Bill Text: IL SB3487 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that any procurement of construction not exceeding $250,000 (currently, $100,000) may be made without competitive source selection. Amends the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act. In a Section concerning small contracts under the Act, provides that specified provisions do not apply to architectural, engineering, and land surveying contracts with an estimated basic professional services fee of less than $50,000 (currently, $25,000).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3487 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB3487-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB3487 Introduced 2/13/2020, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 500/20-20
30 ILCS 535/45 from Ch. 127, par. 4151-45
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that any procurement of construction not exceeding $250,000 (currently, $100,000) may be made without competitive source selection. Amends the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act. In a Section concerning small contracts under the Act, provides that specified provisions do not apply to architectural, engineering, and land surveying contracts with an estimated basic professional services fee of less than $50,000 (currently, $25,000).
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning finance.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
changing Section 20-20 as follows:
(30 ILCS 500/20-20)
Sec. 20-20. Small purchases.
(a) Amount. Any individual procurement of supplies or
services not exceeding $100,000 and any procurement of
construction not exceeding $250,000 $100,000, or any
individual procurement of professional or artistic services
not exceeding $100,000 may be made without competitive source
selection. Procurements shall not be artificially divided so as
to constitute a small purchase under this Section. Any
procurement of construction not exceeding $100,000 may be made
by an alternative competitive source selection. The
construction agency shall establish rules for an alternative
competitive source selection process. This Section does not
apply to construction-related professional services contracts
awarded in accordance with the provisions of the Architectural,
Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection
Act.
(b) Adjustment. Each July 1, the small purchase maximum

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established in subsection (a) shall be adjusted for inflation
as determined by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
Consumers as determined by the United States Department of
Labor and rounded to the nearest $100.
(c) Based upon rules proposed by the Board and rules
promulgated by the chief procurement officers, the small
purchase maximum established in subsection (a) may be modified.
(Source: P.A. 100-43, eff. 8-9-17.)
Section 10. The Architectural, Engineering, and Land
Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act is amended by
changing Section 45 as follows:
(30 ILCS 535/45) (from Ch. 127, par. 4151-45)
Sec. 45. Small contracts. The provisions of Sections 25,
30, and 35 do not apply to architectural, engineering, and land
surveying contracts with an estimated basic professional
services fee of less than $50,000 $25,000.
(Source: P.A. 92-861, eff. 1-3-03.)