Public Accountability Report Public Accountability Report

2025 Procurement
Mission Statement To work with agencies and universities to meet their procurement needs while exercising independent authority, oversight, and approval designed to continuously improve the procurement process and ensure compliance with the law, fair treatment, diversity, integrity, accountability, transparency, and value.
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. Achieve procurement needs in a timely, legal, and ethical manner.
    1. Assure that procurements are compliant with applicable laws, rules, and policies.
      1. Assure that there is transparency and documentation of procurement decisions and activities.
        1. Reduce waste and inefficiencies in the procurement process.
          1. Prevent and detect procurement-related misconduct.
            Source of Funds General Revenue Fund, Road Fund, Capital Development Board Revolving Fund, Professional Services Fund Statutory Authority 30 ILCS 500
            Fiscal Year 2026 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2025 Actual Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Fiscal Year 2023 Actual
            Input Indicators
            Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) $ 11,390.8 $ 9,510.2 $ 11,296.7 $ 8,831.8 $ 8,391.4
            Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) $ 11,390.8 $ 9,510.2 $ 11,296.7 $ 8,831.8 $ 8,391.4
            Average monthly full-time equivalents 75.0 68.0 75.0 68.0 65.0
            Output Indicators
            Number of competitive procurements authorized by chief procurement officers (CPOs) (a) 42,085 40,081 18,932 37,873 19,815
            Number of noncompetitive procurements authorized by CPOs (b) 17,672 16,830 14,996 18,627 15,045
            Total number of procurements 59,757 56,911 33,928 56,500 34,860
            Value of competitive procurements authorized by CPOs (in millions) $ 10,829.0 $ 10,312.9 $ 16,149.0 $ 9,024.5 $ 10,219.5
            Value of noncompetitive procurements authorized by CPOs (in millions) $ 1,074.0 $ 1,022.5 $ 4,372.0 $ 1,352.4 $ 3,970.1
            Total value of procurements (in millions) $ 11,902.3 $ 11,335.5 $ 20,521.0 $ 10,376.9 $ 14,189.5
            Value of contracts to Illinois small businesses from procurements exclusively from the Illinois Small Business Set-Aside Program (in thousands) (c) $ 116,836.6 $ 111,272.9 $ 191,519.9 $ 166,872.3 $ 108,083.9
            Value of contracts to Illinois small businesses via all procurement methods (in thousands) (d) $ 630,230.7 $ 600,219.7 $ 917,178.6 $ 140,528.5 $ 589,783.6
            Number of Illinois Procurement Gateway (IPG) applications reviewed 13,748 13,093 8,244 7,499 8,988
            Number of IPG vendor support requests received and resolved 4,935 4,700 2,459 2,810 2,107
            Number of hours of external training provided to state agencies and external parties 202.7 193.0 531.5 348.0 480.0
            Average number of hours of professional development achieved per procurement full-time-equivalent employee (e) 25.0 24.0 36.0 24.0 24.0
            Number of hours by procurement and other EEC staff devoted to the operation of technology projects and other resource utilization (f) 11,803 11,241 7,579 9,882 2,753
            Number of final responses to procurement-related FOIA requests 43.0 41.0 59.0 48.0 27.0
            Number of sole-source hearings conducted 14.0 13.0 11.0 8.0 7.0
            Outcome Indicators
            Number of vendors registered on the IPG 5,448 5,189 4,461 4,667 4,254
            Percentage of professional procurement employees having professional procurement designations as of June 30 (g) 75.00% 75.00% 75.00% 75.00% 75.00%
            Number of attendees at external training provided to state agencies and external parties 20,140 19,181 20,613 15,517 13,037
            Footnotes
            The number of competitive procurements represent IFBs and RFPs that resulted in contracts, and is inclusive of purchase orders from the CPO for General Services. The number of noncompetitive procurements includes emergencies, sole-source, and small purchase procurements. The Illinois Small Business Set-Aside Program includes the CPO for General Services, the CPO for the Capital Development Board, and the CPO for the Department of Transportation portfolios. The value of contracts to Illinois small businesses via all procurement methods is inclusive of all contracts awarded in the CPO for General Services, the CPO for the Capital Development Board, the CPO for Institutions of Higher Education, and the CPO for the Department of Transportation portfolios. The CPO for the Department of Transportation data includes those awarded as subcontracts to small businesses in accordance with 30 ILCS 500/45-90. Professional development hours are required for procurement staff who must obtain or maintain their statutorily required procurement certification. Procurement staff operate their versions of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin, the Illinois Procurement Gateway, BidBuy, and other e-procurement solutions. The percentage only includes individuals employed as of June 30 each fiscal year with UPPCC or ISM certification.

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