Full Text of SB0327 96th General Assembly
SB0327enr 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
|
|
|
SB0327 Enrolled |
|
LRB096 07668 RCE 17769 b |
|
| 1 |
| AN ACT concerning finance.
| 2 |
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 |
| Section 5. The Architectural, Engineering, and Land | 5 |
| Surveying
Qualifications Based Selection Act is amended by | 6 |
| changing Section 30 as follows: | 7 |
| (30 ILCS 535/30) (from Ch. 127, par. 4151-30) | 8 |
| Sec. 30. Evaluation procedure. A State agency shall | 9 |
| evaluate the
firms submitting letters of interest and other | 10 |
| prequalified firms,
taking into account qualifications; and | 11 |
| the State agency may consider, but
shall not be limited to | 12 |
| considering, ability of professional personnel,
past record | 13 |
| and experience, performance data on file, willingness to meet
| 14 |
| time requirements, location, workload of the firm and any other
| 15 |
| qualifications based factors as the State agency may determine | 16 |
| in writing
are applicable. The State agency may conduct | 17 |
| discussions with and require
public presentations by firms | 18 |
| deemed to be the most qualified regarding
their qualifications, | 19 |
| approach to the project and ability to furnish the
required | 20 |
| services. | 21 |
| A State agency shall establish a committee to select firms | 22 |
| to provide
architectural, engineering, and land surveying | 23 |
| services. A selection
committee may include at least one public |
|
|
|
SB0327 Enrolled |
- 2 - |
LRB096 07668 RCE 17769 b |
|
| 1 |
| member nominated by a statewide
association of the profession | 2 |
| affected. The public member may not be
employed or associated | 3 |
| with any firm holding a contract with the State
agency nor may | 4 |
| the public member's firm be considered for a
contract with
that | 5 |
| State agency while he or she is serving as a public member of | 6 |
| the
committee. | 7 |
| In addition, the Department of Transportation may appoint | 8 |
| public members to selection committees that represent the | 9 |
| geographic, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the population of | 10 |
| the State, including persons nominated by associations | 11 |
| representing minority and female-owned business associations. | 12 |
| Public members shall be licensed in or have received a degree | 13 |
| from an accredited college or university in one of the | 14 |
| professions the profession affected and shall not be employed | 15 |
| by, associated with, or have an ownership interest in any firm | 16 |
| holding or seeking to hold a contract while serving as a public | 17 |
| member of the committee. | 18 |
| In no case shall a State agency, prior to selecting a firm | 19 |
| for
negotiation under Section 40, seek formal or informal | 20 |
| submission of verbal
or written estimates of costs or proposals | 21 |
| in terms of dollars, hours
required, percentage of construction | 22 |
| cost, or any other measure of
compensation. | 23 |
| (Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)
| 24 |
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 |
| becoming law.
|
|