Sen. Larry K. Bomke
Filed: 3/11/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2887




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2887 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended  by 
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changing Section 40-20 as follows:
 
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    (30 ILCS 500/40-20)
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    Sec. 40-20. Request for information. 
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    (a) Conditions for use.  Leases shall be procured by request

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for information except as
otherwise provided in Section 40-15.
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    (b) Form.  A request for information shall be issued and

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shall include:
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        (1) the type of property to be leased;
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        (2) the proposed uses of the property;
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        (3) the duration of the lease;
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        (4) the preferred location of the property; and
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        (5) a general description of the configuration 
 


 






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    desired.
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    (c) Public notice.  Public notice of the request for

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information for the availability of real
property to lease 
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shall be published in the appropriate volume of the Illinois

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Procurement Bulletin at least 14 days before
the date set forth 
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in the request for receipt of responses and
shall also be 
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published in similar
manner in a newspaper of general 
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circulation in the community or
communities where the using

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agency is seeking space.
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    (d) Response.  The request for information response shall

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consist of written information
sufficient to show that the 
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respondent can meet minimum criteria
set forth in the request.  
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State
purchasing officers may enter into discussions with 
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respondents
for the purpose of clarifying
State needs and the 
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information supplied by the respondents.  On
the basis of the 
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information
supplied and discussions, if any, a State 
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purchasing officer shall
make a written determination

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identifying the responses that meet the minimum criteria set 
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forth
in the request for information.
Negotiations shall be 
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entered into with all qualified respondents
for the purpose of 
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securing a
lease that is in the best interest of the State.  A 
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written report
of the negotiations shall be
retained in the 
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lease files and shall include the reasons for the
final 
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selection.  All leases shall
be reduced to writing; one copy 
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shall be filed with the Comptroller and filed in accordance 
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with the provisions
of Section 20-80, and one copy shall be 
 


 






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filed with the Board.
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    When the lowest response by price is not selected, the 
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State purchasing
officer shall forward to the chief procurement 
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officer, along with the lease,
notice of the identity of the 
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lowest respondent by price and written reasons
for the 
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selection of a different response.  The chief procurement 
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officer shall
publish the written reasons in the next volume of 
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the Illinois Procurement
Bulletin.
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    (e) Board review.  Upon receipt of any proposed lease of 
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real property of 10,000 or more square feet with annual rent 
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payments of $100,000 or more, the Procurement Policy Board 
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shall have 30 days to review the proposed lease.  If the Board 
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does not object in writing within those 30 days, then the 
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proposed lease shall become effective according to its terms as 
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submitted.   The leasing agency shall make any and all materials 
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available to the Board to assist in the review process. 
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(Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)".