101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1913

 

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/30-30

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that for building construction contracts in excess of $500,000 (currently, $250,000), separate specifications may be prepared for all equipment, labor, and materials in connection with specified subdivisions of the work to be performed. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5changing Section 30-30 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/30-30)
7    Sec. 30-30. Design-bid-build construction.
8    (a) The provisions of this subsection are operative through
9December 31, 2019.
10    For building construction contracts in excess of $500,000
11$250,000, separate specifications may be prepared for all
12equipment, labor, and materials in connection with the
13following 5 subdivisions of the work to be performed:
14        (1) plumbing;
15        (2) heating, piping, refrigeration, and automatic
16    temperature control systems, including the testing and
17    balancing of those systems;
18        (3) ventilating and distribution systems for
19    conditioned air, including the testing and balancing of
20    those systems;
21        (4) electric wiring; and
22        (5) general contract work.
23    The specifications may be so drawn as to permit separate

 

 

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1and independent bidding upon each of the 5 subdivisions of
2work. All contracts awarded for any part thereof may award the
35 subdivisions of work separately to responsible and reliable
4persons, firms, or corporations engaged in these classes of
5work. The contracts, at the discretion of the construction
6agency, may be assigned to the successful bidder on the general
7contract work or to the successful bidder on the subdivision of
8work designated by the construction agency before the bidding
9as the prime subdivision of work, provided that all payments
10will be made directly to the contractors for the 5 subdivisions
11of work upon compliance with the conditions of the contract.
12    Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
13the 99th General Assembly and through December 31, 2019, for
14single prime projects: (i) the bid of the successful low bidder
15shall identify the name of the subcontractor, if any, and the
16bid proposal costs for each of the 5 subdivisions of work set
17forth in this Section; (ii) the contract entered into with the
18successful bidder shall provide that no identified
19subcontractor may be terminated without the written consent of
20the Capital Development Board; (iii) the contract shall comply
21with the disadvantaged business practices of the Business
22Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
23Disabilities Act and the equal employment practices of Section
242-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act; (iv) the Capital
25Development Board shall submit a quarterly report to the
26Procurement Policy Board with information on the general scope,

 

 

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1project budget, and established Business Enterprise Program
2goals for any single prime procurement bid in the previous 3
3months with a total construction cost valued at $10,000,000 or
4less; and (v) the Capital Development Board shall submit an
5annual report to the General Assembly and Governor on the
6bidding, award, and performance of all single prime projects.
7    For building construction projects with a total
8construction cost valued at $5,000,000 or less, the Capital
9Development Board shall not use the single prime procurement
10delivery method for more than 50% of the total number of
11projects bid for each fiscal year. Any project with a total
12construction cost valued greater than $5,000,000 may be bid
13using single prime at the discretion of the Executive Director
14of the Capital Development Board.
15    Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
16the 99th General Assembly and through December 31, 2017, the
17Capital Development Board shall, on a weekly basis: review the
18projects that have been designed, and approved to bid; and, for
19every fifth determination to use the single prime procurement
20delivery method for a project under $10,000,000, submit to the
21Procurement Policy Board a written notice of its intent to use
22the single prime method on the project. The notice shall
23include the reasons for using the single prime method and an
24explanation of why the use of that method is in the best
25interest of the State. The Capital Development Board shall post
26the notice on its online procurement webpage and on the online

 

 

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1Procurement Bulletin at least 3 business days following
2submission. The Procurement Policy Board shall review and
3provide its decision on the use of the single prime method for
4every fifth use of the single prime procurement delivery method
5for a project under $10,000,000 within 7 business days of
6receipt of the notice from the Capital Development Board.
7Approval by the Procurement Policy Board shall not be
8unreasonably withheld and shall be provided unless the
9Procurement Policy Board finds that the use of the single prime
10method is not in the best interest of the State. Any decision
11by the Procurement Policy Board to disapprove the use of the
12single prime method shall be made in writing to the Capital
13Development Board, posted on the online Procurement Bulletin,
14and shall state the reasons why the single prime method was
15disapproved and why it is not in the best interest of the
16State.
17    (b) The provisions of this subsection are operative on and
18after January 1, 2020. For building construction contracts in
19excess of $500,000 $250,000, separate specifications shall be
20prepared for all equipment, labor, and materials in connection
21with the following 5 subdivisions of the work to be performed:
22        (1) plumbing;
23        (2) heating, piping, refrigeration, and automatic
24    temperature control systems, including the testing and
25    balancing of those systems;
26        (3) ventilating and distribution systems for

 

 

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1    conditioned air, including the testing and balancing of
2    those systems;
3        (4) electric wiring; and
4        (5) general contract work.
5    The specifications must be so drawn as to permit separate
6and independent bidding upon each of the 5 subdivisions of
7work. All contracts awarded for any part thereof shall award
8the 5 subdivisions of work separately to responsible and
9reliable persons, firms, or corporations engaged in these
10classes of work. The contracts, at the discretion of the
11construction agency, may be assigned to the successful bidder
12on the general contract work or to the successful bidder on the
13subdivision of work designated by the construction agency
14before the bidding as the prime subdivision of work, provided
15that all payments will be made directly to the contractors for
16the 5 subdivisions of work upon compliance with the conditions
17of the contract.
18(Source: P.A. 99-257, eff. 8-4-15; 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.