Governor Bruce Rauner came to the University of Illinois’ Urbana campus today to sign a bill streamlining the procurement process for state institutions.
It’s a bill that state universities have long wanted to speed up the process of purchasing goods and equipment.
Rauner said the bill isn’t perfect, but it will make the procurement process easier for both vendors and state agencies like universities.
“This bill can benefit the U of I as quickly as any other entity in the state, by immediately allowing purchases to go forward to get research projects off and running. And, based upon the estimates I’ve heard, this can save the university tens of millions of dollars every year.”
The measure, which takes effect immediately, modifies procurement rules that were put in place in response to corruption during the Rod Blagojevich administration.