to submission in an unsealed |
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| form.
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| The provisions of this Section do not apply to guaranteed |
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| energy savings
contracts entered into under Article V-A.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-990, eff. 10-3-08.)
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