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Executive Committee
Filed: 10/14/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 327
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 327 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Architectural, Engineering, and Land |
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| Surveying
Qualifications Based Selection Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 30 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 535/30) (from Ch. 127, par. 4151-30) |
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| Sec. 30. Evaluation procedure. A State agency shall |
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| evaluate the
firms submitting letters of interest and other |
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| prequalified firms,
taking into account qualifications; and |
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| the State agency may consider, but
shall not be limited to |
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| considering, ability of professional personnel,
past record |
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| and experience, performance data on file, willingness to meet
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| time requirements, location, workload of the firm and any other
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| qualifications based factors as the State agency may determine |
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| in writing
are applicable. The State agency may conduct |
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| discussions with and require
public presentations by firms |
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| deemed to be the most qualified regarding
their qualifications, |
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| approach to the project and ability to furnish the
required |
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| services. |
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| A State agency shall establish a committee to select firms |
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| to provide
architectural, engineering, and land surveying |
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| services. A selection
committee may include at least one public |
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| member nominated by a statewide
association of the profession |
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| affected. The public member may not be
employed or associated |
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| with any firm holding a contract with the State
agency nor may |
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| the public member's firm be considered for a
contract with
that |
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| State agency while he or she is serving as a public member of |
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| the
committee. |
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| In addition, the Department of Transportation may appoint |
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| public members to selection committees that represent the |
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| geographic, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the population of |
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| the State, including persons nominated by associations |
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| representing minority and female-owned business associations. |
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| Public members shall be licensed in or have received a degree |
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| from an accredited college or university in one of the |
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| professions the profession affected and shall not be employed |
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| by, associated with, or have an ownership interest in any firm |
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| holding or seeking to hold a contract while serving as a public |
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| member of the committee. |
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| In no case shall a State agency, prior to selecting a firm |
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| for
negotiation under Section 40, seek formal or informal |