When Do Vendors In Illinois Need To Register With State Board Of Elections

All vendors submitting bids and offers on Illinois public contracts must:

i. Be a legal entity authorized to transact business organisation or conduct affairs in Illinois. Vendors must be a legal entity (other than individuals interim every bit sole proprietors) prior to submitting the bid, offer, or proposal. This applies to both in-state and out-of-state firms.

A Vendor must be:

A legal entity,
registered to transact business or conduct diplomacy in Illinois,
and be in good standing with the Illinois Secretary of State.

*For information on authorisation to transact business organization and conduct affairs in Illinois, please contact the Illinois Secretary of Land's Section of Business Services or your habitation canton clerk.

	Secretary of State – Section of Business organisation Services http://world wide web.cyberdriveillinois.com/ For certified copies and copy requests for corporations, delight call 217-782-6875. For certified copies and re-create requests for LLCs, LPs and LLPs, delight call 217-524-8008.

Secretary of State – Section of Business organisation Services http://world wide web.cyberdriveillinois.com/

For certified copies and copy requests for corporations, delight call 217-782-6875.

For certified copies and re-create requests for LLCs, LPs and LLPs, delight call 217-524-8008.

In-State Firms	Out-of-State Firms
Corporations(Corp); Limited Liability Companies(LLC); Express Partnerships(LP); Limited Liability Limited Partnerships(LLLP) - Please contact the Illinois Secretary of State for further information.	A foreign vendor is defined as any vendor who has not incorporated within the State of Illinois. A Guide for Qualifying Strange Corporations , published by the Secretary of Land, will answer your questions on how to qualify your Corporation/LLC to practise business in Illinois.The Guide can be establish here: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/pdf_publications/c216.pdf .
Sole Proprietorships - If the firm's name is the same as the sole proprietor'southward name, nothing is required.

Delight straight your questions to the Illinois Secretary of State:

Springfield Office:

Michael J. Howlett Bldg.

501 S. 2d St., Rm. 350

Springfield, IL 62756

217-782-6961

Hours: Monday.-Fri., 8:00 a.thousand.-four:30 p.m

Chicago Office:

69 W. Washington St., Ste. 1240

Chicago, IL 60602

312-793-3380

Hours: Monday.-Fri., 8:00 a.chiliad.-five:00 p.chiliad.

2. Annals with the Illinois State Lath of Elections and obtain a certificate confirming your registration (this applies if you lot accept aggregate bids, proposals or contracts that exceed $l,000 annually, including the business organization yous practise with all State of Illinois agencies and universities and the value of any current solicitation(south) to which you are responding) .

Fo r additional informationorthward regardinthou State Board of Elections registration, please contact one of theast following:

Springfield Office:

2329 South. MacArthur Blvd.

Springfield, IL 62704

217-782-4141

Fax: 217-782-5959

Hours: Monday.-Fri., 8:00 a.thou.-four:30 p.yard

Chicago Role:

100 West. Randolph, Suite xiv-100

Chicago, IL 60601

312-814-6440

Fax: 312-814-6485

Hours: Monday.-Fri., 8:xxx a.yard.-five:00 p.g

*To annals with the State Lath of Elections, please visit its website for specific information on the registration process: https://BEREP.elections.il.gov .

This requirement to register applies to all vendors except for not-for-profit organizations and governmental entities. At that place are no exceptions for out-of-state or non-U.S. vendors.

Yous must register if whatever of these conditions use:

A.	You are submitting a bid or proposal exceeding $50,000 on any State bureau or public academy solicitation;
B.	The bid or proposal you are submitting is less than $l,000 but the annual total value of all of your contracts and offers with all State agencies and public universities (including all current State contracts, the bid or proposal yous are submitting, whatsoever other pending offers, and offers you previously submitted this year where you were non awarded a contract) exceeds $50,000.
OR
C.	You lot are registering in the Illinois Procurement Gateway regardless of the value of any contracts, bids or offers.

If you respond to a solicitation from any State agency or public university, you must be registered with the Board of Elections prior to the due engagement for submittal. At that place is no grace period allowing for registration with the Board of Elections subsequently bid opening.

3. Hold a current Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) Bidder Eligibility Number .

All entities that wish to do business with any bureau, lath, or committee of the Country of Illinois must annals for an eligible bidder number through the Illinois Section of Human Rights (IDHR) by filing an Employer Study Form (PC-1) with the IDHR Public Contracts unit.

All potential bidders or offerors must register if whatsoever one of the following applies:

The business entity employs 15 or more persons at the time of application for a public contract;
The concern entity has employed 15 or more persons at whatsoever fourth dimension during the 365-day period prior to the date of your applying for a public contract; or
The business entity is directed to file by a contracting agency of the State of Illinois, whatever political subdivision, or a municipal corporation.

At that place is a $75.00 (non-refundable) registration fee. Registration will be valid for five years from the engagement of issuance. If you wish to annals multiple locations that all have the same FEIN as the corporate function, you must submit a completed PC-1 awarding for all Illinois locations to be eligible to bid on business concern with the State of Illinois. No additional fee is required.

For more than data, contact the Public Contracts Unit.

Public Contracts Unit Illinois Section of Man Rights 100 West Randolph Street Suite 10-100 Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 814-2431 (telephone) (312) 814-2397 (facsimile) IDHR.publiccontracts@illinois.gov

4. If providing construction services or construction-related professional services, y'all must be prequalified prior to behest or providing applications for selection.

All vendors providing construction services or construction-related professional services must be prequalified prior to bidding or providing applications for selection.

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