Bill Text: IL HB5059 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act. Contains a statement of legislative policy. Defines terms. Adds provisions governing: authorization of project delivery methods; preconditions to commencement of procurement; procurement; evaluation and selection of proposals; project records; confidentiality; public disclosure; design-build contracts; construction manager/general contractor contracts; funding and financing; minority, disadvantaged, and women-owned businesses; acquisition of property; federal requirements; powers of the Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority; and rulemaking. Makes corresponding changes in the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois; the Illinois Finance Authority Act; the Illinois Procurement Code; the Public Construction Bond Act; the Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works Act; the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act; the Toll Highway Act; the Eminent Domain Act; and the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the provisions of the Act are severable. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5059 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB5059-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act.
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6 | Section 5. Legislative policy.
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7 | (a) It is the public policy of the State of Illinois to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | promote the development of infrastructure projects that serve | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | the needs of the public.
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10 | (b) The design-build project delivery method and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | method and use of Alternative Technical Concepts have the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | potential to capture private sector innovation and safely | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | deliver infrastructure projects on more predictable schedules | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | and budgets. Earlier completion and lower cost for projects are | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | possible with the ability to shift or share risks with the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | private sector that are generally retained by the public in the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | conventional design-bid-build project delivery method.
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19 | (c) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Highway Authority may evaluate and use Alternative Technical | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Concepts proposed by bidders and proposers and to use the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | design-build project delivery method and Construction |
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1 | Manager/General Contractor project delivery method.
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2 | (d) It is the intent of this Act to use design | ||||||
3 | professionals, construction companies, and workers from this | ||||||
4 | State to the greatest extent possible.
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5 | (e) The powers granted in this Act are in addition to any | ||||||
6 | other powers authorized under applicable law.
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7 | Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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8 | "Alternative Technical Concepts" means a proposed | ||||||
9 | deviation from the contract technical requirements set forth in | ||||||
10 | the procurement documents for a transportation facility that | ||||||
11 | offers a solution that is equal to or better than the | ||||||
12 | requirements in the procurement documents.
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13 | "Authority" means the Illinois State Toll Highway | ||||||
14 | Authority. | ||||||
15 | "Best value" means any selection process in which proposals | ||||||
16 | contain both price and qualitative components and award is | ||||||
17 | based upon a combination of price, qualitative concepts, and | ||||||
18 | other factors.
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19 | "Chief procurement officer" means the chief procurement | ||||||
20 | officer for the Transportation Agency.
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21 | "Construction Manager/General Contractor" means a proposer | ||||||
22 | that has entered into a Construction Manager/General | ||||||
23 | Contractor contract under this Act.
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24 | "Construction Manager/General Contractor contract" means a | ||||||
25 | two-phase contract between the Transportation Agency and a |
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1 | Construction Manager/General Contractor that includes a first | ||||||
2 | phase addressing preconstruction services and a second phase | ||||||
3 | addressing the construction of the transportation facility.
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4 | "Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery | ||||||
5 | method" means a method of procurement and contracting that | ||||||
6 | makes a Construction Manager/General Contractor who enters | ||||||
7 | into a contract with the Transportation Agency responsible for | ||||||
8 | certain preconstruction services and then, if the parties reach | ||||||
9 | agreement on key terms, responsible for construction of the | ||||||
10 | transportation facility.
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11 | "Department" means the Illinois Department of | ||||||
12 | Transportation.
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13 | "Design-bid-build project delivery method" means the | ||||||
14 | traditional method of procuring and contracting for design | ||||||
15 | services and construction services used separately in this | ||||||
16 | State, which incorporates the Architectural, Engineering, and | ||||||
17 | Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act and the | ||||||
18 | principles of competitive bidding under the Illinois | ||||||
19 | Procurement Code.
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20 | "Design-build contract" means a contract between the | ||||||
21 | Transportation Agency and a design-builder under which the | ||||||
22 | design-builder agrees to furnish architectural, surveying, | ||||||
23 | engineering, construction, and related services for a | ||||||
24 | transportation facility.
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25 | "Design-build project delivery method" means a method of | ||||||
26 | procurement and contracting that provides responsibility |
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1 | within a single contract between the Transportation Agency and | ||||||
2 | a design-builder for the furnishing of architectural, | ||||||
3 | surveying, engineering, construction, and related services for | ||||||
4 | a transportation facility.
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5 | "Design-builder" means a proposer that has entered into a | ||||||
6 | design-build contract with the Transportation Agency under | ||||||
7 | this Act.
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8 | "Evaluation Committee" means the committee assembled to | ||||||
9 | evaluate and score statements of qualifications and proposals.
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10 | "Evaluation criteria" means the standards and requirements | ||||||
11 | established by the Transportation Agency against which the | ||||||
12 | qualifications and proposals of a proposer will be assessed | ||||||
13 | during the procurement of a design-build contract or | ||||||
14 | Construction Manager/General Contractor contract, as | ||||||
15 | applicable.
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16 | "Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the | ||||||
17 | Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. | ||||||
18 | "Metropolitan planning organization" means a metropolitan | ||||||
19 | planning organization under 23 U.S.C. 134 whose metropolitan | ||||||
20 | planning area boundaries are partially or completely within | ||||||
21 | this State.
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22 | "Preconstruction services" means all | ||||||
23 | non-construction-related services that a Construction | ||||||
24 | Manager/General Contractor is required to perform during the | ||||||
25 | first phase of a Construction Manager/General Contractor | ||||||
26 | contract, and may include, but is not limited to, giving advice |
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1 | to the Transportation Agency regarding scheduling, work | ||||||
2 | sequencing, cost engineering, constructability, cost | ||||||
3 | estimating, and risk identification.
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4 | "Proposal" means a proposer's response to a request for | ||||||
5 | proposals.
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6 | "Proposer" means any individual, sole proprietorship, | ||||||
7 | firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation, professional | ||||||
8 | corporation, or other entity legally established to conduct | ||||||
9 | business in this State that proposes to be the design-builder | ||||||
10 | or Construction Manager/General Contractor for any | ||||||
11 | transportation facility under this Act. | ||||||
12 | "Qualifications" means a statement of qualifications | ||||||
13 | submitted by a proposer in response to a request for | ||||||
14 | qualifications.
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15 | "Request for proposals" means the document issued by the | ||||||
16 | Transportation Agency to solicit proposals and describe the | ||||||
17 | procurement process for a design-build contract or | ||||||
18 | Construction Manager/General Contractor contract in accordance | ||||||
19 | with the design-build project delivery method or the | ||||||
20 | Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery | ||||||
21 | method, as applicable.
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22 | "Request for qualifications" means the document issued by | ||||||
23 | the Transportation Agency in the first phase of a two-phase | ||||||
24 | procurement to solicit qualifications from proposers in | ||||||
25 | accordance with the design-build project delivery method or the | ||||||
26 | Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery |
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1 | method, as applicable.
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2 | "Scope and performance requirements" means the activities, | ||||||
3 | constructed elements, and standards of performance the | ||||||
4 | Transportation Agency requires the design-builder or the | ||||||
5 | Construction Manager/General Contractor to comply with in the | ||||||
6 | development of the transportation facility, and may include, | ||||||
7 | but is not limited to, the intended usage, capacity, size, | ||||||
8 | scope, quality and performance standards, life-cycle costs, | ||||||
9 | preliminary engineering, design, and other requirements as | ||||||
10 | developed and determined by the Transportation Agency.
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11 | "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Illinois Department | ||||||
12 | of Transportation.
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13 | "Transportation Agency" means the Illinois Department of | ||||||
14 | Transportation or the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. | ||||||
15 | "Transportation facility" means any new or existing | ||||||
16 | facility or group of facilities that are the subject of a | ||||||
17 | design-build contract or a Construction Manager/General | ||||||
18 | Contractor contract, and includes highways, roads, bridges, | ||||||
19 | tunnels, overpasses, bus ways, guideways, ferries, airports or | ||||||
20 | other aviation facilities, public transportation facilities, | ||||||
21 | vehicle parking facilities, port facilities, rail facilities, | ||||||
22 | stations, hubs, terminals, intermodal facilities, transit | ||||||
23 | facilities, or similar facilities used for the transportation | ||||||
24 | of persons or goods, together with any buildings, structures, | ||||||
25 | parking areas, appurtenances, intelligent transportation | ||||||
26 | systems, and other property or facilities related to the |
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1 | operation or maintenance of these facilities.
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2 | Section 15. Authorization of project delivery methods.
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3 | (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and as authority | ||||||
4 | supplemental to its existing powers, the Transportation | ||||||
5 | Agency, in accordance with this Act, may use the design-build | ||||||
6 | project delivery method for transportation facilities if the | ||||||
7 | capital costs for transportation facilities delivered | ||||||
8 | utilizing the design-build project delivery method or | ||||||
9 | Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery | ||||||
10 | method or Alternative Technical Concepts in a design-bid-build | ||||||
11 | project delivery method do not: (i) for transportation | ||||||
12 | facilities delivered by the Department, exceed 20% of the | ||||||
13 | Department's multi-year highway improvement program for any | ||||||
14 | 5-year period with no one year period exceeding 30%; or (ii) | ||||||
15 | for transportation facilities delivered by the Authority, | ||||||
16 | exceed 20% of the Authority's annual improvement program. The | ||||||
17 | Transportation Agency shall make this calculation before | ||||||
18 | commencing the procurement. Notwithstanding any other law, and | ||||||
19 | as authority supplemental to its existing powers, the | ||||||
20 | Department, in accordance with this Act, may use the | ||||||
21 | Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery | ||||||
22 | method for up to 2 transportation facilities. Before commencing | ||||||
23 | a procurement under this Act for either a design-build contract | ||||||
24 | or a Construction Manager/General Contractor contract, the | ||||||
25 | Transportation Agency shall first undertake an analysis and |
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1 | make a written determination that it is in the best interests | ||||||
2 | of this State to use the selected delivery method for that | ||||||
3 | transportation facility. The analysis and determination shall | ||||||
4 | discuss the design-build project delivery method or | ||||||
5 | Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery | ||||||
6 | method's impact on the anticipated schedule, completion date, | ||||||
7 | and project costs. The best interests of the State analysis | ||||||
8 | shall be made available to the public.
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9 | (b) The Transportation Agency shall report to the General | ||||||
10 | Assembly annually for the first 5 years after the effective | ||||||
11 | date of this Act on the progress of procurements and | ||||||
12 | transportation facilities procured under this Act. | ||||||
13 | (c) The Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying | ||||||
14 | Qualifications Based Selection Act does not apply to | ||||||
15 | procurements under this Act.
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16 | Section 20. Preconditions to commencement of procurement.
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17 | If the Transportation Agency determines to use the | ||||||
18 | design-build project delivery method or the Construction | ||||||
19 | Manager/General Contractor project delivery method for a | ||||||
20 | particular transportation facility, the Transportation Agency | ||||||
21 | may not commence a procurement for the transportation facility | ||||||
22 | until the Transportation Agency has satisfied the following | ||||||
23 | requirements: | ||||||
24 | (1) the Transportation Agency does one of the following: | ||||||
25 | (A) the Transportation Agency includes the |
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1 | transportation facility in the Transportation Agency's | ||||||
2 | respective multi-year highway
improvement program and | ||||||
3 | designates it as a design-build project delivery method | ||||||
4 | project or Construction Manager/General Contractor | ||||||
5 | project; | ||||||
6 | (B) the Transportation Agency issues a notice of intent | ||||||
7 | to receive qualifications, that includes a description of | ||||||
8 | the proposed procurement and transportation facility, at | ||||||
9 | least 14 days before the issuance of the request for | ||||||
10 | qualifications, and for a Department-issued notice of | ||||||
11 | intent publishes the notice in the Illinois Transportation | ||||||
12 | Procurement Bulletin and for an Authority-issued notice of | ||||||
13 | intent publishes the notice in the Illinois Procurement | ||||||
14 | Bulletin; or | ||||||
15 | (C) for a single-phase procurement authorized under | ||||||
16 | subsection (a) of Section 25 of this Act, the | ||||||
17 | Transportation Agency issues a notice of intent to receive | ||||||
18 | proposals, that includes a description of the proposed | ||||||
19 | procurement and transportation facility, at least 14 days | ||||||
20 | before the issuance of the request for proposals, and for a | ||||||
21 | Department-issued notice of intent publishes the notice in | ||||||
22 | the Illinois Transportation Procurement Bulletin and for | ||||||
23 | an Authority-issued notice of intent publishes the notice | ||||||
24 | in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin; and | ||||||
25 | (2) the Transportation Agency uses its best efforts to | ||||||
26 | ensure that the transportation facility is consistent with the |
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1 | regional plan in existence at the time of any metropolitan | ||||||
2 | planning organization in which the boundaries of the | ||||||
3 | transportation facility is located, or any other | ||||||
4 | publicly-approved plan.
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5 | Section 25. Procurement process.
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6 | (a) The Transportation Agency may solicit a proposer with | ||||||
7 | which to enter into a design-build contract or Construction | ||||||
8 | Manager/General Contractor contract, as applicable, by using, | ||||||
9 | without limitation, one or more requests for qualifications, a | ||||||
10 | shortlisting of the most highly qualified proposers, requests | ||||||
11 | for proposals, and negotiations. The Transportation Agency | ||||||
12 | shall use a two-phase procurement for a design-build contract | ||||||
13 | to select the successful proposer, except that the | ||||||
14 | Transportation Agency may use a single-phase procurement if the | ||||||
15 | transportation facility is estimated to cost less than | ||||||
16 | $5,000,000 or the Secretary or the Executive Director makes a | ||||||
17 | written determination that the Transportation Agency may use a | ||||||
18 | single-phase procurement for a particular transportation | ||||||
19 | facility. In a two-phase procurement, the Transportation | ||||||
20 | Agency shall use the first phase to evaluate and shortlist the | ||||||
21 | most highly qualified proposers based on a proposer's | ||||||
22 | qualifications, and then use the second phase to evaluate and | ||||||
23 | select a proposer based on proposals submitted by the | ||||||
24 | shortlisted proposers. During the first phase of a two-phase | ||||||
25 | procurement, the Transportation Agency shall not consider |
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1 | price proposals to make its shortlist decision. In a | ||||||
2 | single-phase procurement, the Transportation Agency shall | ||||||
3 | solicit proposers with a request for proposals, and shall | ||||||
4 | evaluate and select a proposer based on those proposals.
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5 | (b) The request for qualifications may contain any terms | ||||||
6 | deemed appropriate by the Transportation Agency including, | ||||||
7 | without limitation, the following:
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8 | (1) a description of the anticipated scope of work for | ||||||
9 | the transportation facility;
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10 | (2) a requirement that the proposer identify certain | ||||||
11 | key personnel, and for design-build contracts certain key | ||||||
12 | firms, the experience of the personnel and firms, and the | ||||||
13 | conditions on which identified personnel and firms can be | ||||||
14 | replaced;
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15 | (3) the evaluation criteria for the qualifications and | ||||||
16 | the relative importance of those criteria; these | ||||||
17 | evaluation criteria may address, without limitation, the | ||||||
18 | proposer's technical and financial qualifications, such as | ||||||
19 | specialized experience, technical competence, capability | ||||||
20 | to perform, financial capacity, the proposer's workload, | ||||||
21 | local office presence, past performance including the | ||||||
22 | proposer's safety record, and any other | ||||||
23 | qualifications-based factors;
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24 | (4) the Transportation Agency's prequalification, | ||||||
25 | licensing, and registration requirements, including any | ||||||
26 | requirements from the Professional Engineering Practice |
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1 | Act of 1989, the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of | ||||||
2 | 1989, the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989, and | ||||||
3 | the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989, except | ||||||
4 | that nothing contained herein precludes the Transportation | ||||||
5 | Agency's use of additional prequalification criteria or | ||||||
6 | pass-fail evaluation factors addressing minimum levels of | ||||||
7 | technical experience or financial capabilities;
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8 | (5) the maximum number of proposers the Transportation | ||||||
9 | Agency will shortlist to submit proposals; and
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10 | (6) any other relevant information the Transportation | ||||||
11 | Agency deems appropriate.
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12 | (c) Upon completion of the qualifications evaluation, the | ||||||
13 | Transportation Agency shall, based on the evaluation criteria | ||||||
14 | set forth in the request for qualifications, create a shortlist | ||||||
15 | of the most highly qualified proposers. The Transportation | ||||||
16 | Agency shall shortlist no more than 5 and no fewer than 2 of | ||||||
17 | the most highly qualified proposers. Notwithstanding other | ||||||
18 | provisions of this subsection (c), the Transportation Agency | ||||||
19 | may shortlist fewer than 2 proposers if the Secretary or the | ||||||
20 | Executive Director makes a finding that an emergency situation | ||||||
21 | justifies the limited shortlisting and fewer than 2 proposers | ||||||
22 | meet any applicable prequalification or pass-fail requirements | ||||||
23 | set forth in the request for qualifications.
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24 | (d) The request for proposals may contain any terms deemed | ||||||
25 | appropriate by the Transportation Agency including, without | ||||||
26 | limitation, the following:
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1 | (1) the form and amount of required bid security;
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2 | (2) the terms of the design-build contract or | ||||||
3 | Construction Manager/General Contractor contract, | ||||||
4 | including, but not limited to, scope and performance | ||||||
5 | requirements, schedule or completion date requirements, | ||||||
6 | subcontractor requirements, payment and performance | ||||||
7 | security requirements, and insurance requirements;
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8 | (3) the requirements for the technical component of the | ||||||
9 | proposal, including a description of the level of design, | ||||||
10 | scope and type of renderings, drawings, and specifications | ||||||
11 | to be provided in the proposals;
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12 | (4) the requirements for the price component of the | ||||||
13 | proposal, which for Construction Manager/General | ||||||
14 | Contractor contracts may include a requirement for the | ||||||
15 | proposer to submit a lump sum price for the direct costs to | ||||||
16 | perform the required preconstruction services and | ||||||
17 | percentage mark-up on those direct costs;
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18 | (5) the evaluation criteria for the proposals, | ||||||
19 | including technical criteria, innovation, and schedule, | ||||||
20 | and the relative importance of those criteria, as the | ||||||
21 | Transportation Agency deems appropriate; | ||||||
22 | (6) a process for the Transportation Agency to review | ||||||
23 | and accept Alternative Technical Concepts;
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24 | (7) requirements regarding the proposer's | ||||||
25 | qualifications; and
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26 | (8) any other relevant information the Transportation |
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1 | Agency deems appropriate.
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2 | (e) Before the proposers' submittal of proposals, the | ||||||
3 | Transportation Agency may conduct confidential meetings and | ||||||
4 | exchange confidential information with proposers to promote | ||||||
5 | understanding of the request for proposals, review Alternative | ||||||
6 | Technical Concepts, or discuss other issues related to the | ||||||
7 | procurement.
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8 | (f) The date proposals are due must be at least 28 calendar | ||||||
9 | days after the date the Transportation Agency first issues the | ||||||
10 | request for proposals.
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11 | (g) The Transportation Agency may offer to pay a stipend in | ||||||
12 | an amount and on the terms and conditions determined by the | ||||||
13 | Transportation Agency and as set forth in the request for | ||||||
14 | proposals to: (1) all shortlisted proposers if the | ||||||
15 | Transportation Agency cancels the procurement before the due | ||||||
16 | date for proposals; or (2) each unsuccessful proposer that | ||||||
17 | submits a responsive proposal. The Transportation Agency may | ||||||
18 | pay a stipend only to those proposers who grant to the | ||||||
19 | Transportation Agency the right to use any work product | ||||||
20 | contained in the unsuccessful proposer's proposal and other | ||||||
21 | proposal-related submissions or, if the Transportation Agency | ||||||
22 | cancels the procurement before the due date for proposals, any | ||||||
23 | work product developed before cancellation, including | ||||||
24 | technologies, techniques, methods, processes, and information | ||||||
25 | contained in the recipient's design for the transportation | ||||||
26 | facility.
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1 | (h) The Transportation Agency shall, as appropriate | ||||||
2 | depending on whether the transportation facility includes | ||||||
3 | building facilities, directly employ or retain a professional | ||||||
4 | engineer or engineers licensed in this State or a licensed | ||||||
5 | architect or architects, or both engineers licensed in this | ||||||
6 | State and licensed architects, to prepare the scope and assist | ||||||
7 | in the evaluation of the proposals' technical submissions under | ||||||
8 | a design-build project delivery method. The professional | ||||||
9 | engineers and licensed architects performing these services | ||||||
10 | are generally precluded from participating in the procurement | ||||||
11 | of the transportation facility at issue as a member of a | ||||||
12 | proposer team.
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13 | (i) The Transportation Agency has the right to reject any | ||||||
14 | and all qualifications or proposals, including, but not limited | ||||||
15 | to, the right to reject any qualifications or proposals as | ||||||
16 | non-responsive, if, in the Transportation Agency's sole | ||||||
17 | discretion, the qualifications or proposals do not meet all | ||||||
18 | material requirements of the request for qualifications or | ||||||
19 | request for proposals, as appropriate. The Transportation | ||||||
20 | Agency shall not consider a proposal that does not include: | ||||||
21 | (1) the proposer's plan to comply with requirements | ||||||
22 | established by the Transportation Agency regarding | ||||||
23 | utilization of business enterprises, including | ||||||
24 | disadvantaged business enterprises; or | ||||||
25 | (2) bid security in the form and amount designated in | ||||||
26 | the request for proposals. |
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1 | (j) The Transportation Agency shall consult with the | ||||||
2 | appropriate chief procurement officer on the design-build | ||||||
3 | project delivery method and the Construction Manager/General | ||||||
4 | Contractor project delivery method procurement processes, and | ||||||
5 | the Secretary or the Executive Director, in consultation with | ||||||
6 | the chief procurement officer, shall determine which | ||||||
7 | procedures to adopt and apply to the design-build project | ||||||
8 | delivery method and Construction Manager/General Contractor | ||||||
9 | project delivery method procurement processes in order to | ||||||
10 | ensure an open, transparent, and efficient process that | ||||||
11 | accomplishes the purposes of this Act.
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12 | Section 30. Evaluation committee. | ||||||
13 | (a) The Transportation Agency shall establish one or more | ||||||
14 | evaluation committees to assist in selecting a design-builder | ||||||
15 | and a Construction Manager/General Contractor. The | ||||||
16 | Transportation Agency shall, in its sole discretion, determine | ||||||
17 | the appropriate size and composition of the evaluation | ||||||
18 | committee; however, at least half of the committee must be | ||||||
19 | licensed design professionals.
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20 | (b) The Transportation Agency may establish an evaluation | ||||||
21 | committee for a set term or for the procurement of a particular | ||||||
22 | transportation facility.
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23 | (c) Once the Transportation Agency identifies the | ||||||
24 | proposers for a transportation facility, each member of an | ||||||
25 | evaluation committee must certify that no conflict of interest |
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1 | exists between the member and the proposers. If the | ||||||
2 | Transportation Agency, after consultation with the chief | ||||||
3 | procurement officer, determines that an actual conflict | ||||||
4 | exists, the member shall not participate on the evaluation | ||||||
5 | committee for that procurement and the Transportation Agency | ||||||
6 | shall appoint a replacement member on either a permanent or | ||||||
7 | temporary basis.
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8 | Section 35. Procedures for selection. The Transportation | ||||||
9 | Agency shall review, evaluate, score, and rank proposals and | ||||||
10 | determine which proposal offers the best value to the public | ||||||
11 | based on the evaluation criteria set forth in the request for | ||||||
12 | proposals. The Transportation Agency shall award the contract | ||||||
13 | based on this determination. Notwithstanding other provisions | ||||||
14 | of this Section, if for any reason the proposer awarded the | ||||||
15 | contract is unable or unwilling to execute the contract, | ||||||
16 | including the failure of the proposer and the Transportation | ||||||
17 | Agency to successfully complete negotiations, if any, of the | ||||||
18 | contract, the Transportation Agency may award the contract to | ||||||
19 | the proposer whose proposal the Transportation Agency | ||||||
20 | determines offers the public the next best value.
| ||||||
21 | Section 40. Project records; confidentiality; public | ||||||
22 | disclosure.
| ||||||
23 | (a) The Transportation Agency shall maintain all written | ||||||
24 | decisions, qualification and proposal evaluations, scoring |
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| |||||||
1 | documents, selection evaluations, proposals, and procurement | ||||||
2 | documents in a procurement file maintained by the | ||||||
3 | Transportation Agency.
| ||||||
4 | (b) A proposer may identify those portions of a proposal or | ||||||
5 | other submission that the proposer considers to be trade | ||||||
6 | secrets or confidential, commercial, financial, or proprietary | ||||||
7 | information. Confidential and proprietary information, | ||||||
8 | including trade secrets, shall be exempt from disclosure only | ||||||
9 | if the proposer shall does the following:
| ||||||
10 | (1) requests exclusion from disclosure upon submission | ||||||
11 | of the information or other materials for which protection | ||||||
12 | is sought;
| ||||||
13 | (2) identifies the data or other materials for which | ||||||
14 | protection is sought;
| ||||||
15 | (3) states the statutory or regulatory basis for the | ||||||
16 | protection;
| ||||||
17 | (4) fully complies with the federal Freedom of | ||||||
18 | Information Act and any other applicable provisions of | ||||||
19 | State law, including, but not limited to, the Freedom of | ||||||
20 | Information Act, with respect to information the proposer | ||||||
21 | contends should be exempt from disclosure; and
| ||||||
22 | (5) certifies if the information is in accordance with | ||||||
23 | the protection of the Illinois Trade Secrets Act.
| ||||||
24 | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to | ||||||
25 | properly balance the need to maximize competition under this | ||||||
26 | Act with the need to create a transparent procurement process, |
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1 | the qualifications, proposals, and other information and | ||||||
2 | documents submitted by proposers and the Transportation | ||||||
3 | Agency's evaluation records shall not be subject to release or | ||||||
4 | disclosure by the Transportation Agency until execution of the | ||||||
5 | design-build contract or Construction Manager/General | ||||||
6 | Contractor contract, as applicable. If the Transportation | ||||||
7 | Agency terminates the procurement for a transportation | ||||||
8 | facility, the exemption from release or disclosure under this | ||||||
9 | Section shall remain in place until the Transportation Agency | ||||||
10 | re-procures the transportation facility and has entered into a | ||||||
11 | design-build contract or Construction Manager/General | ||||||
12 | Contractor contract, as applicable. However, this exemption | ||||||
13 | shall lapse if the Transportation Agency does not commence the | ||||||
14 | re-procurement of the transportation facility within 5 years of | ||||||
15 | the termination.
| ||||||
16 | Section 45. Design-build contract.
A design-build contract | ||||||
17 | may include any provisions the Transportation Agency | ||||||
18 | determines are necessary or appropriate, including, but not | ||||||
19 | limited to, provisions regarding the following:
| ||||||
20 | (1) compensation or payments to the design-builder;
| ||||||
21 | (2) grounds for termination of the design-build | ||||||
22 | contract, including the Transportation Agency's right to | ||||||
23 | terminate for convenience;
| ||||||
24 | (3) liability for damages and nonperformance;
| ||||||
25 | (4) events of default and the rights and remedies |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | available to the design-builder and the Transportation | ||||||
2 | Agency in the event of a default or delay;
| ||||||
3 | (5) the identification of any technical specifications | ||||||
4 | that the design-builder must comply with when developing | ||||||
5 | plans or performing construction work;
| ||||||
6 | (6) the procedures for review and approval of the | ||||||
7 | design-builder's plans;
| ||||||
8 | (7) required performance and payment security;
| ||||||
9 | (8) the terms and conditions of indemnification and | ||||||
10 | minimum insurance requirements; and
| ||||||
11 | (9) any other terms and conditions the Transportation | ||||||
12 | Agency deems necessary.
| ||||||
13 | Section 50. Construction Manager/General Contractor | ||||||
14 | contract.
| ||||||
15 | (a) The Construction Manager/General Contractor contract | ||||||
16 | shall divide the Construction Manager/General Contractor | ||||||
17 | services into 2 phases. The first phase shall address | ||||||
18 | preconstruction services and the procedures the parties shall | ||||||
19 | follow to finalize the contract terms for the second phase. The | ||||||
20 | second phase shall address the Construction Manager/General | ||||||
21 | Contractor's construction of the transportation facility for a | ||||||
22 | lump sum or a guaranteed maximum price.
| ||||||
23 | (b) A Construction Manager/General Contractor contract | ||||||
24 | shall include provisions regarding the following:
| ||||||
25 | (1) the Construction Manager/General Contractor's |
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| |||||||
1 | provision of preconstruction services during the first | ||||||
2 | phase of the contract, including the Construction | ||||||
3 | Manager/General Contractor's compensation for those | ||||||
4 | services;
| ||||||
5 | (2) a requirement that, during the first phase of the | ||||||
6 | contract, the Construction Manager/General Contractor | ||||||
7 | shall use a competitive bidding process to procure | ||||||
8 | subcontracts for at least the minimum percentage of | ||||||
9 | construction work specified in the request for proposals, | ||||||
10 | provided that: | ||||||
11 | (A) compliance with this requirement shall be | ||||||
12 | based on an estimated cost for the construction work | ||||||
13 | approved by the Transportation Agency before the start | ||||||
14 | of the competitive bidding process; and | ||||||
15 | (B) the Construction Manager/General Contractor | ||||||
16 | may not use subcontracts with its wholly or partially | ||||||
17 | owned subsidiaries, parent companies, or affiliates to | ||||||
18 | satisfy this obligation;
| ||||||
19 | (3) the process the Transportation Agency and the | ||||||
20 | Construction Manager/General Contractor shall use to | ||||||
21 | determine a lump sum or guaranteed maximum price for the | ||||||
22 | construction work, including a requirement that the | ||||||
23 | Transportation Agency conduct an independent cost estimate | ||||||
24 | for the construction work; and
| ||||||
25 | (4) grounds for termination of the Construction | ||||||
26 | Manager/General Contractor contract, including the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Transportation Agency's right to terminate the contract | ||||||
2 | and not proceed with the construction phase of the project | ||||||
3 | if the Transportation Agency and the Construction | ||||||
4 | Manager/General Contractor are unable to negotiate a lump | ||||||
5 | sum or guaranteed maximum price for the construction work.
| ||||||
6 | (c) In addition to the provisions under subsection (b) of | ||||||
7 | this Section, a Construction Manager/General Contractor | ||||||
8 | contract may include any other provisions the Transportation | ||||||
9 | Agency determines are necessary or appropriate, including, but | ||||||
10 | not limited to, provisions regarding the following:
| ||||||
11 | (1) liability for damages and nonperformance;
| ||||||
12 | (2) events of default and the rights and remedies | ||||||
13 | available to the Construction Manager/General Contractor | ||||||
14 | and the Transportation Agency in the event of a default or | ||||||
15 | delay;
| ||||||
16 | (3) the identification of any technical specifications | ||||||
17 | that the Construction Manager/General Contractor must | ||||||
18 | comply with when aiding the Transportation Agency with | ||||||
19 | developing plans or performing construction work;
| ||||||
20 | (4) required performance and payment security for the | ||||||
21 | construction phase of the contract;
| ||||||
22 | (5) the terms and conditions of indemnification and | ||||||
23 | minimum insurance requirements; and
| ||||||
24 | (6) any other terms and conditions the Transportation | ||||||
25 | Agency deems necessary.
| ||||||
26 | (d) If the Construction Manager/General Contractor |
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| |||||||
1 | contract is terminated for any reason, the Transportation | ||||||
2 | Agency may, in its sole discretion, readvertise the | ||||||
3 | Construction Manager/General Contractor contract under this | ||||||
4 | Act or use any other authorized procurement method to complete | ||||||
5 | the transportation facility or any portion of the | ||||||
6 | transportation facility. Once the contract is terminated, the | ||||||
7 | Transportation Agency may use any work product developed by the | ||||||
8 | Construction Manager/General Contractor to complete the | ||||||
9 | transportation facility.
| ||||||
10 | Section 55. Funding and financing.
| ||||||
11 | (a) The Transportation Agency may use any lawful source of | ||||||
12 | funding and financing to compensate a design-builder and | ||||||
13 | Construction Manager/General Contractor for work and services | ||||||
14 | performed under a design-build contract or Construction | ||||||
15 | Manager/General Contractor contract, as applicable, and the | ||||||
16 | Transportation Agency may combine federal, State, local, and | ||||||
17 | private funds to finance a transportation facility.
| ||||||
18 | (b) Subject to appropriation by the General Assembly of the | ||||||
19 | required amounts, the Transportation Agency may obligate and | ||||||
20 | make expenditures of funds as and when needed to satisfy its | ||||||
21 | payment obligations under a design-build contract or | ||||||
22 | Construction Manager/General Contractor contract.
| ||||||
23 | Section 56. Utilization requirements. Design-builder and | ||||||
24 | Construction Manager/General Contractor projects shall comply |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | with Section 2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act and all | ||||||
2 | applicable laws and rules that establish standards and | ||||||
3 | procedures for the utilization of minority, disadvantaged, and | ||||||
4 | women-owned businesses, including, but not limited to, the | ||||||
5 | Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with | ||||||
6 | Disabilities Act.
| ||||||
7 | Section 60. Acquisition of property and related | ||||||
8 | agreements. The Transportation Agency may exercise any and all | ||||||
9 | powers of condemnation or eminent domain, including quick-take | ||||||
10 | powers, to acquire lands or estates or interests in land for a | ||||||
11 | transportation facility under this Act to the extent the | ||||||
12 | Transportation Agency finds that the action serves the public | ||||||
13 | purpose of this Act and deems the action appropriate in the | ||||||
14 | exercise of its powers under this Act. In addition, the | ||||||
15 | Transportation Agency and a design-builder or Construction | ||||||
16 | Manager/General Contractor may enter into leases, licenses, | ||||||
17 | easements, and other grants of property interests that the | ||||||
18 | Transportation Agency determines are necessary to deliver a | ||||||
19 | transportation facility under this Act.
| ||||||
20 | Section 65. Federal requirements. In the procurement of | ||||||
21 | design-build contracts and Construction Manager/General | ||||||
22 | Contractor contracts, the Transportation Agency shall, to the | ||||||
23 | extent applicable, comply with federal law and regulations and | ||||||
24 | take all necessary steps to adapt its rules, policies, and |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | procedures to remain eligible for federal aid.
| ||||||
2 | Section 70. Powers. The powers granted to the | ||||||
3 | Transportation Agency under this Act, including the power to | ||||||
4 | procure and enter into design-build contracts and Construction | ||||||
5 | Manager/General Contractor contracts, shall be liberally | ||||||
6 | construed to accomplish its purpose, are in addition to any | ||||||
7 | existing powers of the Transportation Agency, and shall not | ||||||
8 | affect or impair any other powers authorized under applicable | ||||||
9 | law.
| ||||||
10 | Section 75. Rulemaking. | ||||||
11 | (a) The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act applies to | ||||||
12 | all administrative rules and procedures of the Transportation | ||||||
13 | Agency under this Act, except that nothing in this Act shall be | ||||||
14 | construed to render any prequalification or other | ||||||
15 | responsibility criteria as a "license" or "licensing" under | ||||||
16 | that Act. | ||||||
17 | (b) The appropriate chief procurement officer, in | ||||||
18 | consultation with the Transportation Agency, may adopt rules to | ||||||
19 | carry out the provisions of this Act.
| ||||||
20 | Section 905. The Department of Transportation Law of the
| ||||||
21 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding | ||||||
22 | Section 2705-233 as follows:
|
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| |||||||
1 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-233 new) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 2705-233. Innovations for Transportation | ||||||
3 | Infrastructure Act. The Department may exercise all powers | ||||||
4 | granted to it under the Innovations for Transportation | ||||||
5 | Infrastructure Act, including, but not limited to, the power to | ||||||
6 | enter into all contracts or agreements necessary or incidental | ||||||
7 | to the performance of its powers under that Act, and powers | ||||||
8 | related to any transportation facility implemented under that | ||||||
9 | Act.
| ||||||
10 | Section 910. The Illinois Finance Authority Act is amended | ||||||
11 | by adding Section 825-108 as follows:
| ||||||
12 | (20 ILCS 3501/825-108 new) | ||||||
13 | Sec. 825-108. Transportation project financing. For the | ||||||
14 | purpose of financing a transportation facility undertaken | ||||||
15 | under the Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act, | ||||||
16 | the Authority may apply for an allocation of tax-exempt bond | ||||||
17 | financing authorization provided by subsection (m) of Section | ||||||
18 | 142 of the United States Internal Revenue Code, as well as | ||||||
19 | financing available under any other federal law or program.
| ||||||
20 | Section 915. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | ||||||
21 | adding Section 1-10.5 as follows:
| ||||||
22 | (30 ILCS 500/1-10.5 new) |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Sec. 1-10.5. Alternative Technical Concepts. | ||||||
2 | (a) For the purposes of this Section, "Alternative | ||||||
3 | Technical Concepts" and "design-bid-build project delivery | ||||||
4 | method" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in the | ||||||
5 | Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act. | ||||||
6 | (b) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of Section 1-10 of this | ||||||
7 | Code, the Department of Transportation may allow bidders and | ||||||
8 | proposers to submit Alternative Technical Concepts in their | ||||||
9 | bids and proposals, if the Department determines that the | ||||||
10 | Alternative Technical Concepts provide an equal or better | ||||||
11 | solution than the underlying technical requirements applicable | ||||||
12 | to the work. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for projects the | ||||||
13 | Department delivers using the design-bid-build project | ||||||
14 | delivery method, the Department shall use the Alternative | ||||||
15 | Technical Concepts process for no more than 3 projects. If the | ||||||
16 | Department allows bidders or proposers for a particular | ||||||
17 | contract to submit Alternative Technical Concepts, the | ||||||
18 | Department shall describe the process for submission and | ||||||
19 | evaluation of Alternative Technical Concepts in the | ||||||
20 | procurement documents for that contract, including the | ||||||
21 | potential use of confidential meetings and the exchange of | ||||||
22 | confidential information with bidders and proposers to review | ||||||
23 | and discuss potential or proposed Alternative Technical | ||||||
24 | Concepts.
| ||||||
25 | Section 920. The Public Construction Bond Act is amended by |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | adding Section 1.9 as follows:
| ||||||
2 | (30 ILCS 550/1.9 new) | ||||||
3 | Sec. 1.9. Design-build contracts and Construction | ||||||
4 | Manager/General Contractor contracts. This Act applies to any | ||||||
5 | design-build contract or Construction Manager/General | ||||||
6 | Contractor contract entered into under the Innovations for | ||||||
7 | Transportation Infrastructure Act.
| ||||||
8 | Section 925. The Employment of Illinois Workers on Public | ||||||
9 | Works Act is amended by adding Section 2.8 as follows:
| ||||||
10 | (30 ILCS 570/2.8 new) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 2.8. Design-build and Construction Manager/General | ||||||
12 | Contractor contracts. This Act applies to any design-build | ||||||
13 | contracts and Construction Manager/General Contractor | ||||||
14 | contracts entered into under the Innovations for | ||||||
15 | Transportation Infrastructure Act.
| ||||||
16 | Section 930. The Business Enterprise for Minorities, | ||||||
17 | Women, and Persons with
Disabilities Act is amended by adding | ||||||
18 | Section 2.8 as follows:
| ||||||
19 | (30 ILCS 575/2.8 new) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 2.8. Design-build and Construction Manager/General | ||||||
21 | Contractor contracts. This Act applies to any design-build |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | contracts and Construction Manager/General Contractor | ||||||
2 | contracts entered into under the Innovations for | ||||||
3 | Transportation Infrastructure Act.
| ||||||
4 | Section 935. The Toll Highway Act is amended by adding | ||||||
5 | Section 11.2 as follows:
| ||||||
6 | (605 ILCS 10/11.2 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 11.2. Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure | ||||||
8 | Act. The Authority may exercise all powers granted to it under | ||||||
9 | the Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act, | ||||||
10 | including, but not limited to, the power to enter into all | ||||||
11 | contracts or agreements necessary to perform its powers under | ||||||
12 | that Act, and any powers related to a transportation facility | ||||||
13 | implemented under that Act.
| ||||||
14 | Section 940. The Eminent Domain Act is amended by adding | ||||||
15 | Section 15-5-48 as follows:
| ||||||
16 | (735 ILCS 30/15-5-48 new) | ||||||
17 | Sec. 15-5-48. Eminent domain powers in new Acts. The | ||||||
18 | following provisions of law may include express grants of the | ||||||
19 | power to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain: | ||||||
20 | The Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act; for | ||||||
21 | the purposes of constructing a transportation facility under | ||||||
22 | the Act.
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| |||||||
1 | Section 945. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing | ||||||
2 | Section 2 as follows:
| ||||||
3 | (820 ILCS 130/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2)
| ||||||
4 | Sec. 2. This Act applies to the wages of laborers, | ||||||
5 | mechanics and
other workers employed in any public works, as | ||||||
6 | hereinafter defined, by
any public body and to anyone under | ||||||
7 | contracts for public works. This includes any maintenance, | ||||||
8 | repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment | ||||||
9 | whether owned, leased, or rented.
| ||||||
10 | As used in this Act, unless the context indicates | ||||||
11 | otherwise:
| ||||||
12 | "Public works" means all fixed works constructed or | ||||||
13 | demolished by
any public body,
or paid for wholly or in part | ||||||
14 | out of public funds. "Public works" as
defined herein includes | ||||||
15 | all projects financed in whole
or in part with bonds, grants, | ||||||
16 | loans, or other funds made available by or through the State or | ||||||
17 | any of its political subdivisions, including but not limited | ||||||
18 | to: bonds issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond
Act | ||||||
19 | (Article 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the | ||||||
20 | Industrial
Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois Finance | ||||||
21 | Authority Act,
the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act, or | ||||||
22 | the Build Illinois Bond Act; loans or other funds made
| ||||||
23 | available pursuant to the Build Illinois Act; loans or other | ||||||
24 | funds made available pursuant to the Riverfront Development |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Fund under Section 10-15 of the River Edge Redevelopment Zone | ||||||
2 | Act; or funds from the Fund for
Illinois' Future under Section | ||||||
3 | 6z-47 of the State Finance Act, funds for school
construction | ||||||
4 | under Section 5 of the General Obligation Bond Act, funds
| ||||||
5 | authorized under Section 3 of the School Construction Bond Act, | ||||||
6 | funds for
school infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of the | ||||||
7 | State Finance Act, and funds
for transportation purposes under | ||||||
8 | Section 4 of the General Obligation Bond
Act. "Public works" | ||||||
9 | also includes (i) all projects financed in whole or in part
| ||||||
10 | with funds from the Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
11 | Opportunity under the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development | ||||||
12 | Program
Act for which there is no project labor agreement; (ii) | ||||||
13 | all work performed pursuant to a public private agreement under | ||||||
14 | the Public Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act or | ||||||
15 | the Public-Private Agreements for the South Suburban Airport | ||||||
16 | Act; and (iii) all projects undertaken under a public-private | ||||||
17 | agreement under the Public-Private Partnerships for | ||||||
18 | Transportation Act ; and (iv) all transportation facilities | ||||||
19 | undertaken under a design-build contract or a Construction | ||||||
20 | Manager/General Contractor contract under the Innovations for | ||||||
21 | Transportation Infrastructure Act . "Public works" also | ||||||
22 | includes all projects at leased facility property used for | ||||||
23 | airport purposes under Section 35 of the Local Government | ||||||
24 | Facility Lease Act. "Public works" also includes the | ||||||
25 | construction of a new wind power facility by a business | ||||||
26 | designated as a High Impact Business under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E) |
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1 | of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act.
"Public works" does not | ||||||
2 | include work done directly by any public utility company, | ||||||
3 | whether or not done under public supervision or direction, or | ||||||
4 | paid for wholly or in part out of public funds. "Public works" | ||||||
5 | also includes any corrective action performed pursuant to Title | ||||||
6 | XVI of the Environmental Protection Act for which payment from | ||||||
7 | the Underground Storage Tank Fund is requested. "Public works" | ||||||
8 | does not include projects undertaken by the owner at an | ||||||
9 | owner-occupied single-family residence or at an owner-occupied | ||||||
10 | unit of a multi-family residence. "Public works" does not | ||||||
11 | include work performed for soil and water conservation purposes | ||||||
12 | on agricultural lands, whether or not done under public | ||||||
13 | supervision or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds, | ||||||
14 | done directly by an owner or person who has legal control of | ||||||
15 | those lands.
| ||||||
16 | "Construction" means all work on public works involving | ||||||
17 | laborers,
workers or mechanics. This includes any maintenance, | ||||||
18 | repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment | ||||||
19 | whether owned, leased, or rented.
| ||||||
20 | "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon | ||||||
21 | public works
is performed, except (1) that if there is not | ||||||
22 | available in the county a
sufficient number of competent | ||||||
23 | skilled laborers, workers and mechanics
to construct the public | ||||||
24 | works efficiently and properly, "locality"
includes any other | ||||||
25 | county nearest the one in which the work or
construction is to | ||||||
26 | be performed and from which such persons may be
obtained in |
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| |||||||
1 | sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with
| ||||||
2 | respect to contracts for highway work with the Department of
| ||||||
3 | Transportation of this State, "locality" may at the discretion | ||||||
4 | of the
Secretary of the Department of Transportation be | ||||||
5 | construed to include
two or more adjacent counties from which | ||||||
6 | workers may be accessible for
work on such construction.
| ||||||
7 | "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or | ||||||
8 | commission of
the State or any political subdivision or | ||||||
9 | department thereof, or any
institution supported in whole or in | ||||||
10 | part by public funds,
and includes every county, city, town,
| ||||||
11 | village, township, school district, irrigation, utility, | ||||||
12 | reclamation
improvement or other district and every other | ||||||
13 | political subdivision,
district or municipality of the state | ||||||
14 | whether such political
subdivision, municipality or district | ||||||
15 | operates under a special charter
or not.
| ||||||
16 | The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages", | ||||||
17 | "general
prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of | ||||||
18 | wages" when used in
this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus | ||||||
19 | annualized fringe benefits for training and
apprenticeship | ||||||
20 | programs approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
| ||||||
21 | Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance, | ||||||
22 | vacations and
pensions paid generally, in the
locality in which | ||||||
23 | the work is being performed, to employees engaged in
work of a | ||||||
24 | similar character on public works.
| ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 97-502, eff. 8-23-11; 98-109, eff. 7-25-13; | ||||||
26 | 98-482, eff. 1-1-14; 98-740, eff. 7-16-14; 98-756, eff. |
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2 | Section 997. Severability. The provisions of this Act are | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
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4 | Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | becoming law.
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