In addition to giving notice in the Bulletin, SBEL may directly contact prospective vendors by providing copies of Invitations for Bids, Requests for Proposals, or other procurement information. Direct solicitation may be oral or in writing and all vendors solicited in this manner must receive the same information as that provided by publication. No direct solicitation shall be made prior to the date any required notice first appears in the Bulletin.
Ill. Admin. Code tit. 44, § 2600.210