55 ILCS 5/5-36010
There shall be a Board of Standardization for the County of Cook composed of the County purchasing agent who shall be chairman, the Superintendent of the County Hospital, or some person designated by him, the superintendent of the Oak Forest Hospital, or some person designated by him, the Superintendent of Highways, or some person designated by him, the Sheriff, or some person designated by him, and the President of the County Board, or some person designated by him. The members of the Board of Standardization shall receive no compensation for their services as such members. It shall be the duty of the Board of Standardization to classify the requirements of the county government as to supplies, materials and equipment; to adopt as standards the smallest number of the various qualities, sizes and varieties of such supplies, materials and equipment consistent with the efficient operation of the county government, and to prepare, adopt and promulgate written specifications describing such standards. In the preparation and revision of any such standard specifications, the Board of Standardization shall seek the advice, assistance and cooperation of the county Offices, departments, institutions and agencies concerned to ascertain their requirements. All specifications must be definite and certain, and, in so far as possible, permit of competitive bids. After its adoption, each standard specification shall, until revised or rescinded, apply alike in terms and effect to every future purchase and contract for the purchase of every commodity.
55 ILCS 5/5-36010