Full Text of HB1262 97th General Assembly
HB1262sam003 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson Filed: 5/30/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1262
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1262, AS AMENDED, by | 3 | | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 5. The Architectural, Engineering, and Land | 6 | | Surveying
Qualifications Based Selection Act is amended by | 7 | | changing Sections 30 and 35 as follows: | 8 | | (30 ILCS 535/30) (from Ch. 127, par. 4151-30) | 9 | | Sec. 30. Evaluation procedure. A State agency shall | 10 | | evaluate the
firms submitting letters of interest and other | 11 | | prequalified firms,
taking into account qualifications; and | 12 | | the State agency may consider, but
shall not be limited to | 13 | | considering, ability of professional personnel,
past record | 14 | | and experience, performance data on file, willingness to meet
| 15 | | time requirements, location, workload of the firm and any other
| 16 | | qualifications based factors as the State agency may determine |
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| 1 | | in writing
are applicable. The State agency may conduct | 2 | | discussions with and require
public presentations by firms | 3 | | deemed to be the most qualified regarding
their qualifications, | 4 | | approach to the project and ability to furnish the
required | 5 | | services. | 6 | | A State agency shall establish a committee to select firms | 7 | | to provide
architectural, engineering, and land surveying | 8 | | services. A selection
committee may include at least one public | 9 | | member nominated by a statewide
association of the profession | 10 | | affected. The public member may not be
employed or associated | 11 | | with any firm holding a contract with the State
agency nor may | 12 | | the public member's firm be considered for a
contract with
that | 13 | | State agency while he or she is serving as a public member of | 14 | | the
committee. | 15 | | In addition, the Department of Transportation shall may | 16 | | appoint public members to selection committees that represent | 17 | | the geographic, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the | 18 | | population of the State, including persons nominated by | 19 | | associations representing minority and female-owned business | 20 | | associations. Public members shall be licensed in or have | 21 | | received a degree from an accredited college or university in | 22 | | one of the professions affected and shall not be employed by, | 23 | | associated with, or have an ownership interest in any firm | 24 | | holding or seeking to hold a contract while serving as a public | 25 | | member of the committee. | 26 | | In addition, the Secretary of Transportation shall appoint |
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| 1 | | 3 Department of Transportation employees to selection | 2 | | committees. The 3 Department of Transportation employee | 3 | | members shall include the chief fiscal officer, a member from | 4 | | the planning office, and a member from the office that | 5 | | certifies disadvantaged business enterprises. The Secretary of | 6 | | Transportation shall appoint a selection committee chair from | 7 | | the 3 Department of Transportation employee members. With the | 8 | | exception of the chief fiscal officer, all members of selection | 9 | | committees at the Department of Transportation shall be limited | 10 | | to a 2-year term and shall not serve more than one concurrent | 11 | | term. Selection committees shall be limited to 6 members. | 12 | | In no case shall a State agency, prior to selecting a firm | 13 | | for
negotiation under Section 40, seek formal or informal | 14 | | submission of verbal
or written estimates of costs or proposals | 15 | | in terms of dollars, hours
required, percentage of construction | 16 | | cost, or any other measure of
compensation. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-849, eff. 12-23-09.)
| 18 | | (30 ILCS 535/35) (from Ch. 127, par. 4151-35)
| 19 | | Sec. 35. Selection procedure. On the basis of evaluations,
| 20 | | discussions, and any presentations, the State agency shall | 21 | | select no less
than 3 firms it determines to be qualified to | 22 | | provide
services for the project and rank them in order of | 23 | | qualifications to
provide services regarding the specific | 24 | | project. The State agency shall
then contact the firm ranked | 25 | | most preferred to negotiate a contract at a
fair and reasonable |
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| 1 | | compensation. If fewer than 3 firms submit letters of
interest | 2 | | and the State agency determines that one or both of those firms
| 3 | | are so qualified, the State agency may proceed to negotiate a | 4 | | contract
under Section 40. The decision of the State agency | 5 | | shall be final and binding. | 6 | | No firm shall be selected on concurrent bulletins without | 7 | | the Department of Transportation documenting that it is in the | 8 | | best interest of the State.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 87-673.)
| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 11 | | becoming law.".
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