30 ILCS 500/20-80
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 30 - FINANCE|30 ILCS 500/ - Illinois Procurement Code.|Article 20 - Source Selection and Contract Formation

Sec. 20-80. Contract files.(a) Written determinations.  All written determinations  required under this Article shall  be placed in the contract file maintained by the chief procurement officer.(b) Filing with Comptroller.  Whenever a grant, defined pursuant to  accounting standards established by the Comptroller, or a contract  liability,  except for:  (1) contracts paid  from personal services,  (2) contracts between the State and its  employees to defer  compensation in accordance with Article 24 of the Illinois Pension Code, or (3) contracts that do not obligate funds held within the State treasury for fiscal year 2022 and thereafter,  exceeding $20,000 is incurred by any  State agency, a copy of the contract, purchase order, grant, or  lease shall be filed with the  Comptroller within 30 calendar days thereafter. Beginning in fiscal year 2022, information pertaining to contracts exceeding $20,000 that do not obligate funds held within the State treasury shall be submitted in a quarterly report to the Comptroller in a form and manner prescribed by the Comptroller. The Comptroller shall make the quarterly report available on his or her website. Beginning January 1, 2013, the Comptroller may require that contracts and grants required to be filed with the Comptroller under this Section shall be filed electronically, unless the agency is incapable of filing the contract or grant electronically because it does not possess the necessary technology or equipment. Any State agency that is incapable of electronically filing its contracts or grants shall submit a written statement to the Governor and to the Comptroller attesting to the reasons for its inability to comply. This statement shall include a discussion of what the State agency needs in order to effectively comply with this Section. Prior to requiring electronic filing, the Comptroller shall consult with the Governor as to the feasibility of establishing mutually agreeable technical standards for the electronic document imaging, storage, and transfer of contracts and grants, taking into consideration the technology available to that agency, best practices, and the technological capabilities of State agencies. Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly shall be construed to impede the implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.  For each State contract for supplies or services awarded on or after July 1, 2010, the contracting agency shall provide the applicable rate and unit of measurement of the supplies or services on the contract obligation document as required by the Comptroller.  If the contract obligation document that is submitted to the Comptroller contains the rate and unit of measurement of the supplies or services, the Comptroller shall provide that information on his or her official website. Any cancellation or  modification to any such contract  liability shall be filed with the Comptroller within 30 calendar days of  its execution.(c) Late filing affidavit.  When a contract, purchase order, grant,  or lease required to be  filed by this Section has not been filed within 30 calendar days of  execution, the Comptroller shall refuse  to issue a warrant for payment thereunder until the agency files  with the Comptroller the  contract, purchase order, grant, or lease and an affidavit, signed by the  chief executive officer of the  agency or his or her designee, setting forth an explanation of why  the contract liability was not  filed within 30 calendar days of execution.  A copy of this affidavit shall  be filed with the Auditor  General.(d) Timely execution of contracts. Except as set forth in subsection (b) of this Section, no  voucher shall be submitted to the  Comptroller for a warrant to be drawn for the payment of money  from the State treasury or from  other funds held by the State Treasurer on account of any contract unless the  contract is reduced to writing  before the services are performed and filed with the Comptroller. Contractors shall not be paid for any supplies that were received or services that were rendered before the contract was reduced to writing and signed by all necessary parties. A chief procurement officer may request an exception to this subsection by submitting a written statement to the Comptroller and Treasurer setting forth the circumstances and reasons why the contract could not be reduced to writing before the supplies were received or services were performed. A waiver of this subsection must be approved by the Comptroller and Treasurer. This Section shall not apply to emergency purchases if notice of the emergency purchase is filed with the Procurement Policy Board and published in the Bulletin as required by this Code.(e) Method of source selection.  When a contract is filed  with the Comptroller under this  Section, the Comptroller's file shall identify the method of  source selection used in obtaining the  contract.  (Source: P.A. 102-291, eff. 8-6-21.)