Section 660.10  Authority

a)         The Secretary of Transportation is established in the Illinois Procurement Code (the Code) [30 ILCS 500] as the Chief Procurement Officer for all construction and construction-related services contract procurement, for procurement related to the operation of any facility under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Department of Transportation (the Department), and for the procurement of contracts necessary to the provision of any service or activity for which the Department is charged by law.  The Secretary has the authority to appoint State Purchasing Officers to carry out the responsibility established in the Illinois Procurement Code.  (See Section 1-15.15 of the Code.)

b)         With respect to construction and construction-related services, the Department is charged by law with the responsibility for the construction, improvement, maintenance and operation of the State Highway System; the rehabilitation, improvement and construction of rail facilities; and the construction, improvement and maintenance of air navigation facilities either on behalf of the State or as agent for units of local government empowered to operate air navigation facilities.  In addition, the Department may let contracts for highway construction on highway systems under the jurisdiction of local highway authorities as a condition of the receipt of federal-aid funds or as otherwise provided by law.

c)         Procurements undertaken in accordance with the authority of the Department and subject to the Code will be accomplished in accordance with this Part or the standard procurement rules adopted by the Department of Central Management Services as indicated in the notice of the relevant procurement.  All other procurements subject to the Code  and committed to the authority of other Chief Procurement Officers therein will be conducted in accordance with the rules adopted by those Chief Procurement Officers.  Procurements subject to the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act will be conducted, in all aspects and procedures, including but not limited to prequalification, publication, evaluation, selection, contract formation and amendment, and performance evaluation, in accordance with rules adopted by the Department pursuant to that Act.