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Surplus Equipment Control Division
CMS Surplus Equipment Control Division is responsible for the administration and disposal of all surplus items such as supplies, electronics, and furniture no longer needed by state agencies, boards, commissions, universities, and constitutional officeholders. The Division also manages excess federal items through partnerships with Law Enforcement Support Office (LESO) and the General Services Administration (GSA).
For information about state surplus real estate property visit CMS Property Management.
STATE SURPLUS items like electronics and machinery are made available by priority to State government entities on a “first come, first serve” basis. When items are no longer needed by State government, they are made available next to priority agencies which consists of local units of government (cities, towns, counties, etc.), non-profit organizations (501c, organizations providing assistance to homeless, food banks, etc., and veteran/minority owned small businesses. The Division also administers the State electronic recycling program. Our recycling services help State agencies to properly dispose of or recycle unusable electronic items if they cannot be re-distributed to other state entities.
If you are a State Agency (Entity) or a Priority Agency and have questions about surplus property items, please call 217-785-6903 or email cms.surplus@illinois.gov.
Often called "the eBay® of Illinois," iBid is the State's online auction website. The iBid web site allows users to browse and bid for items currently available for sale at public auction. Auctions are held weekly at http://ibid.illinois.gov and interested bidders can find vehicles, office furniture, electronics, machine shop equipment, and much more each week!
In addition to State of Illinois surplus property, municipalities and other local governmental entities in Illinois use the State's iBid auction website to dispose of their unneeded equipment. If you are a local governmental entity and would like to learn how to sell surplus property on iBid with your own storefront, contact Thomas Whitehead (thomas.whitehead@illinois.gov) for more information.
The GSA Federal Surplus Property Program is administered by CMS and governed by regulations of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). If you have questions regarding the GSA Federal Surplus Property Program, need interpretation and translation services, or require assistance for people with disabilities, please call 217-785-6903 or email cms.gsa@illinois.gov.
Illinois law enforcement agencies are eligible for enrollment in a special equipment program administered by the Illinois Department of Central Management Services: Law Enforcement Support Office Program (LESO). The Secretary of Defense is authorized by Title 10 USC § 2576a, 1033 LESO Program, to transfer to Federal and State Agencies, personal property that is excess to the needs of the DOD and that the Secretary determines is suitable to be used by such agencies in law enforcement activities, with emphasis on counter-drug/counter-terrorism activities, under such terms prescribed by the Secretary. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) defines law enforcement activities as activities performed by government agencies whose primary function is the enforcement of applicable Federal, State, and local laws and whose compensated law enforcement officers have powers of arrest and apprehension. For more information regarding the LESO program, please contact the Illinois LESO at 217-785-6903 or email us at cms.leso@illinois.gov.
For more information, please contact:
CMS Surplus Equipment Control Division
1924 S. 10 1/2 St.
Springfield, IL 62703
voice (State): 217-785-6903
voice (Federal): 217-785-6903
voice (LESO): 217-524-1959
