Illinois Compiled Statutes
Government
Chapter 5. General Provisions
5 ILCS 220 Intergovernmental Cooperation Act
5 ILL. COMP. STAT. ANN §220/2. Definitions
§ 2. Definitions. For the purpose of this Act:
(1) The term “public agency” shall mean any unit of local government as defined in the Illinois Constitution of 1970, any school district, any public community college district, any public building commission, the State of Illinois, any agency of the State government or of the United States, or of any other State, any political subdivision of another State, and any combination of the above pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement which includes provisions for a governing body of the agency created by the agreement.
For the purposes of this Act, “public agency” includes the Mid-America Intermodal Authority Port District created under the Mid-America Intermodal Authority Port District Act.
(2) The term “state” shall mean a state of the United States.
5 ILCS §220/3. Intergovernmental cooperation.
Any power or powers, privileges, functions, or authority exercised or which may be exercised by a public agency of this State may be exercised, combined, transferred, and enjoyed jointly with any other public agency of this State and jointly with any public agency of any other state or of the United States to the extent that laws of such other state or of the United States do not prohibit joint exercise or enjoyment and except where specifically and expressly prohibited by law. This includes, but is not limited to, (i) arrangements between the Illinois Student Assistance Commission and agencies in other states which issue professional licenses and (ii) agreements between the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of Public Aid) and public agencies for the establishment and enforcement of child support orders and for the exchange of information that may be necessary for the enforcement of those child support orders.
Chapter 30. Finance
30 ILCS §525/1. Governmental Joint Purchasing Act.
Sec. 1. For the purposes of this Act, “governmental unit” means State of Illinois, any State agency as defined in Section 1-15.100 of the Illinois Procurement Code, officers of the State of Illinois, any public authority which has the power to tax, or any other public entity created by statute.
30 ILCS 525/2. Joint purchasing authority.
(a) Any governmental unit may purchase personal property, supplies and services jointly with one or more other governmental units. All such joint purchases shall be by competitive solicitation as provided in Section 4 of this Act. The provisions of any other acts under which a governmental unit operates which refer to purchases and procedures in connection therewith shall be superseded by the provisions of this Act when the governmental units are exercising the joint powers created by this Act.
(a-5) A chief procurement officer established in Section 10-20 of the Illinois Procurement Code may authorize the purchase of personal property, supplies, and services jointly with a governmental entity of this or another state or with a consortium of governmental entities of one or more other states. Subject to provisions of the joint purchasing solicitation, the appropriate chief procurement officer may designate the resulting contract as available to governmental units in Illinois.
(b) Any not-for-profit agency that qualifies under Section 45-35 of the Illinois Procurement Code and that either (1) acts pursuant to a board established by or controlled by a unit of local government or (2) receives grant funds from the State or from a unit of local government, shall be eligible to participate in contracts established by the State.
30 ILCS 525/3. Conduct of competitive procurement.
Under any agreement of governmental units that desire to make joint purchases pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 2, one of the governmental units shall conduct the competitive procurement process. Where the State of Illinois is a party to the joint purchase agreement, the appropriate chief procurement officer shall conduct or authorize the competitive procurement process. Expenses of such competitive procurement process may be shared by the participating governmental units in proportion to the amount of personal property, supplies or services each unit purchases.
When the State of Illinois is a party to the joint purchase agreement pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 2, the acceptance of responses to the competitive procurement process shall be in accordance with the Illinois Procurement Code and rules promulgated under that Code. When the State of Illinois is not a party to the joint purchase agreement, the acceptance of responses to the competitive procurement process shall be governed by the agreement.
When the State of Illinois is a party to a joint purchase agreement pursuant to subsection (a-5) of Section 2, the State may act as the lead state or as a participant state. When the State of Illinois is the lead state, all such joint purchases shall be conducted in accordance with the Illinois Procurement Code. When Illinois is a participant state, all such joint purchases shall be conducted in accordance with the procurement laws of the lead state; provided that all such joint procurements must be by competitive solicitation process. All resulting awards shall be published in the appropriate volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin as may be required by Illinois law governing publication of the solicitation, protest, and award of Illinois State contracts. Contracts resulting from a joint purchase shall contain all provisions required by Illinois law and rule.
Illinois Constitution
Article VII Local Government
SECTION 10. INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION
(a) Units of local government and school districts may contract or otherwise associate among themselves, with the State, with other states and their units of local government and school districts, and with the United States to obtain or share services and to exercise, combine, or transfer any power or function, in any manner not prohibited by law or by ordinance. Units of local government and school districts may contract and otherwise associate with individuals, associations, and corporations in any manner not prohibited by law or by ordinance. Participating units of government may use their credit, revenues, and other resources to pay costs and to service debt related to intergovernmental activities.
(b) Officers and employees of units of local government and school districts may participate in intergovernmental activities authorized by their units of government without relinquishing their offices or positions.
(c) The State shall encourage intergovernmental cooperation and use its technical and financial resources to assist intergovernmental activities.
Illinois Administrative Code
Title 44. Government Contracts, Grantmaking, Procurement and Property Management
Subpart R: Cooperative Purchasing
44 ILL. ADMIN. CODE PT. 1.5400 General
All cooperative/joint procurement activities and contracts must be approved by the CPO-GS.
44 ILL. ADMIN. CODE PT. 1.5420 Governmental Joint Purchasing Act Contracts
State and other governmental units (including not-for-profit entities authorized by law to participate in joint purchasing) may agree to use each others’ procurement contracts. This authority is governed by this Subpart and the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act [30 ILCS 525].
44 ILL. ADMIN. CODE PT. 1.5440 Non-Governmental Joint Purchasing
- a) The CPO-GS may authorize one or more State agencies to enter into joint procurement agreements with non-governmental entities, including, without limitation, consortiums of government entities, not-for-profit entities and commercial entities.
- b) If the authorized State agency acts as the lead agency, the procurement shall be conducted in accordance with the Code and this Part.
- c) If the authorized State agency acts as a participant in an agreement in which a non-governmental entity acts as lead agency, the State agency shall provide supplementary advertising in the Bulletin, as required by the Code, and shall include in the solicitation by the lead agency Code requirements or, if not possible, these requirements shall be included in the resulting contract.
44 ILL. ADMIN. CODE PT. 1.5460 No Agency Relationship
In any cooperative/joint purchasing situation, each participant must issue its own purchase order, accept its own deliveries and make its own payments. No State agency shall have any obligation to the vendor for payment of orders placed by other participants.