55 ILCS 5/5-1022
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1022)Sec. 5-1022. Competitive bids.(a) Any purchase by a county with fewer than 2,000,000 inhabitants of  services, materials, equipment or supplies in excess of $30,000, other than  professional services, shall be contracted for in one of the following ways:(1) by a contract let to the lowest responsible     bidder after advertising for bids in a newspaper published within the county or, if no newspaper is published within the county, then a newspaper having general circulation within the county; or(2) by a contract let without advertising for bids in     the case of an emergency if authorized by the county board.(b) In determining the lowest responsible bidder, the county board shall  take into consideration the qualities of the articles supplied; their  conformity with the specifications; their suitability to the  requirements  of the county,  availability of support services; uniqueness of the service, materials,  equipment, or supplies as it applies to networked, integrated computer systems;  compatibility to existing equipment;  and the delivery terms.  The county board also may  take into consideration whether a bidder is a private enterprise or a  State-controlled enterprise and, notwithstanding any other provision of  this Section or a lower bid by a State-controlled enterprise, may let a  contract to the lowest responsible bidder that is a private enterprise.(c) This Section does not apply to contracts by a county with the federal  government or to purchases of used equipment, purchases at auction  or similar transactions which by their very nature are not suitable to  competitive bids, pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the county board.(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, a county may let  without advertising for bids in the case of purchases and contracts, when  individual orders do not exceed $35,000, for the use, purchase, delivery,  movement, or installation of data processing equipment, software, or services  and  telecommunications and inter-connect equipment, software, and services.(e) A county may require, as a condition of any contract for goods and  services,  that persons awarded a contract with the county and all affiliates of the  person  collect and  remit Illinois Use Tax on all sales of tangible personal property into the  State  of Illinois  in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Use Tax Act regardless of  whether the  person or affiliate is a "retailer maintaining a place of business within this  State" as  defined in Section 2 of the Use Tax Act. For purposes of this subsection (e),  the term  "affiliate" means any entity that (1) directly, indirectly, or constructively  controls another  entity, (2) is directly, indirectly, or constructively controlled by another  entity, or (3) is  subject to the control of a common entity. For purposes of this subsection (e),  an entity  controls another entity if it owns, directly or individually, more than 10% of  the voting  securities of that entity. As used in this subsection (e), the term "voting  security" means a  security that (1) confers upon the holder the right to vote for the election of  members of  the board of directors or similar governing body of the business or (2) is  convertible into,  or entitles the holder to receive upon its exercise, a security that confers  such a right to  vote. A general partnership interest is a voting security.(f) Bids submitted to, and contracts executed by, the county may require  a  certification by the bidder or contractor that the bidder or contractor is not  barred from  bidding for or entering into a contract under this Section and that the bidder  or contractor  acknowledges that the county may declare the contract void if the certification  completed  pursuant to this subsection (f) is false.  (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-170, eff. 1-1-10.)