97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3371

 

Introduced 2/7/2012, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Capital Development Board Act. Repeals a provision authorizing the Capital Development Board to adopt rules relating to the issuance, renewal, suspension, or modification of the prequalification of an architect, engineer, or contractor. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the appropriate chief procurement officer (now, the Capital Development Board) may establish procedures and rules for prequalification for suppliers of construction and construction-related services and for firms providing construction management services. Provides that the appropriate chief procurement officer (now, the chief procurement officer for matters other than construction and the higher education chief procurement officer) may develop prequalification standards and categories of professional and artistic services. Amends the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act. Provides that the appropriate chief procurement officer (now, a State agency) may establish procedures to prequalify firms seeking to provide architectural, engineering, and land surveying services. Amends the Design-Build Procurement Act. Provides that, prior to the solicitation of a design-build contract by the Capital Development Board, the chief procurement officer must approve the Board's written determination of the State's best interests. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Capital Development Board Act is amended by
5changing Sections 9.02, 9.06, 9.07, 10.03, and 12 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3105/9.02)  (from Ch. 127, par. 779.02)
7    Sec. 9.02.
8    To enter into contracts on behalf of the State of Illinois
9to effectuate the purposes of this Act, subject to The Illinois
10Procurement Code Purchasing Act.
11(Source: P.A. 77-1995.)
 
12    (20 ILCS 3105/9.06)  (from Ch. 127, par. 779.06)
13    Sec. 9.06.
14    To establish rules and regulations governing the
15acquisition, planning, construction, reconstruction,
16improvement and installation of capital facilities as defined
17in Section 9.01 of this Act, subject to the rulemaking and
18procurement authority of the chief procurement officer for the
19Capital Development Board as defined in Section 1-15.15 and as
20established in Section 10-20 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
21The Board may require any state agency to submit information
22deemed necessary for the Board to fulfill its responsibilities

 

 

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1under this Act, and may prescribe the form of such report.
2(Source: P.A. 77-1995.)
 
3    (20 ILCS 3105/9.07)  (from Ch. 127, par. 779.07)
4    Sec. 9.07.
5    To accept assignment of contracts entered into by other
6state agencies for construction services on projects over which
7the Board shall have jurisdiction, whether or not such
8contracts shall have been awarded in accordance with the terms
9of the Illinois Purchasing Act.
10(Source: P.A. 77-1995.)
 
11    (20 ILCS 3105/10.03)  (from Ch. 127, par. 780.03)
12    Sec. 10.03. To prepare, or cause to be prepared, such
13plans, specifications and other documents as are necessary to
14the taking and acceptance of bids and letting of construction
15contracts and to advertise for bids for such projects, as
16required in The Illinois Procurement Code Purchasing Act.
17(Source: P.A. 81-945.)
 
18    (20 ILCS 3105/12)  (from Ch. 127, par. 782)
19    Sec. 12. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to include
20the power to abrogate those powers vested in the boards of the
21local public community college districts and the Illinois
22Community College Board by the Public Community College Act,
23the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, The Board

 

 

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1of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board of
2Trustees of Chicago State University, the Board of Trustees of
3Eastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Governors
4State University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State
5University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois
6University, the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois
7University, and the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois
8University, hereinafter referred to as Governing Boards. In the
9exercise of the powers conferred by law upon the Board and in
10the exercise of the powers vested in such Governing Boards, it
11is hereby provided that (i) the Board and any such Governing
12Board may contract with each other and other parties as to the
13design and construction of any project to be constructed for or
14upon the property of such Governing Board or any institution
15under its jurisdiction; (ii) in connection with any such
16project, compliance with the provisions of the Illinois
17Procurement Code Purchasing Act by either the Board or such
18Governing Board shall be deemed to be compliance by the other;
19(iii) funds appropriated to any such Governing Board may be
20expended for any project constructed by the Board for such
21Governing Board; (iv) in connection with any such project the
22architects and engineers retained for the project and the plans
23and specifications for the project must be approved by both the
24Governing Board and the Board before undertaking either design
25or construction of the project, as the case may be.
26(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
 

 

 

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1    (20 ILCS 3105/16 rep.)
2    Section 10. The Capital Development Board Act is amended by
3repealing Section 16.
 
4    Section 15. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5changing Sections 30-10, 30-15, 30-20, 30-30, 33-10, and 35-15
6as follows:
 
7    (30 ILCS 500/30-10)
8    Sec. 30-10. Authority. Construction agencies, through the
9appropriate chief procurement officer, shall have the
10authority to procure construction and construction-related
11professional services.
12(Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)
 
13    (30 ILCS 500/30-15)
14    Sec. 30-15. Method of source selection.
15    (a) Competitive sealed bidding. Except as provided in
16subsections (b), (c), and (d) and Sections 20-20, 20-25, and
1720-30, all State construction contracts shall be procured by
18competitive sealed bidding in accordance with Section 20-10.
19    (b) Other methods. The appropriate chief procurement
20officer may Capital Development Board shall establish by rule
21construction purchases that may be made without competitive
22sealed bidding and the most competitive alternate method of

 

 

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1source selection that shall be used.
2    (c) Construction-related professional services. All
3construction-related professional services contracts shall be
4awarded in accordance with the provisions of the Architectural,
5Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection
6Act. "Professional services" means those services within the
7scope of the practice of architecture, professional
8engineering, structural engineering, or registered land
9surveying, as defined by the laws of this State.
10    (d) Correctional facilities. Remodeling and rehabilitation
11projects at correctional facilities under $25,000 funded from
12the General Revenue Fund are exempt from the provisions of this
13Article. The Department of Corrections may use inmate labor for
14the remodeling or rehabilitation of correctional facilities on
15those projects under $25,000 funded from the General Revenue
16Fund.
17    (e) Design-build. Subject to the limitations set forth in
18the Design-Build Procurement Act, the Capital Development
19Board is authorized to use the design-build delivery method for
20projects if use of the delivery method is in the best interests
21of the State.
22    (f) Use of any of the above methods of source selection
23must be approved by the chief procurement officer.
24(Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec. 99-5.)
 
25    (30 ILCS 500/30-20)

 

 

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1    Sec. 30-20. Prequalification.
2    (a) The appropriate chief procurement officer may Capital
3Development Board shall promulgate rules for the development of
4prequalified supplier lists for construction and
5construction-related professional services and the periodic
6updating of those lists. Construction and construction-related
7professional services contracts over $25,000 may be awarded to
8any qualified suppliers.
9    (b) The Illinois Power Agency shall promulgate rules for
10the development of prequalified supplier lists for
11construction and construction-related professional services
12and the periodic updating of those lists. Construction and
13construction related professional services contracts over
14$25,000 may be awarded to any qualified suppliers, pursuant to
15a competitive bidding process.
16(Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.)
 
17    (30 ILCS 500/30-30)
18    Sec. 30-30. Contracts in excess of $250,000. For building
19construction contracts in excess of $250,000, separate
20specifications shall be prepared for all equipment, labor, and
21materials in connection with the following 5 subdivisions of
22the work to be performed:
23        (1) plumbing;
24        (2) heating, piping, refrigeration, and automatic
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1    balancing of those systems;
2        (3) ventilating and distribution systems for
3    conditioned air, including the testing and balancing of
4    those systems;
5        (4) electric wiring; and
6        (5) general contract work.
7    The specifications must be so drawn as to permit separate
8and independent bidding upon each of the 5 subdivisions of
9work. All contracts awarded for any part thereof shall award
10the 5 subdivisions of work separately to responsible and
11reliable persons, firms, or corporations engaged in these
12classes of work. The contracts, at the discretion of the
13construction agency, may be assigned to the successful bidder
14on the general contract work or to the successful bidder on the
15subdivision of work designated by the construction agency
16before the bidding as the prime subdivision of work, provided
17that all payments will be made directly to the contractors for
18the 5 subdivisions of work upon compliance with the conditions
19of the contract. A contract may be let for one or more
20buildings in any project to the same contractor. The
21specifications shall require, however, that unless the
22buildings are identical, a separate price shall be submitted
23for each building. The contract may be awarded to the lowest
24responsible bidder for each or all of the buildings included in
25the specifications.
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1of this Section do not apply to a construction project for
2which the Capital Development Board is the construction agency
3if: (i) the project budget is at least $15,000,000; (ii) the
4Capital Development Board has submitted to the Procurement
5Policy Board a written request, approved by the chief
6procurement officer for the Capital Development Board, for a
7public hearing on waiver of the application of the requirements
8of this Section to that project, including its reasons for
9seeking the waiver and why the waiver is in the best interest
10of the State; (iii) the Capital Development Board has posted
11notice of the waiver hearing on its procurement web page and on
12the online Procurement Bulletin at least 15 working days before
13the hearing; (iv) the Procurement Policy Board, after
14conducting the public hearing on the waiver request, reviews
15and approves the request in writing before the award of the
16contract; (v) the successful low bidder has prequalified with
17the Capital Development Board; (vi) the bid of the successful
18low bidder identifies the name of the subcontractor, if any,
19and the bid proposal costs for each of the 5 subdivisions of
20work set forth in this Section; and (vii) the contract entered
21into with the successful bidder provides that no identified
22subcontractor may be terminated without the written consent of
23the Capital Development Board. With respect to any construction
24project described in this paragraph, the Capital Development
25Board shall: (i) provide to the Auditor General an affidavit
26that the waiver of the application of the requirements of this

 

 

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1Section is in the best interest of the State; (ii) specify in
2writing as a public record that the project shall comply with
3the disadvantaged business practices of the Business
4Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with
5Disabilities Act and the equal employment practices of Section
62-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (iii) report
7annually to the Governor and the General Assembly on the
8bidding, award, and performance. On and after January 1, 2009
9(the effective date of Public Act 95-758), the Capital
10Development Board may award in each year contracts with an
11aggregate total value of no more than $200,000,000 with respect
12to construction projects described in this paragraph.
13    Until a date 11 years after November 29, 2005 (the
14effective date of Public Act 94-699), the requirements of this
15Section do not apply to the Capitol Building HVAC upgrade
16project if (i) the bid of the successful bidder identifies the
17name of the subcontractor, if any, and the bid proposal costs
18for each of the 5 subdivisions of work set forth in this
19Section, and (ii) the contract entered into with the successful
20bidder provides that no identified subcontractor may be
21terminated without the written consent of the Capital
22Development Board.
23(Source: P.A. 96-1204, eff. 7-22-10; 96-1486, eff. 12-30-10;
2497-182, eff. 7-22-11.)
 
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1    Sec. 33-10. Prequalification. The appropriate chief
2procurement officer may Board shall establish procedures to
3prequalify firms seeking to provide construction management
4services or may use prequalification lists from other State
5agencies to meet the requirements of this Section.
6(Source: P.A. 94-532, eff. 8-10-05.)
 
7    (30 ILCS 500/35-15)
8    Sec. 35-15. Prequalification.
9    (a) The appropriate chief procurement officer may for
10matters other than construction and the higher education chief
11procurement officer shall each develop appropriate and
12reasonable prequalification standards and categories of
13professional and artistic services.
14    (b) The prequalifications and categorizations shall be
15submitted to the Procurement Policy Board and published for
16public comment prior to their submission to the Joint Committee
17on Administrative Rules for approval.
18    (c) The appropriate chief procurement officer may for
19matters other than construction and the higher education chief
20procurement officer shall each also assemble and maintain a
21comprehensive list of prequalified and categorized businesses
22and persons.
23    (d) Prequalification shall not be used to bar or prevent
24any qualified business or person for bidding or responding to
25invitations for bid or proposal.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07; 96-920, eff. 7-1-10.)
 
2    Section 20. The Architectural, Engineering, and Land
3Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act is amended by
4changing Sections 10, 15, and 20 as follows:
 
5    (30 ILCS 535/10)  (from Ch. 127, par. 4151-10)
6    Sec. 10. Federal requirements. In the procurement of
7architectural, engineering, and land surveying services and in
8the awarding of contracts, a State agency may comply with
9federal law and regulations including, but not limited to,
10Public Law 92-582 (Federal Architect-Engineer Selection Law,
11Brooks Law, 40 U.S.C. 541) and take all necessary steps to
12ensure the application of adapt its rules, specifications,
13policies, and procedures allows the project accordingly to
14remain eligible for federal aid.
15(Source: P.A. 87-673.)
 
16    (30 ILCS 535/15)  (from Ch. 127, par. 4151-15)
17    Sec. 15. Definitions. As used in this Act:
18    "Architectural services" means any professional service as
19defined in Section 5 of the Illinois Architecture Practice Act
20of 1989.
21    "Chief procurement officer" means a chief procurement
22officer as defined in Section 1-15.15 and as established in
23Section 10-20 of the Illinois Procurement Code.

 

 

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1    "Engineering services" means any professional service as
2defined in Section 4 of the Professional Engineering Practice
3Act of 1989 or Section 5 of the Structural Engineering Practice
4Act of 1989.
5    "Firm" means any individual, sole proprietorship, firm,
6partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity
7permitted by law to practice the profession of architecture,
8engineering, or land surveying and provide those services.
9    "Land surveying services" means any professional service
10as defined in Section 5 of the Illinois Professional Land
11Surveyor Act of 1989.
12    "Project" means any capital improvement project or any
13design, study, plan, survey, or new or existing program
14activity of a State agency, including development of new or
15existing programs that require architectural, engineering, or
16land surveying services.
17    "State agency" means any department, commission, council,
18board, bureau, committee, institution, agency, university,
19government corporation, authority, or other establishment or
20official of this State.
21(Source: P.A. 91-91, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
22    (30 ILCS 535/20)  (from Ch. 127, par. 4151-20)
23    Sec. 20. Prequalification. The appropriate chief
24procurement officer may A State agency shall establish
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1architectural, engineering, and land surveying services or may
2use prequalification lists from other State agencies to meet
3the requirements of this Section.
4(Source: P.A. 87-673.)
 
5    Section 25. The Design-Build Procurement Act is amended by
6changing Sections 5, 10, and 53 as follows:
 
7    (30 ILCS 537/5)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2014)
9    Sec. 5. Legislative policy. It is the intent of the
10General Assembly that the Capital Development Board be allowed
11to use the design-build delivery method for public projects if
12it is shown to be in the State's best interest for that
13particular project. It shall be the policy of the Capital
14Development Board in the procurement of design-build services
15to publicly announce all requirements for design-build
16services and to procure these services on the basis of
17demonstrated competence and qualifications and with due regard
18for the principles of competitive selection.
19    The Capital Development Board shall, prior to issuing
20requests for proposals, promulgate and publish procedures for
21the solicitation and award of contracts pursuant to this Act.
22Any such procedures must be approved by the chief procurement
23officer and must be consistent with rules adopted by the chief
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1    The Capital Development Board shall, for each public
2project or projects permitted under this Act, make a written
3determination, including a description as to the particular
4advantages of the design-build procurement method, that it is
5in the best interests of this State to enter into a
6design-build contract for the project or projects. The written
7determination must be approved by the chief procurement officer
8prior to the solicitation of a design-build contract. In making
9that determination, the following factors shall be considered:
10        (1) The probability that the design-build procurement
11    method will be in the best interests of the State by
12    providing a material savings of time or cost over the
13    design-bid-build or other delivery system.
14        (2) The type and size of the project and its
15    suitability to the design-build procurement method.
16        (3) The ability of the State construction agency to
17    define and provide comprehensive scope and performance
18    criteria for the project.
19    No State construction agency may use a design-build
20procurement method unless the agency determines in writing that
21the project will comply with the disadvantaged business and
22equal employment practices of the State as established in the
23Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with
24Disabilities Act and Section 2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights
25Act.
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1the initial determination provide an advisory copy to the
2Procurement Policy Board and maintain the full record of
3determination for 5 years.
4(Source: P.A. 94-716, eff. 12-13-05.)
 
5    (30 ILCS 537/10)
6    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2014)
7    Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8    "State construction agency" means the Capital Development
9Board.
10    "Chief procurement officer" means the chief procurement
11officer for the Capital Development Board as defined in Section
121-15.15 and as established in Section 10-20 of the Illinois
13Procurement Code.
14    "Delivery system" means the design and construction
15approach used to develop and construct a project.
16    "Design-bid-build" means the traditional delivery system
17used on public projects in this State that incorporates the
18Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualification
19Based Selection Act (30 ILCS 535/) and the principles of
20competitive selection in the Illinois Procurement Code (30 ILCS
21500/).
22    "Design-build" means a delivery system that provides
23responsibility within a single contract for the furnishing of
24architecture, engineering, land surveying and related services
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1construction services for the project.
2    "Design-build contract" means a contract for a public
3project under this Act between the State construction agency
4and a design-build entity to furnish architecture,
5engineering, land surveying, and related services as required,
6and to furnish the labor, materials, equipment, and other
7construction services for the project. The design-build
8contract may be conditioned upon subsequent refinements in
9scope and price and may allow the State construction agency to
10make modifications in the project scope without invalidating
11the design-build contract.
12    "Design-build entity" means any individual, sole
13proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation,
14professional corporation, or other entity that proposes to
15design and construct any public project under this Act. A
16design-build entity and associated design-build professionals
17shall conduct themselves in accordance with the laws of this
18State and the related provisions of the Illinois Administrative
19Code, as referenced by the licensed design professionals Acts
20of this State.
21    "Design professional" means any individual, sole
22proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation,
23professional corporation, or other entity that offers services
24under the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989 (225 ILCS
25305/), the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989 (225
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1(225 ILCS 340/), or the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act
2of 1989 (225 ILCS 330/).
3    "Evaluation criteria" means the requirements for the
4separate phases of the selection process as defined in this Act
5and may include the specialized experience, technical
6qualifications and competence, capacity to perform, past
7performance, experience with similar projects, assignment of
8personnel to the project, and other appropriate factors. Price
9may not be used as a factor in the evaluation of Phase I
10proposals.
11    "Proposal" means the offer to enter into a design-build
12contract as submitted by a design-build entity in accordance
13with this Act.
14    "Request for proposal" means the document used by the State
15construction agency to solicit proposals for a design-build
16contract.
17    "Scope and performance criteria" means the requirements
18for the public project, including but not limited to, the
19intended usage, capacity, size, scope, quality and performance
20standards, life-cycle costs, and other programmatic criteria
21that are expressed in performance-oriented and quantifiable
22specifications and drawings that can be reasonably inferred and
23are suited to allow a design-build entity to develop a
24proposal.
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1    (30 ILCS 537/53)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2014)
3    Sec. 53. Federal requirements. In the procurement of
4design-build contracts, the State construction agency shall
5comply with federal law and regulations and take all necessary
6steps to ensure the application of adapt their rules, policies,
7and procedures allows the project to remain eligible for
8federal aid.
9(Source: P.A. 94-716, eff. 12-13-05.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    20 ILCS 3105/9.02from Ch. 127, par. 779.02
4    20 ILCS 3105/9.06from Ch. 127, par. 779.06
5    20 ILCS 3105/9.07from Ch. 127, par. 779.07
6    20 ILCS 3105/10.03from Ch. 127, par. 780.03
7    20 ILCS 3105/12from Ch. 127, par. 782
8    20 ILCS 3105/16 rep.
9    30 ILCS 500/30-10
10    30 ILCS 500/30-15
11    30 ILCS 500/30-20
12    30 ILCS 500/30-30
13    30 ILCS 500/33-10
14    30 ILCS 500/35-15
15    30 ILCS 535/10from Ch. 127, par. 4151-10
16    30 ILCS 535/15from Ch. 127, par. 4151-15
17    30 ILCS 535/20from Ch. 127, par. 4151-20
18    30 ILCS 537/5
19    30 ILCS 537/10
20    30 ILCS 537/53