Illinois Administrative Code
Title 44 - GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, GRANTMAKING, PROCUREMENT AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Part 4 - CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER FOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION STANDARD PROCUREMENT
Subpart N - PREFERENCES
Section 4.4535 - Qualified Not-for-Profit Agencies for Persons with Significant Disabilities
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Contracts issued under this Section with qualified not-for-profit agencies for persons with significant disabilities should promote employment and training opportunities for persons with significant disabilities while meeting the needs of the university. "Qualified Not-for-Profit Agencies" are certified work centers or accredited vocational programs as defined in Section 45-35(a) of the Code.
b) The university and the State Use program (see Section 45-35(c) of the Code) staff will consult as necessary to ensure the contract effectively addresses the purpose of the program. This review may include consideration of the total dollar value of the contract, the number of jobs performed by persons with significant disabilities, the amounts paid to those individuals and the amount of subcontracting, particularly with commercial entities, needed to fulfill contract requirements.
c) The CPO-HE shall distribute to each SPO and university a list of supplies and services available from qualified not-for-profit agencies on the list maintained by the Department of Central Management Services.
d) The CPO-HE shall identify to each SPO and university the supplies and services for which preference must be given to a qualified not-for-profit agency. The preference shall require the university to give first refusal to a qualified not-for-profit agencies and the university shall purchase from the not-for-profit agencies unless the SPO approves a request for a waiver from the university. A waiver may be requested if the university demonstrates to the SPO that factors including, but not limited to, geographic proximity, lack of availability of vendors, quality of product and price preclude purchase from a qualified not-for-profit agencies. Any waiver request shall be on a form or in a format prescribed by the CPO-HE.
e) When a qualified not-for profit agency and a university enter a contract, each must comply with applicable provisions of the Code.
f) State Use Committee