ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TITLE 44: GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, GRANTMAKING, PROCUREMENT AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SUBTITLE A: PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACT PROVISIONS CHAPTER I: CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER FOR GENERAL SERVICES PART 1 CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER FOR GENERAL SERVICES STANDARD PROCUREMENT SECTION 1.4600 BID PREFERENCE FOR ILLINOIS BUSINESSES
Section 1.4600 Bid Preference for Illinois Businesses
a) In procuring construction services for projects with a total value that exceeds the small purchase maximum established by Section 20-20 of the Code, construction agencies shall provide a bid preference to a responsive and responsible bidder that is an Illinois business as defined in Section 45-105(g) of the Code. The construction agency shall allocate to the lowest bid by an Illinois business that is responsible and responsive a bid preference of 4% of the contract base bid. Subsection 45-105(e) of the Code applies only to projects where a business that is not an Illinois business submits a bid. [30 ILCS 500/45-105(e)]
b) The term "Illinois business", as used in this Section, has the same meaning ascribed in Section 45-105(g) of the Code.
c) "Headquartered", as used in this Section 1.4600 and Section 45-105(g) of the Code, means having a physical location, excluding job site trailers, within the State where the executives for the business, or high-level officers for a corporation, direct, control, and coordinate the business' or corporation's activities.
(Source: Added at 50 Ill. Reg. 2498, effective February 9, 2026) |