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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1978
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1976] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 27 sity's policies or practices in the performance of classified contracts or programs for the User Agencies: Name WALKER, DANIEL FORSYTH, WILLIAM D., J R . HAHN, RALPH C. HOWARD, GEORGE W., I l l LENZ, ROBERT J. LIVINGSTON, PARK MANCHESTER, R. R. RADER, JANE HAYES SHEPHERD, NINA T . VELASQUEZ, ARTHUR CONLON, ROBERT K. MATTHEWS, DAVID G. VOLGMAN, KEITH A. Title Governor of Illinois Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Treasurer Trustee Trustee Trustee Nonvoting Student Trustee Nonvoting Student Trustee Nonvoting Student Trustee Citizenship US US US US US US US US US US US US US Be It Further Resolved: T h e following officers of the Board of Trustees and of the University of Illinois be and hereby are designated as the managerial group having the authority and the responsibility for the negotiation, execution, and administration of User Agency contracts and all of the duties and responsibilities pertaining to the protection of classified information: President, Secretary, and Comptroller of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois; and President, Vice President for Administration, and University Counsel of the University of Illinois. On motion of Mr. Howard, the foregoing resolution was adopted. Amendment to Authorization to Make Purchases through the Illinois Educational Consortium (38) At its April 16, 1975, meeting, the Board of Trustees adopted a resolution authorizing the Illinois Educational Consortium for Computer Services (now known as the Illinois Educational Consortium) to act as the University's agent in preparing specifications, advertising, receiving, opening, tabulating, and evaluating competitive bids for commodities, equipment, and services as might be designated from time to time by the University Director of Purchasing. T h e purpose of the resolution was to facilitate joint purchases with other State institutions of higher education where high-volume purchasing is deemed advantageous and economical. Under the terms of the resolution, bids are accepted or rejected and contracts are to be awarded by and in the name of the Board, in accordance with procedures "heretofore or hereafter established by the Board." T h e delays and uncertainty caused by the disparity in the method and timing of purchase approvals of the four governing boards have caused some vendors to hedge their bids. This problem is particularly related to the short period in which efficient, market-sensitive collective bidding activities can take place prior to the beginning of the universities' fiscal period. By amending the resolution of April 16, 1975, the University can take greater economic advantage of the collective procurement economies provided, while still maintaining its independence in and control of procurement. A similar amended resolution was approved by the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University on July 8, 1976, and is included in the agenda of the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities and the Board of Regents of Regency Universities for their regular meetings on July 29, 1976. T h e Vice President for Administration and the University Director of Purchasing have recommended that purchases or contracts for commodities listed in Appendix 1 (see below) be exempt from the requirement of specific Board approval and that the Vice President be authorized to accept or reject bids and award contracts on behalf of and in the name of the Board, with the understand-
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