Procurement

Procurement Opportunities: The Illinois Environmental Protections Agency posts procurement opportunities at the State of Illinois's e-procurement system, BidBuy

The State of Illinois General Services Office is pleased to announce its new eProcurement system, named BidBuy. Vendors are encouraged to register now.

BidBuy is designed to streamline services, increase efficiency, reduce cycle times and transaction costs, improve availability of information and modernize the tools and resources available to incorporate best practices in Illinois procurement. For more Information on how to register as a vendor can be found at https://www.bidbuy.illinois.gov/bso/.

In addition, all of the newest updates to Illinois Procurement by the Chief Procurement Officer can be found at https://pathway2procurement.illinois.gov/.

Procurement Legislation

Public Acts of which all State vendors and their attorneys should be aware. We encourage you to read these Acts in their entirety.

Public Act 96-795 made significant revisions to the Illinois Procurement Code and places new requirements on vendors and bidders.
Public Act 95-971 establishes certain registration requirements and campaign contribution restrictions for State vendors and bidders. For vendor registration information and instruction, visit the State Board of Elections website
Updated Administrative Rules - Prohibited Bidder/Offeror and Communication reporting

Small Business Set Aside Program

What is a "small business?" A small business means one that is independently owned and operated, is not dominant in its field or operation, and meets the required size status and the following sales limitations:

What are you waiting for?

Applying for SBSP is part of registering in the IL Procurement Gateway (IPG) at https://ipg.vendorreg.com