44 Ill. Adm. Code 625.120
Negotiations
Section 625
Section 625.120 Negotiations
The Director of the requesting
Division or Office or his designee shall conduct negotiations with the firm
selected as first of the three choices. If negotiations cannot be successfully
concluded as evidenced by an executed contract with that firm, they shall be
formally terminated. Negotiations shall then be initiated with the firm ranking
second and if necessary, the firm ranking third, in that order or if no firm's
proposal is determined to be suitable, the project will, if let on a
contractual basis, be readvertised.