PROCUREMENT COMMUNICATIONS Senate SponsorsSen. Ram Villivalam 1/7/2025SenateSession Sine Die 5 ILCS 140/730 ILCS 500/50-3930 ILCS 535/35from Ch. 127, par. 4151-35Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that proposals or bids submitted by engineering consultants in response to requests for proposal or other competitive bidding requests by the Department of Transportation or the Illinois Toll Highway Authority are exempt from disclosure under the Act. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the following communications are among the types of communications that are not required to be reported to the Procurement Policy Board: (i) communications providing general information about a firm's products or services or industry best practices, provided those products or services are not directly related to an open procurement matter, and (ii) proposal deficiency communications under a specified provision of the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act. Amends the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act. Provides that, as part of the State agency's commitment to fostering greater diversity in contracting, the State agency may communicate with firms who were not selected in order to provide further information about the firm's proposal deficiencies. 2/9/2024SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam 2/9/2024SenateFirst Reading 2/9/2024SenateReferred to Assignments 2/28/2024SenateAssigned to Executive 3/7/2024SenateTo Subcommittee on Procurement 3/15/2024SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 5, 2024 4/5/2024SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 3, 2024 4/12/2024SenateRule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024 5/3/2024SenateRule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 17, 2024 5/17/2024SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 24, 2024 5/24/2024SenateRule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 25, 2024 5/25/2024SenateRule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 26, 2024 6/26/2024SenatePursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments 1/7/2025SenateSession Sine Die