95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1176


 
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. Terry Link
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














30 ILCS 500/30-30









    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code.  With respect to Capital Development Board construction contracts in excess of $250,000 during the next 5 years, provides that the requirement of separate bidding of 5 subdivisions of work does not apply if (i) the Board requests and receives the written approval of the Procurement Policy Board, (ii) the successful bid identifies the subcontractor and proposal cost for each subdivision, and (iii) the resulting contract provides that no identified subcontractor may be terminated without the written consent of the Capital Development Board.  Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning finance.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended  by 
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changing Section 30-30 as follows:
 



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    (30 ILCS 500/30-30)



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    Sec. 30-30. Contracts in excess of $250,000. For
building 
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construction contracts in excess of
$250,000, separate 
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specifications shall be prepared for all
equipment, labor, and 
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materials in
connection with the following 5 subdivisions of 
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the work to be
performed:


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        (1) plumbing;


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        (2) heating, piping, refrigeration, and automatic

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    temperature control systems,
including the testing and 
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    balancing of those systems;


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        (3) ventilating and distribution systems for

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    conditioned air, including the testing
and balancing of 
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    those systems;


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        (4) electric wiring; and


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        (5) general contract work.

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    The specifications must be so drawn as to permit separate 
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and
independent bidding upon
each of the 5 subdivisions of 
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work.  All contracts awarded
for any part thereof shall
award 
 


 






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the 5 subdivisions of work separately to responsible and

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reliable persons, firms, or
corporations engaged in these 
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classes of work.  The contracts, at
the discretion of the

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construction agency, may be assigned to the successful bidder 
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on
the general contract work or
to the successful bidder on the 
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subdivision of work designated by
the construction agency 
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before
the bidding as the prime subdivision of work, provided 
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that all
payments will be made directly
to the contractors for 
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the 5 subdivisions of work upon compliance
with the conditions 
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of the
contract.  A contract may be let for one or more 
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buildings in any
project to the same contractor.
The 
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specifications shall require, however, that unless the

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buildings are identical, a separate price
shall be submitted 
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for each building.  The contract may be awarded
to the lowest 
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responsible
bidder for each or all of the buildings included in 
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the
specifications.

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    Until a date 2 years after the effective date of this 
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amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the requirements 
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of this Section do not apply to the construction of an 
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Emergency Operations Center for the Illinois Emergency 
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Management Agency if (i) the majority of the funding for the 
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project is from federal funds, (ii) the bid of the successful 
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bidder identifies the name of the subcontractor, if any, and 
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the bid proposal costs for each of the 5 subdivisions of work 
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set forth in this Section, and (iii) the contract entered into 
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with the successful bidder provides that no identified 
 


 






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subcontractor may be terminated without the written consent of 
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the Capital Development Board.

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    Until a date 5 years after the effective date of this 
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amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the requirements 
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of this Section do not apply to the Capitol Building HVAC 
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upgrade project if (i) the bid of the successful bidder 
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identifies the name of the subcontractor, if any, and the bid 
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proposal costs for each of the 5 subdivisions of work set forth 
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in this Section, and (ii) the contract entered into with the 
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successful bidder provides that no identified subcontractor 
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may be terminated without the written consent of the Capital 
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Development Board.

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    Until a date 5 years after the effective date of this 
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amendatory Act of the 95rd General Assembly, the requirements 
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of this Section do not apply to a construction project for 
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which the Capital Development Board is the construction agency 
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if: (i) the Capital Development Board has submitted to the 
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Procurement Policy Board a written request for waiver of the 
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application of the requirements of this Section to that  
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project, including its reasons for requesting the waiver and 
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why the waiver is in the best interest of the State, and the 
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Procurement Policy Board reviews and approves the request in 
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writing before the award of the contract; (ii) the bid of the 
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successful bidder identifies the name of the subcontractor, if 
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any, and the bid proposal costs for each of the 5 subdivisions 
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of work set forth in this Section; and (iii) the contract 
 


 






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entered into with the successful bidder provides that no 
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identified subcontractor may be terminated without the written 
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consent of the Capital Development Board.

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(Source: P.A. 93-1035, eff. 9-10-04; 94-699, eff. 11-29-05.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.