The Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) exercises independent procurement authority under the Illinois Procurement Code (30 ILCS 500) on behalf of and for the benefit of public institutions of higher education (state universities). For more information, visit the Chief Procurement Office website.
Section 50-37 of the Illinois Procurement Code (30 ILCS 500/50-37) prohibits business entities with contracts and solicitations worth in excess of $50,000 in combined annual value pending with a given officeholder responsible for awarding the contracts from making campaign contributions to campaign committees established to promote the candidacy of the officeholder or any other declared candidate for that office. The prohibition also extends to contributions made by various affiliated persons and businesses of a business entity that is subject to the prohibition.
07/17/2015
On July 21, 2014, Aaron McArdle, President of Zeller Digital Innovations, Made a prohibited contribution. For details, see the attached Notice of Campaign Contribution Violation published in Volume 39, Issue 29 of the Illinois Register, dated July 17, 2015.
03/17/2015
On September 1, 2010, Michael Straza (then Vice-President of Zeller Digital Innovations) made a prohibited contribution. For details, see the attached Notice of Campaign Contribution Violation published in Volume 39, Issue 10 of the Illinois Register, dated March 6, 2015.
10/22/2014
On September 24, 2010, Eby-Brown Company, LLC made a prohibited contribution. For details, see the attached Notice of Campaign Contribution Violation published in Volume 38, Issue 42 of the Illinois Register, dated October 17, 2014.
On December 30, 2013 and March 4, 2014, Thomas Wake, an affiliated person of Eby-Brown Company, LLC, made a prohibited contribution. For details, see the attached Notice of Campaign Contribution Violation published in Volume 38, Issue 42 of the Illinois Register, dated October 17, 2014.
08/12/2014
On October 27, 2010, Mr. Daniel T. Kelley, an affiliated person of the business entity GROWMARK, Inc., made a prohibited contribution. For details, see the attached Notice of Campaign Contribution Violation published in Volume 38, Issue 30 of the Illinois Register, dated July 25, 2014.
05/06/2014
On December 12, 2013, Charles Poettker, an affiliated person of the business entity Poettker Construction Company, made a prohibited contribution. For details, see the attached Notice of Campaign Contribution Violation published in Volume 38, Issue 17 of the Illinois Register, dated April 25, 2014.
