Bill Text: IL HB3739 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Procurement Code. Provides that the lease procurement process shall begin at least 3 months in advance of the desired start date of the lease.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3739 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB3739-Introduced.html
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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,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 40-20 as follows:
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| 6 | (30 ILCS 500/40-20)
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| 7 | Sec. 40-20. Request for information.
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| 8 | (a) Conditions for use. Leases shall be procured by request
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| 9 | for information except as
otherwise provided in Section 40-15. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | The lease procurement process shall begin at least 3 months in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | advance of the desire start date of the lease.
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| 12 | (b) Form. A request for information shall be issued and
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| 13 | shall include:
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| 14 | (1) the type of property to be leased;
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| 15 | (2) the proposed uses of the property;
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| 16 | (3) the duration of the lease;
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| 17 | (4) the preferred location of the property; and
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| 18 | (5) a general description of the configuration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | desired.
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| 20 | (c) Public notice. Public notice of the request for
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| 21 | information for the availability of real
property to lease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | shall be published in the appropriate volume of the Illinois
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| 23 | Procurement Bulletin at least 14 calendar days before
the date | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | set forth in the request for receipt of responses and
shall | ||||||
| 2 | also be published in similar
manner in a newspaper of general | ||||||
| 3 | circulation in the community or
communities where the using
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| 4 | agency is seeking space.
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| 5 | (d) Response. The request for information response shall
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| 6 | consist of written information
sufficient to show that the | ||||||
| 7 | respondent can meet minimum criteria
set forth in the request. | ||||||
| 8 | State
purchasing officers may enter into discussions with | ||||||
| 9 | respondents
for the purpose of clarifying
State needs and the | ||||||
| 10 | information supplied by the respondents. On
the basis of the | ||||||
| 11 | information
supplied and discussions, if any, a State | ||||||
| 12 | purchasing officer shall
make a written determination
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| 13 | identifying the responses that meet the minimum criteria set | ||||||
| 14 | forth
in the request for information.
Negotiations shall be | ||||||
| 15 | entered into with all qualified respondents
for the purpose of | ||||||
| 16 | securing a
lease that is in the best interest of the State. A | ||||||
| 17 | written report
of the negotiations shall be
retained in the | ||||||
| 18 | lease files and shall include the reasons for the
final | ||||||
| 19 | selection. All leases shall
be reduced to writing; one copy | ||||||
| 20 | shall be filed with the Comptroller in accordance with the | ||||||
| 21 | provisions
of Section 20-80, and one copy shall be filed with | ||||||
| 22 | the Board.
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| 23 | When the lowest response by price is not selected, the | ||||||
| 24 | State purchasing
officer shall forward to the chief procurement | ||||||
| 25 | officer, along with the lease,
notice of the identity of the | ||||||
| 26 | lowest respondent by price and written reasons
for the | ||||||
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| 1 | selection of a different response. The chief procurement | ||||||
| 2 | officer shall
publish the written reasons in the next volume of | ||||||
| 3 | the Illinois Procurement
Bulletin. | ||||||
| 4 | (e) Board review. Upon receipt of (1) any proposed lease of | ||||||
| 5 | real property of 10,000 or more square feet or (2) any proposed | ||||||
| 6 | lease of real property with annual rent payments of $100,000 or | ||||||
| 7 | more, the Procurement Policy Board shall have 30 calendar days | ||||||
| 8 | to review the proposed lease. If the Board does not object in | ||||||
| 9 | writing within 30 calendar days, then the proposed lease shall | ||||||
| 10 | become effective according to its terms as submitted. The | ||||||
| 11 | leasing agency shall make any and all materials available to | ||||||
| 12 | the Board to assist in the review process.
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| 13 | (Source: P.A. 98-1076, eff. 1-1-15.)
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