PROCUREMENT-LOCAL GOV AI

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Department of Central Management Services may enter into a sole source contract with a specified contractor for a 6-month procurement modernization pilot project. Provides that the contractor shall conduct a comprehensive procurement modernization study for units of local government. Provides that the pilot program shall be conducted in no more than 7 municipalities of the contractor's choosing, each having a population of less than 200,000, to test the applicability of artificial intelligence applications across diverse regional and administrative environments. Effective immediately.