Debt Delinquency

Section 500.1217  Debt Delinquency a) No person shall submit a bid or offer for, or enter into, a contract or subcontract under this Part, if that person knows or should know that he or she or any affiliate is delinquent in the payment of any debt to the State, unless the person or affiliate has entered into a deferred payment plan to pay off the debt. [30 ILCS 500/50-11 (a)]  For purposes of this Section, terms shall be as defined in Section 50-11 of the Code. b) Every bid and offer submitted to the State, every contract executed by the State and every subcontract  shall contain a certification by the bidder, offeror, potential contractor, contractor, or subcontractor, respectively, that the bidder, offeror, respondent, potential contractor, contractor, or the subcontractor and its affiliate is not barred from being awarded a contract or subcontract under this Section and acknowledges that the chief procurement officer may declare the related contract void if any of the certifications completed pursuant to this subsection (b) are false.  If the false certification is made by a subcontractor, then the contractor's submitted bid or offer and the executed contract may not be declared void, unless the contractor refuses to terminate the subcontract upon the State's request after a finding that the subcontract's certification was false. [30 ILCS 500/50-11(b)]