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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 1, CHAPTER 10 (VILLAGE FINANCES) OF THE ORLAND PARK VILLAGE CODE TO UPDATE THE VILLAGE CONTRACTING AND BIDDING PROCEDURES
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WHEREAS, the Village President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park (the “Village”) have the authority to adopt ordinances and to promulgate rules and regulations that pertain to its government and officers and to protect the public health, safety and welfare of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the Village deems it necessary and appropriate to update its Code provisions relating to procedures for receiving competitive bids for Village work and public improvements; and
WHEREAS, it is determined that the Village Code amendment set forth below is in the best interests of the Village and its residents.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park, Cook and Will Counties, Illinois, as follows:
SECTION 1
The above recitals are incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2
Title 1, Chapter 10 (Village Finances), Section 1-10-3 is hereby amended to add thereto paragraph 4 as follows:
“1-10-3: CONTRACTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS; ADVERTISEMENT AND BID PROCEDURES:
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4. Under this Section, the acceptance of bids sealed by a bidder and the opening of these bids at a public bid opening may be performed utilizing an electronic process for communicating, accepting, and opening competitive bids. An electronic bidding process must provide for, but is not limited to, the following safeguards:
(1) (1) A unique username and password for the specified electronic database must be assigned to the primary person conducting the competitive, sealed, electronic bid process. Sealed bids submitted electronically will be publicly opened at the same time as all other sealed bids.
(2) The specified electronic database must be on a network that (i) is in a secure environment behind a firewall; (ii) has specific encryptio...
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