44 Ill. Adm. Code 20.120
Categories of Contracts and Expenditures Exempt from the Goal
Section 20.120 Categories of Contracts and Expenditures
Exempt from the Goal
a) Contracts shall be
exempt from the goal if:
1) The
contract is subject to federal reimbursement; or
2) Receipt
of funds for a contract would be jeopardized by including them in the Program.
b) CMS
has determined that the following categories of contracts and expenditures,
including but not limited to the detailed expenditure accounts listed below
each category, are exempt from the goal. This determination was made based on
the best information available that these categories do not represent
procurement opportunities for SDVOSBs or VOSBs, or that there are not
sufficient SDVOSBs or VOSBs to ensure competition and an expectation of
reasonable prices. The detailed expenditure accounts have the same meaning as
used by the State Comptroller (see the Statewide Accounting Management System (SAMS)
manual, available from CMS).
1) Contracts
between, or within, State agencies that do not include payments to private
vendors.
2) Contracts
with or payments to other governmental entities:
A) Payments to Local
Governments for Employees;
B) Reimbursements to
Governmental Units;
C) Postage and Postal
Charges;
D) Operating Taxes,
Licenses and Fees;
E) Revenue Stamps;
F) Taxes and Transfers;
G) Fire Protection
Services;
H) Shared Waterway
Agreements; and
I) Shared Revenue
Payments.
3) Employee
wages, salaries and other payroll and employee related costs:
A) Payments into Pension
Funds;
B) Pensions, Annuities and
Benefits;
C) Purchase of Investments;
D) Employee Tuition Fees;
E) Social Security;
F) Retirement;
G) Unemployment
Compensation Payments;
H) Legislative Staff
Services;
I) Registration Fees and
Conference Expenses;
J) Industrial
Commission Awards or Settlement Awards for Injured Employees; and
K) Awards, Benefits and
Treatment Expenses − Injured Employees.
4) Payments
of money to individuals or groups in the nature of reimbursement, settlement,
entitlement or assistance:
A) Assistance Payments to
Individuals;
B) Awards and Grants to
Students;
C) Burial Expense Awards;
D) Community
Services for Department of Human Services- Divisions of Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Clients and the Chemically Dependent;
E) Court of Claims Awards;
F) Reimbursement
for Living Expenses for State Wards Outside State Institutions;
G) Tuition, Training
Supplies and Equipment for Aided Persons;
H) Lottery Prizes;
I) Interviewee Expenses;
and
J) Tort Claims.
5) Debt
retirement and refunds of money:
A) Debt Retirement;
B) Loans; and
C) Refunds.
6) Grants:
A) Grants for Educational
Purposes − School Districts;
B) Grants for Educational
Purposes − Higher Education;
C) Grants to Local
Governments (other);
D) Grants to Non-Profit
Organizations;
E) Grants to Other State
Agencies; and
F) Grants
to or on Behalf of Veterans and their Dependents who Qualified under Wartime Service.
7) Public
utility contracts and payments:
A) Electricity;
B) Gas (Natural Gas);
C) Telecommunications
(regulated service only);
D) Water; and
E) Utilities (Other).
8) Real
estate acquisition:
A) Land, Relocation Costs;
B) Land, Relocation Costs
(Highways);
C) Land, Relocation Costs
(Waterways);
D) Land, Rights of Way and
Easements;
E) Land, Rights of Way and
Easements (Highway); and
F) Land, Rights of Way and
Easements (Waterways).
9) Miscellaneous
contracts and expenditures:
A) Association Dues; and
B) Periodical
Subscriptions.
c) Prior
to the end of each fiscal year, CMS shall investigate the categories of
contracts and expenditures to determine whether, based on the best information
available, these categories continue to represent procurements in which there
are no opportunities for SDVOSBs or VOSBs, or that there are not sufficient
SDVOSBs or VOSBs to ensure competition and an expectation of reasonable
prices.