{
 "topic": "FOIA section 7(1)(h) - Bids and proposals, until a contract is awarded",
 "statute": "5 ILCS 140/7(1)(h)",
 "family": "FOIA exemptions (section 7)",
 "page": "https://illinoisfoia.org/issues/foia-7-1-h/",
 "note": "Determination letters are non-binding. Verify against the source PDF before citing.",
 "counts": {
  "violation_found": 0,
  "no_violation": 3,
  "no_determination": 0,
  "other": 0
 },
 "challenge_notes": null,
 "issues": [
  {
   "issue": "Withholding PPA under section 7(1)(h)",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Section 7(1)(h) exempts proposals and bids for contracts, grants, or agreements until an award or final selection is made, and the PPA is part of a pending tax credit proposal.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Application materials for a housing development assessment",
    "date": "2024-06-24",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-79594/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Reg. Rev. Ltr. 73332",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Section 7(1)(h) exemption for bids submitted by public body",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Section 7(1)(h) exempts bids and proposals submitted by a public body until an award or final selection is made.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A city's bid proposal for a corporate headquarters",
    "date": "2018-03-29",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-51776/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 28257",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Paxson v. Board of Education of School District No. 87, 276 Ill. App. 3d 912, 920 (1st Dist. 1995)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-143018/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Withholding proposed offtake agreement under section 7(1)(h)",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Section 7(1)(h) exempts proposals and bids from disclosure until an award or final selection is made, and no final selection had been made.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A proposed biogas production agreement",
    "date": "2017-07-06",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-43086/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Lieber v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois Univ., 176 Ill. 2d 401, 408 (1997)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "DeLuna v. Burciaga, 223 I11. 2d 49, 59 (2006)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "People v. Rinehart, 2012 IL 111719, ¶ 24, 962 N. E. 2d 444, 452 (2012)",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}