Record #: O2016-6376   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 9/14/2016 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Budget and Government Operations
Final action: 10/5/2016
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Chapters 1-23 and 2-92 regarding ineligibility of any person or business entity to do business with City of Chicago due to debarment by government agency
Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 1 - General Provisions - Ch. 23 Qualifications Relating to City Business or City Benefits, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 92 Dept. of Purchases, Contracts & Supplies
Attachments: 1. O2016-6376.pdf
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
September 14, 2016










TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request of the Chief Procurement Officer, I transmit herewith ordinances amending Chapter 2-92 of the Municipal Code and associated amendments.

Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.

Mayor

Very truly yours,
ORDINANCE


BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO;


SECTION 1. Section 1-23-020 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:

1-23-020 Ineligibility to do business with the city.

(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)

(d) Ineligibility due to debarment by a government agency. No natural person or business entity shall be eligible to do business with the city if such natural person or business entity or any controlling person of such business entity has been debarred by any local, state or federal government agency from doing business with such government agency, for anv reason or offense set forth in subsections (a), (b), or (c) of this section, or substantially eguivalent reason or offense, for the duration of the debarment by such government agency.

fd4(e) Successor business entities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, if a business entity seeking to do business with the city ("the applicant entity") acquires or is merged with a business entity that is ineligible under this section to do business with the city ("the prohibited entity"), such applicant entity shall be eligible to do business with the city if all of the following apply: (1) no controlling person of such applicant entity has made an admission of guilt or been convicted, charged or indicted for any of the criminal conduct forming the basis of the prohibited entity's ineligibility to do business with the city; and (2) no person who was a con...

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