(70 ILCS 1807/40)
Sec. 40.
Procedure for leases or contracts for operation of warehouses
and storage facilities. All leases or other contracts for operation of any
public
warehouse or public grain elevator to which this Section is applicable owned or
otherwise controlled by the district shall be governed by the following
procedures.
Notice shall be given by the district that bids will be received for the
operation of the
public warehouse or public grain elevator. This notice shall state the time
within which
and the place where bids may be submitted, the time and place of opening of
bids,
and shall be published not more than 30 days
nor less than 15 days in advance of the first
day for the submission of bids in any one or more newspapers designated by the
district
that have a general circulation within the district. The notice shall specify
sufficient
data of the proposed operation to enable bidders to understand the scope of the
operation; provided, however, that contracts that by their nature are not
adapted to award
by competitive bidding, such as contracts for the services of individuals
possessing a
high degree of personal skill, contracts for the purchase or binding of
magazines,
books, periodicals, pamphlets, reports, and similar articles, and contracts for
utility
services such as water, light, heat, telephone, or telegraph, shall not be
subject to the
competitive bidding requirements of this Section,
but may not be awarded without the
affirmative vote of 3/5ths of the Board.
The Board may, by ordinance, promulgate reasonable regulations prescribing
the qualifications of the bidders as to experience, adequacy of equipment,
ability to
complete performance within the time set, and other factors in addition to
financial
responsibility, and may, by ordinance, provide for suitable performance
guaranties to
qualify a bid. Copies of all regulations shall be made available to all
bidders.
The district may determine in advance the minimum rental that should be
produced by the public warehouse or public grain elevator offered and, if no
qualified
bid will produce the minimum rental, all bids may be rejected and the district
shall then
readvertise for bids. If after the readvertisement no responsible and
satisfactory bid
within the terms of the advertisement is received, the district may then
negotiate a
lease for not less than the amount of minimum
rental so determined. If, after negotiating
for a lease as provided in this Section, it is found necessary to revise the
minimum
rental to be produced by the facilities offered for lease, then the district
shall again
readvertise for bids, as provided in this Section, before negotiating a lease.
If the district shall temporarily operate any public warehouse or public
grain
elevator as provided in Section 35, the temporary operation shall not continue
for more
than one year without advertising for bids for the operation of the facility as
provided in
this Section.
(Source: P.A. 93-262, eff. 7-22-03.)
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