Illinois § 45-46

§ 45-46.

Mid-size businesses. (a) As used in the Section, "mid-size business" means a business that is independently owned and operated and that is not dominant in its field of operation. "Mid-size business" includes a construction business with annual sales and receipts in excess of $14,000,000 but not over $45,000,000. (a-5) This Section applies only to construction-related procurements for the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. (b) The chief procurement officer shall adopt rules to establish additional criteria to designate mid-size businesses for the purposes of the mid-size business set-asides described in subsection (c), including the number of employees and annual sales and receipts of the business. When computing the size status of a potential contractor, annual sales and receipts of the potential contractor and all of its affiliates shall be included. The maximum number of employees and the maximum annual sales and receipts that a mid-size business may have under the rules adopted by the chief procurement officer may vary from industry to industry, to the extent necessary to reflect differing characteristics of those industries, subject to the limitation that no business shall qualify as a mid-size business if its annual sales and receipts exceed $45,000,000. (c) The applicable chief procurement officer shall designate a fair proportion, as determined by the applicable chief procurement officer in consultation with the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, of construction, construction-related, and construction support contracts as mid-size business set-asides for award to mid-size businesses in Illinois. Advertisements for bids or offers for these contracts shall specify designation as mid-size business set-asides. In awarding the contracts, only bids or offers from qualified mid-size businesses shall be considered. The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall prepare an annual report setting forth the use of this Section during the preceding fiscal year and shall provide that report to the applicable chief procurement officer no later than March 1 of each calendar year. This Section is repealed 5 years after the effective date of this Section. (Source: P.A. 103-865, eff. 1-1-25.)