SM Pur w/SS DHS OPEH Summit FY26

The State of Illinois, through the Department of Human Services Office to Prevent and End Homelessness, is conducting a small purchase procurement with sole source conditions for the Home IL Summit 2026 conference with audiovisual services. The procurement is being pursued as a sole source award to Proviso Leyden Council for Community Action, Inc. (PLCCA), with a bid/buy number of 26-586SBE-CHFED-B-50838. The primary deliverable is the provision of audiovisual support services for the Home IL Summit 2026 conference, which represents a key initiative of the Office to Prevent and End Homelessness. A sole source hearing has been scheduled for February 18, 2026, at 2:00 PM via WebEx to allow the State Board of Education to present testimony justifying the sole source procurement method and for any interested parties to present testimony for or against the contract award. Interested parties must submit written comments or requests for a public hearing by February 13, 2026, at 4:00 PM to Dianne Richman at the Chief Procurement Office for General Services (Dianne.Richman@illinois.gov, 217-622-1857); if no written comments or hearing requests are received by this deadline, the hearing will be cancelled. The proposal due date is January 27, 2026.

The procurement is limited to sole source conditions, which restricts open competition and designates Proviso Leyden Council for Community Action, Inc. as the preferred or sole source vendor for this specific contract. Vendors responding to this procurement must comply with the State of Illinois Standard Terms and Conditions for General Services contracts and execute the Standard Illinois Certifications (Version 26.2), which require compliance with 34 distinct certification requirements covering legal, ethical, financial, and operational standards. Required certifications include restrictions on criminal history, financial obligations, ethical conduct, drug-free workplace compliance, equal employment opportunity, and domestic product standards. Vendors must maintain general commercial liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 annual aggregate, auto liability coverage of $1,000,000 per occurrence, and worker's compensation insurance as required by law, naming the State as an additional insured. All work products created under the contract are deemed work for hire with sole and exclusive ownership vesting in the State of Illinois, and the contract is governed by Illinois law with disputes resolved exclusively through the Illinois Court of Claims. The contract documents do not specify an explicit award value or budget range for this procurement.