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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act.
 
6    Section 5. Legislative policy.
7    (a) It is the public policy of the State of Illinois to
8promote the development of infrastructure projects that serve
9the needs of the public.
10    (b) The design-build project delivery method and
11Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery
12method and use of Alternative Technical Concepts have the
13potential to capture private sector innovation and safely
14deliver infrastructure projects on more predictable schedules
15and budgets. Earlier completion and lower cost for projects are
16possible with the ability to shift or share risks with the
17private sector that are generally retained by the public in the
18conventional design-bid-build project delivery method.
19    (c) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the
20Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll
21Highway Authority may evaluate and use Alternative Technical
22Concepts proposed by bidders and proposers and to use the
23design-build project delivery method and Construction

 

 

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1Manager/General Contractor project delivery method.
2    (d) It is the intent of this Act to use design
3professionals, construction companies, and workers from this
4State to the greatest extent possible.
5    (e) The powers granted in this Act are in addition to any
6other powers authorized under applicable law.
 
7    Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8    "Alternative Technical Concepts" means a proposed
9deviation from the contract technical requirements set forth in
10the procurement documents for a transportation facility that
11offers a solution that is equal or better than the requirements
12in the procurement documents.
13    "Authority" means the Illinois State Toll Highway
14Authority.
15    "Best value" means any selection process in which proposals
16contain both price and qualitative components and award is
17based upon a combination of price, qualitative concepts, and
18other factors.
19    "Chief procurement officer" means the chief procurement
20officer for the Transportation Agency.
21    "Construction Manager/General Contractor" means a proposer
22that has entered into a Construction Manager/General
23Contractor contract under this Act.
24    "Construction Manager/General Contractor contract" means
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1Construction Manager/General Contractor, which includes a
2first phase addressing preconstruction services and a second
3phase addressing the construction of the transportation
4facility.
5    "Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery
6method" means a method of procurement and contracting that
7makes a Construction Manager/General Contractor who enters
8into a contract with the Transportation Agency responsible for
9certain preconstruction services and then, if the parties reach
10agreement on key terms, responsible for construction of the
11transportation facility.
12    "Department" means the Illinois Department of
13Transportation.
14    "Design-bid-build project delivery method" means the
15traditional method of procuring and contracting for design
16services and construction services used separately in this
17State, which incorporates the Architectural, Engineering, and
18Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act and the
19principles of competitive bidding under the Illinois
20Procurement Code.
21    "Design-build contract" means a contract between the
22Transportation Agency and a design-builder under which the
23design-builder agrees to furnish architectural, surveying,
24engineering, construction, and related services for a
25transportation facility.
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1procurement and contracting that provides responsibility
2within a single contract between the Transportation Agency and
3a design-builder for the furnishing of architectural,
4surveying, engineering, construction, and related services for
5a transportation facility.
6    "Design-builder" means a proposer that has entered into a
7design-build contract with the Transportation Agency under
8this Act.
9    "Evaluation Committee" means the committee assembled to
10evaluate and score statements of qualifications and proposals.
11    "Evaluation criteria" means the standards and requirements
12established by the Transportation Agency against which the
13qualifications and proposals of a proposer will be assessed
14during the procurement of a design-build contract or
15Construction Manager/General Contractor contract, as
16applicable.
17    "Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the
18Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.
19    "Metropolitan planning organization" means a metropolitan
20planning organization under 23 U.S.C. 134 whose metropolitan
21planning area boundaries are partially or completely within
22this State.
23    "Preconstruction services" means all
24non-construction-related services that a Construction
25Manager/General Contractor is required to perform during the
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1contract, which may include, but is not limited to, giving
2advice to the Transportation Agency regarding scheduling, work
3sequencing, cost engineering, constructability, cost
4estimating, and risk identification.
5    "Proposal" means a proposer's response to a request for
6proposals.
7    "Proposer" means any individual, sole proprietorship,
8firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation, professional
9corporation, or other entity legally established to conduct
10business in this State that proposes to be the design-builder
11or Construction Manager/General Contractor for any
12transportation facility under this Act.
13    "Qualifications" means a statement of qualifications
14submitted by a proposer in response to a request for
15qualifications.
16    "Request for proposals" means the document issued by the
17Transportation Agency to solicit proposals and describe the
18procurement process for a design-build contract or
19Construction Manager/General Contractor contract in accordance
20with the design-build project delivery method or the
21Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery
22method, as applicable.
23    "Request for qualifications" means the document issued by
24the Transportation Agency in the first phase of a two-phase
25procurement to solicit qualifications from proposers in
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1Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery
2method, as applicable.
3    "Scope and performance requirements" means the activities,
4constructed elements, and standards of performance the
5Transportation Agency requires the design-builder or the
6Construction Manager/General Contractor to comply with in the
7development of the transportation facility, which may include,
8but is not be limited to, the intended usage, capacity, size,
9scope, quality and performance standards, life-cycle costs,
10preliminary engineering, design, and other requirements as
11developed and determined by the Transportation Agency.
12    "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Illinois Department
13of Transportation.
14    "Transportation Agency" means the Illinois Department of
15Transportation or the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.
16    "Transportation facility" means any new or existing
17facility or group of facilities that are the subject of a
18design-build contract or a Construction Manager/General
19Contractor contract, and which may include highways, roads,
20bridges, tunnels, overpasses, bus ways, guideways, ferries,
21airports or other aviation facilities, public transportation
22facilities, vehicle parking facilities, port facilities, rail
23facilities, stations, hubs, terminals, intermodal facilities,
24transit facilities, or similar facilities used for the
25transportation of persons or goods, together with any
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1intelligent transportation systems, and other property or
2facilities related to the operation or maintenance of these
3facilities.
 
4    Section 15. Authorization of project delivery methods.
5    (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and as authority
6supplemental to its existing powers, the Transportation
7Agency, in accordance with this Act, may use the design-build
8project delivery method for transportation facilities,
9provided that the capital costs for transportation facilities
10delivered utilizing the design-build project delivery method
11or Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery
12method or Alternative Technical Concepts in a design-bid-build
13project delivery method do not: (i) for transportation
14facilities delivered by the Department, exceed 20% of the
15Department's multi-year highway improvement program for any
165-year period with no one year period exceeding 30%; or (ii)
17for transportation facilities delivered by the Authority,
18exceed 20% of the Authority's annual improvement program. The
19Transportation Agency shall make this calculation prior to
20commencing the procurement. Notwithstanding any other law, and
21as authority supplemental to its existing power, the
22Department, in accordance with this Act, may use the
23Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery
24method for up to 2 transportation facilities. Prior to
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1design-build contract or a Construction Manager/General
2Contractor contract, the Transportation Agency shall first
3undertake an analysis and make a written determination that it
4is in the best interests of this State to utilize the selected
5delivery method for that transportation facility. The analysis
6and determination shall discuss the design-build project
7delivery method or Construction Manager/General Contractor
8project delivery method's impact on the anticipated schedule,
9completion date, and project costs. The best interests of the
10State analysis shall be made available to the public.
11    (b) The Transportation Agency shall report to the General
12Assembly annually for the first 5 years after the effective
13date of this Act on the progress of procurements and
14transportation facilities procured under this Act.
 
15    Section 20. Preconditions to commencement of procurement.
16    If the Transportation Agency determines to use the
17design-build project delivery method or the Construction
18Manager/General Contractor project delivery method for a
19particular transportation facility, the Transportation Agency
20may not commence a procurement for the transportation facility
21until the Transportation Agency has satisfied the requirements
22of both paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section:
23    (1) the Transportation Agency does one of the following:
24        (A) the Transportation Agency includes the
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1    respective multi-year highway improvement program and
2    designates it as a design-build project delivery method
3    project or Construction Manager/General Contractor
4    project;
5        (B) the Transportation Agency has issued a notice of
6    intent to receive qualifications, that includes a
7    description of the proposed procurement and transportation
8    facility, at least 14 days prior to the issuance of the
9    request for qualifications, and for a Department issued
10    notice of intent shall publish the notice in the Illinois
11    Transportation Procurement Bulletin and for an Authority
12    issued notice of intent shall publish the notice in the
13    Illinois Procurement Bulletin; or
14        (C) for a single phase procurement authorized under
15    subsection (a) of Section 25 of this Act, the
16    Transportation Agency has issued a notice of intent to
17    receive proposals, that includes a description of the
18    proposed procurement and transportation facility, at least
19    14 days prior to the issuance of the request for proposals,
20    for a Department issued notice of intent shall publish the
21    notice in the Illinois Transportation Procurement Bulletin
22    and for an Authority issued notice of intent shall publish
23    the notice in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin; and
24    (2) the Transportation Agency shall use its best efforts to
25ensure that the transportation facility is consistent with the
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1planning organization in which the boundaries of the
2transportation facility is located, or any other
3publicly-approved plan.
 
4    Section 25. Procurement process.
5    (a) The Transportation Agency may solicit a proposer with
6which to enter into a design-build contract or Construction
7Manager/General Contractor contract, as applicable, by using,
8without limitation, one or more requests for qualifications,
9short-listing of the most highly qualified proposers, requests
10for proposals, and negotiations. The Transportation Agency
11shall use a two-phase procurement for a design-build contract
12to select the successful proposer; provided that the
13Transportation Agency may use a single phase procurement if the
14transportation facility is estimated to cost less than
15$5,000,000 or the Secretary or the Executive Director makes a
16written determination that the Transportation Agency may use a
17single phase procurement for a particular transportation
18facility. In a two-phase procurement, the Transportation
19Agency shall use the first phase to evaluate and short-list the
20most highly qualified proposers based on a proposer's
21qualifications, and then use the second phase to evaluate and
22select a proposer based on proposals submitted by the
23short-listed proposers. During the first phase of a two-phase
24procurement, the Transportation Agency shall not consider
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1phase procurement, the Transportation Agency shall solicit
2proposers with a request for proposals, and shall evaluate and
3select a proposer based on those proposals.
4    (b) The request for qualifications may contain any
5information deemed appropriate by the Transportation Agency
6including, without limitation, the following information:
7        (1) the anticipated scope of work for the
8    transportation facility;
9        (2) a requirement that the proposer identify certain
10    key personnel, and for design-build contracts certain key
11    firms, the experience of the personnel and firms, and the
12    conditions on which identified personnel and firms can be
13    replaced;
14        (3) the evaluation criteria for the qualifications and
15    the relative importance of those criteria; these
16    evaluation criteria may address, without limitation, the
17    proposer's technical and financial qualifications, such as
18    specialized experience, technical competence, capability
19    to perform, financial capacity, the proposer's workload,
20    local office presence, past performance, including the
21    proposer's safety record, and any other
22    qualifications-based factors;
23        (4) the Transportation Agency's prequalification,
24    licensing, and registration requirements, including any
25    requirements from the Professional Engineering Practice
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1    1989, the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989, and
2    the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989,
3    provided that nothing contained herein precludes the
4    Transportation Agency's use of additional prequalification
5    criteria or pass/fail evaluation factors addressing
6    minimum levels of technical experience or financial
7    capabilities;
8        (5) the maximum number of proposers the Transportation
9    Agency will short-list to submit proposals; and
10        (6) any other relevant information the Transportation
11    Agency deems appropriate.
12    (c) Upon completion of the qualifications evaluation, the
13Transportation Agency shall, based on the evaluation criteria
14set forth in the request for qualifications, create a
15short-list of the most highly qualified proposers. The
16Transportation Agency shall short-list no more than 5 and no
17fewer than 2 of the most highly qualified proposers.
18Notwithstanding other provisions of this subsection (c), the
19Transportation Agency may short-list fewer than 2 proposers if
20the Secretary or the Executive Director make a finding that an
21emergency situation justifies the limited short-listing and
22fewer than 2 proposers meet any applicable prequalification or
23pass/fail requirements set forth in the request for
24qualifications.
25    (d) The request for proposals may contain any information
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1without limitation, the following information:
2        (1) the form and amount of required bid security;
3        (2) the terms of the design-build contract or
4    Construction Manager/General Contractor contract
5    including, but not limited to, scope and performance
6    requirements, schedule or completion date requirements,
7    subcontractor requirements, payment and performance
8    security requirements, and insurance requirements;
9        (3) the requirements for the technical component of the
10    proposal, including a description of the level of design,
11    scope and type of renderings, drawings, and specifications
12    to be provided in the proposals;
13        (4) the requirements for the price component of the
14    proposal, which for Construction Manager/General
15    Contractor contracts may include a requirement for the
16    proposer to submit a lump sum price for the direct costs to
17    perform the required preconstruction services and
18    percentage mark-up on those direct costs;
19        (5) the evaluation criteria for the proposals,
20    including technical criteria, innovation, and schedule,
21    and the relative importance of those criteria, as the
22    Transportation Agency deems appropriate;
23        (6) a process for the Transportation Agency to review
24    and accept Alternative Technical Concepts;
25        (7) requirements regarding the proposer's
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1        (8) any other relevant information the Transportation
2    Agency deems appropriate.
3    (e) Prior to the proposers' submittal of proposals, the
4Transportation Agency may conduct confidential meetings and
5exchange confidential information with proposers to promote
6understanding of the request for proposals, review Alternative
7Technical Concepts, or discuss other issues related to the
8procurement.
9    (f) The date proposals are due must be at least 28 calendar
10days after the date the Transportation Agency first issues the
11request for proposals.
12    (g) The Transportation Agency may offer to pay a stipend in
13an amount and on the terms and conditions determined by the
14Transportation Agency and as set forth in the request for
15proposals to: (1) all short-listed proposers if the
16Transportation Agency cancels the procurement before the due
17date for proposals; or (2) each unsuccessful proposer that
18submits a responsive proposal. The Transportation Agency may
19pay a stipend only to those proposers who grant to the
20Transportation Agency the right to use any work product
21contained in the unsuccessful proposer's proposal and other
22proposal-related submissions or, if the Transportation Agency
23cancels the procurement before the due date for proposals, any
24work product developed prior to cancellation, including
25technologies, techniques, methods, processes, and information
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1facility.
2    (h) The Transportation Agency shall, as appropriate
3depending on whether the transportation facility includes
4building facilities, directly employ or retain a professional
5engineer or engineers licensed in this State or a licensed
6architect or architects, or both engineers licensed in this
7State and licensed architects, to prepare the scope and assist
8in the evaluation of the proposals' technical submissions under
9a design-build project delivery method. The professional
10engineers and licensed architects performing these services
11are generally precluded from participating in the procurement
12of the transportation facility at issue as a member of a
13proposer team.
14    (i) The Transportation Agency shall have the right to
15reject any and all qualifications or proposals, including, but
16not limited to, the right to reject any qualifications or
17proposals as non-responsive if, in the Transportation Agency's
18sole discretion, the qualifications or proposals do not meet
19all material requirements of the request for qualifications or
20request for proposals, as appropriate. The Transportation
21Agency shall not consider a proposal that does not include:
22        (1) the proposer's plan to comply with requirements
23    established by the Transportation Agency regarding
24    utilization of business enterprises, including
25    disadvantaged business enterprises; or
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1    the request for proposals.
2    (j) The Transportation Agency shall consult with the
3appropriate chief procurement officer on the design-build
4project delivery method and the Construction Manager/General
5Contractor project delivery method procurement processes, and
6the Secretary or the Executive Director, in consultation with
7the chief procurement officer, shall determine which
8procedures to adopt and apply to the design-build project
9delivery method and Construction Manager/General Contractor
10project delivery method procurement processes in order to
11ensure an open, transparent, and efficient process that
12accomplishes the purposes of this Act.
 
13    Section 30. Evaluation committee.
14    (a) The Transportation Agency shall establish one or more
15evaluation committees to assist in selecting a design-builder
16and a Construction Manager/General Contractor. The
17Transportation Agency shall, in its sole discretion, determine
18the appropriate size and composition of the evaluation
19committee, provided that at least half of the committee must be
20licensed design professionals.
21    (b) The Transportation Agency may establish an evaluation
22committee for a set term or for the procurement of a particular
23transportation facility.
24    (c) Once the Transportation Agency identifies the
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1evaluation committee must certify that no conflict of interest
2exists between the member and the proposers. If the
3Transportation Agency, after consultation with the chief
4procurement officer, determines that an actual conflict
5exists, the member shall not participate on the evaluation
6committee for that procurement and the Transportation Agency
7shall appoint a replacement member on either a permanent or
8temporary basis.
 
9    Section 35. Procedures for selection. The Transportation
10Agency shall review, evaluate, score, and rank proposals and
11determine which proposal offers the best value to the public
12based on the evaluation criteria set forth in the request for
13proposals. The Transportation Agency shall award the contract
14based on this determination. Notwithstanding other provisions
15of this Section, if for any reason the proposer awarded the
16contract is unable or unwilling to execute the contract,
17including the failure of the proposer and the Transportation
18Agency to successfully complete negotiations, if any, of the
19contract, the Transportation Agency may award the contract to
20the proposer whose proposal the Transportation Agency
21determines offers the public the next best value.
 
22    Section 40. Project records; confidentiality; public
23disclosure.
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1decisions, qualification and proposal evaluations, scoring
2documents, selection evaluations, proposals, and procurement
3documents in a procurement file maintained by the
4Transportation Agency.
5    (b) A proposer may identify those portions of a proposal or
6other submission that the proposer considers to be trade
7secrets or confidential, commercial, financial, or proprietary
8information. To consider confidential and proprietary
9information, including trade secrets, to be exempt from
10disclosure, the proposer shall do all of the following:
11        (1) request exclusion from disclosure upon submission
12    of the information or other materials for which protection
13    is sought;
14        (2) identify the data or other materials for which
15    protection is sought;
16        (3) state the statutory or regulatory basis for the
17    protection;
18        (4) fully comply with the federal Freedom of
19    Information Act and any other applicable provisions of
20    State law, including, but not limited to, the Freedom of
21    Information Act, with respect to information the proposer
22    contends should be exempt from disclosure; and
23        (5) certify if the information is in accordance with
24    the protection of the Illinois Trade Secrets Act.
25    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to
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1Act with the need to create a transparent procurement process,
2the qualifications, proposals, and other information and
3documents submitted by proposers and the Transportation
4Agency's evaluation records shall not be subject to release or
5disclosure by the Transportation Agency until execution of the
6design-build contract or Construction Manager/General
7Contractor contract, as applicable. If the Transportation
8Agency terminates the procurement for a transportation
9facility, the exemption from release or disclosure under this
10Section shall remain in place until the Transportation Agency
11re-procures the transportation facility and has entered into a
12design-build contract or Construction Manager/General
13Contractor contract, as applicable. However, this exemption
14shall lapse if the Transportation Agency does not commence the
15re-procurement of the transportation facility within 5 years of
16the termination.
 
17    Section 45. Design-build contract. A design-build contract
18may include any provisions the Transportation Agency
19determines are necessary or appropriate, including, but not
20limited to, provisions regarding the following:
21        (1) compensation or payments to the design-builder;
22        (2) grounds for termination of the design-build
23    contract, including the Transportation Agency's right to
24    terminate for convenience;
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1        (4) events of default and the rights and remedies
2    available to the design-builder and the Transportation
3    Agency in the event of a default or delay;
4        (5) the identification of any technical specifications
5    that the design-builder must comply with when developing
6    plans or performing construction work;
7        (6) the procedures for review and approval of the
8    design-builder's plans;
9        (7) required performance and payment security;
10        (8) the terms and conditions of indemnification and
11    minimum insurance requirements; and
12        (9) any other terms and conditions the Transportation
13    Agency deems necessary.
 
14    Section 50. Construction Manager/General Contractor
15contract.
16    (a) The Construction Manager/General Contractor contract
17shall divide the Construction Manager/General Contractor
18services into 2 phases. The first phase shall address
19preconstruction services and the procedures the parties shall
20follow to finalize the contract terms for the second phase. The
21second phase shall address the Construction Manager/General
22Contractor's construction of the transportation facility for a
23lump sum or a guaranteed maximum price.
24    (b) A Construction Manager/General Contractor contract
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1        (1) the Construction Manager/General Contractor's
2    provision of preconstruction services during the first
3    phase of the contract, including the Construction
4    Manager/General Contractor's compensation for those
5    services;
6        (2) a requirement that, during the first phase of the
7    contract, the Construction Manager/General Contractor
8    shall use a competitive bidding process to procure
9    subcontracts for at least the minimum percentage of
10    construction work specified in the request for proposals,
11    provided that:
12            (A) compliance with this requirement shall be
13        based on an estimated cost for the construction work
14        approved by the Transportation Agency prior to the
15        start of the competitive bidding process; and
16            (B) the Construction Manager/General Contractor
17        may not use subcontracts with its wholly or partially
18        owned subsidiaries, parent companies, or affiliates to
19        satisfy this obligation;
20        (3) the process the Transportation Agency and the
21    Construction Manager/General Contractor shall use to
22    determine a lump sum or guaranteed maximum price for the
23    construction work, which shall include a requirement that
24    the Transportation Agency conduct an independent cost
25    estimate for the construction work; and
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1    Manager/General Contractor contract, including the
2    Transportation Agency's right to terminate the contract
3    and not proceed with the construction phase of the project
4    if the Transportation Agency and the Construction
5    Manager/General Contractor are unable to negotiate a lump
6    sum or guaranteed maximum price for the construction work.
7    (c) In addition to the provisions under subsection (b) of
8this Section, a Construction Manager/General Contractor
9contract may include any other provisions the Transportation
10Agency determines are necessary or appropriate, including, but
11not limited to, provisions regarding the following:
12        (1) liability for damages and nonperformance;
13        (2) events of default and the rights and remedies
14    available to the Construction Manager/General Contractor
15    and the Transportation Agency in the event of a default or
16    delay;
17        (3) the identification of any technical specifications
18    that the Construction Manager/General Contractor must
19    comply with when aiding the Transportation Agency with
20    developing plans or performing construction work;
21        (4) required performance and payment security for the
22    construction phase of the contract;
23        (5) the terms and conditions of indemnification and
24    minimum insurance requirements; and
25        (6) any other terms and conditions the Transportation
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1    (d) If the Construction Manager/General Contractor
2contract is terminated for any reason, the Transportation
3Agency may, in its sole discretion, re-advertise the
4Construction Manager/General Contractor contract under this
5Act or use any other authorized procurement method to complete
6the transportation facility or any portion of the
7transportation facility. Once the contract is terminated, the
8Transportation Agency may use any work product developed by the
9Construction Manager/General Contractor to complete the
10transportation facility.
 
11    Section 55. Funding and financing.
12    (a) The Transportation Agency may utilize any lawful source
13of funding and financing to compensate a design-builder and
14Construction Manager/General Contractor for work and services
15performed under a design-build contract or Construction
16Manager/General Contractor contract, as applicable, and the
17Transportation Agency may combine federal, State, local, and
18private funds to finance a transportation facility.
19    (b) Subject to appropriation by the General Assembly of the
20required amounts, the Transportation Agency may obligate and
21make expenditures of funds as and when needed to satisfy its
22payment obligations under a design-build contract or
23Construction Manager/General Contractor contract.
 
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1Construction Manager/General Contractor projects shall comply
2with Section 2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act and all
3applicable laws and rules that establish standards and
4procedures for the utilization of minority, disadvantaged, and
5female-owned businesses, including, but not limited to, the
6Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with
7Disabilities Act.
 
8    Section 60. Acquisition of property and related
9agreements. The Transportation Agency may exercise any and all
10powers of condemnation or eminent domain, including quick-take
11powers, to acquire lands or estates or interests in land for a
12transportation facility under this Act to the extent the
13Transportation Agency finds that the action serves the public
14purpose of this Act and deems the action appropriate in the
15exercise of its powers under this Act. In addition, the
16Transportation Agency and a design-builder or Construction
17Manager/General Contractor may enter into leases, licenses,
18easements, and other grants of property interests that the
19Transportation Agency determines are necessary to deliver a
20transportation facility under this Act.
 
21    Section 65. Federal requirements. In the procurement of
22design-build contracts and Construction Manager/General
23Contractor contracts, the Transportation Agency shall, to the
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1take all necessary steps to adapt its rules, policies, and
2procedures to remain eligible for federal aid.
 
3    Section 70. Powers. The powers granted to the
4Transportation Agency under this Act, including the power to
5procure and enter into design-build contracts and Construction
6Manager/General Contractor contracts, shall be liberally
7construed to accomplish its purpose, are in addition to any
8existing powers of the Transportation Agency, and shall not
9affect or impair any other powers authorized under applicable
10law.
 
11    Section 75. Rulemaking.
12    (a) The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act applies to
13all administrative rules and procedures of the Transportation
14Agency under this Act, except that nothing in this Act shall be
15construed to render any prequalification or other
16responsibility criteria as a "license" or "licensing" under
17that Act.
18    (b) The appropriate chief procurement officer, in
19consultation with the Transportation Agency, may adopt rules to
20carry out the provisions of this Act.
 
21    Section 905. The Department of Transportation Law of the
22Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding
23Section 2705-233 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-233 new)
2    Sec. 2705-233. Design-build and Construction
3Manager/General Contractor for the transportation
4infrastructure. The Department may exercise all powers granted
5to it under the Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure
6Act, including, but not limited to, the power to enter into all
7contracts or agreements necessary or incidental to the
8performance of its powers under that Act, and powers related to
9any transportation facility implemented under that Act.
 
10    Section 910. The Illinois Finance Authority Act is amended
11by adding Section 825-108 as follows:
 
12    (20 ILCS 3501/825-108 new)
13    Sec. 825-108. Transportation project financing. For the
14purpose of financing a transportation facility undertaken
15under the Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act,
16the Authority may apply for an allocation of tax-exempt bond
17financing authorization provided by subsection (m) of Section
18142 of the United States Internal Revenue Code, as well as
19financing available under any other federal law or program.
 
20    Section 915. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
21adding Section 1-10.5 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (30 ILCS 500/1-10.5 new)
2    Sec. 1-10.5. Alternative Technical Concepts.
3Notwithstanding subsection (b) of Section 1-10 of this Code,
4the Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll
5Highway Authority may allow bidders and proposers to submit
6Alternative Technical Concepts in their bids and proposals,
7provided the Department or Authority determines that the
8Alternative Technical Concepts provide an equal or better
9solution than the underlying technical requirements applicable
10to the work. Notwithstanding the above, for projects the
11Department or Authority delivers using the design-bid-build
12project delivery method, the Department or Authority shall only
13use the Alternative Technical Concepts process for up to 3
14projects. If the Department or Authority allows bidders or
15proposers for a particular contract to submit Alternative
16Technical Concepts, the Department or Authority shall describe
17the process for submission and evaluation of Alternative
18Technical Concepts in the procurement documents for that
19contract, including the potential use of confidential meetings
20and the exchange of confidential information with bidders and
21proposers to review and discuss potential or proposed
22Alternative Technical Concepts. For the purposes of this
23Section, the terms "Alternative Technical Concepts" and
24"design-bid-build project delivery method" have the meanings
25ascribed to those terms in the Innovations for Transportation
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1    Section 920. The Architectural, Engineering, and Land
2Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act is amended by
3adding Section 85 as follows:
 
4    (30 ILCS 535/85 new)
5    Sec. 85. Design-build and Construction Manager/General
6Contractor contracts. This Act shall not apply to the
7procurement of or contracting for transportation facilities
8using design-build contracts and Construction Manager/General
9Contractor contracts under the Innovations for Transportation
10Infrastructure Act.
 
11    Section 925. The Public Construction Bond Act is amended by
12adding Section 1.9 as follows:
 
13    (30 ILCS 550/1.9 new)
14    Sec. 1.9. Design-build contracts and Construction
15Manager/General Contractor contracts. This Act applies to any
16design-build contract or Construction Manager/General
17Contractor contract entered into under the Innovations for
18Transportation Infrastructure Act.
 
19    Section 930. The Employment of Illinois Workers on Public
20Works Act is amended by adding Section 2.8 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (30 ILCS 570/2.8 new)
2    Sec. 2.8. Design build and Construction Manager/General
3Contractor contracts. This Act applies to any design build
4contracts and Construction Manager/General Contractor
5contracts entered into under the Innovations for
6Transportation Infrastructure Act.
 
7    Section 931. The Business Enterprise for Minorities,
8Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act is amended by adding
9Section 2.8 as follows:
 
10    (30 ILCS 575/2.8 new)
11    Sec. 2.8. Design build and Construction Manager/General
12Contractor contracts. This Act applies to any design-build
13contracts and Construction Manager/General Contractor
14contracts entered into under the Innovations for
15Transportation Infrastructure Act.
 
16    Section 935. The Toll Highway Act is amended by adding
17Section 11.2 as follows:
 
18    (605 ILCS 10/11.2 new)
19    Sec. 11.2. Design-build and Construction Manager/General
20Contractor contracts. The Authority may exercise all powers
21granted to it under the Innovations for Transportation
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1enter into all contracts or agreements necessary to perform its
2powers under that Act, and any powers related to a
3transportation facility implemented under that Act.
 
4    Section 940. The Eminent Domain Act is amended by adding
5Section 15-5-48 as follows:
 
6    (735 ILCS 30/15-5-48 new)
7    Sec. 15-5-48. Eminent domain powers in new Acts. The
8following provisions of law may include express grants of the
9power to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain:
10    The Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act; for
11the purposes of constructing a transportation facility under
12the Act.
 
13    Section 945. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing
14Section 2 as follows:
 
15    (820 ILCS 130/2)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2)
16    Sec. 2. This Act applies to the wages of laborers,
17mechanics and other workers employed in any public works, as
18hereinafter defined, by any public body and to anyone under
19contracts for public works. This includes any maintenance,
20repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
21whether owned, leased, or rented.
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1otherwise:
2    "Public works" means all fixed works constructed or
3demolished by any public body, or paid for wholly or in part
4out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein includes
5all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds, grants,
6loans, or other funds made available by or through the State or
7any of its political subdivisions, including but not limited
8to: bonds issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act
9(Article 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the
10Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois Finance
11Authority Act, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act, or
12the Build Illinois Bond Act; loans or other funds made
13available pursuant to the Build Illinois Act; loans or other
14funds made available pursuant to the Riverfront Development
15Fund under Section 10-15 of the River Edge Redevelopment Zone
16Act; or funds from the Fund for Illinois' Future under Section
176z-47 of the State Finance Act, funds for school construction
18under Section 5 of the General Obligation Bond Act, funds
19authorized under Section 3 of the School Construction Bond Act,
20funds for school infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of the
21State Finance Act, and funds for transportation purposes under
22Section 4 of the General Obligation Bond Act. "Public works"
23also includes (i) all projects financed in whole or in part
24with funds from the Department of Commerce and Economic
25Opportunity under the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development
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1all work performed pursuant to a public private agreement under
2the Public Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act or
3the Public-Private Agreements for the South Suburban Airport
4Act; and (iii) all projects undertaken under a public-private
5agreement under the Public-Private Partnerships for
6Transportation Act; and (iv) all transportation facilities
7undertaken under a design-build contract or a Construction
8Manager/General Contractor contract under the Innovations for
9Transportation Infrastructure Act. "Public works" also
10includes all projects at leased facility property used for
11airport purposes under Section 35 of the Local Government
12Facility Lease Act. "Public works" also includes the
13construction of a new wind power facility by a business
14designated as a High Impact Business under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E)
15of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. "Public works" does not
16include work done directly by any public utility company,
17whether or not done under public supervision or direction, or
18paid for wholly or in part out of public funds. "Public works"
19also includes any corrective action performed pursuant to Title
20XVI of the Environmental Protection Act for which payment from
21the Underground Storage Tank Fund is requested. "Public works"
22does not include projects undertaken by the owner at an
23owner-occupied single-family residence or at an owner-occupied
24unit of a multi-family residence. "Public works" does not
25include work performed for soil and water conservation purposes
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1supervision or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds,
2done directly by an owner or person who has legal control of
3those lands.
4    "Construction" means all work on public works involving
5laborers, workers or mechanics. This includes any maintenance,
6repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
7whether owned, leased, or rented.
8    "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon
9public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not
10available in the county a sufficient number of competent
11skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the public
12works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes any other
13county nearest the one in which the work or construction is to
14be performed and from which such persons may be obtained in
15sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with
16respect to contracts for highway work with the Department of
17Transportation of this State, "locality" may at the discretion
18of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation be
19construed to include two or more adjacent counties from which
20workers may be accessible for work on such construction.
21    "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or
22commission of the State or any political subdivision or
23department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or in
24part by public funds, and includes every county, city, town,
25village, township, school district, irrigation, utility,
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1political subdivision, district or municipality of the state
2whether such political subdivision, municipality or district
3operates under a special charter or not.
4    The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages",
5"general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of
6wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus
7annualized fringe benefits for training and apprenticeship
8programs approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
9Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance,
10vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in which
11the work is being performed, to employees engaged in work of a
12similar character on public works.
13(Source: P.A. 97-502, eff. 8-23-11; 98-109, eff. 7-25-13;
1498-482, eff. 1-1-14; 98-740, eff. 7-16-14; 98-756, eff.
157-16-14.)
 
16    Section 997. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
17severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
18    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.