Bill Text: IL SB0272 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the State Finance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB0272 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB0272-Amended.html

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Sen. Dan Kotowski

Filed: 4/29/2014

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 272
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 272 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Architectural, Engineering, and Land
Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act is amended by
changing Sections 5 and 30 as follows:
(30 ILCS 535/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 4151-5)
Sec. 5. State policy on procurement of architectural,
engineering, and land surveying services. It is the policy of
State agencies of this State to publicly announce all
requirements for architectural, engineering, and land
surveying services, to procure these services on the basis of
demonstrated competence, and qualifications, and local
preference as set forth in Section 30 of this Act, to negotiate
contracts at fair and reasonable prices, and to authorize the
Department of Professional Regulation to enforce the

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provisions of Section 65 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 87-673.)
(30 ILCS 535/30) (from Ch. 127, par. 4151-30)
Sec. 30. Evaluation procedure. A State agency shall
evaluate the firms submitting letters of interest and other
prequalified firms, taking into account qualifications; and
the State agency may consider, but shall not be limited to
considering the following factors: the , ability of
professional personnel; , past record and experience; ,
performance data on file; , willingness to meet time
requirements; , location, with preference given to firms (1)
that have an office or offices in Illinois from which 90% or
more of the project will be performed and (2) where 90% or more
of the project payroll will be derived from the salaries of
employees who are full-time residents of the State; the
workload of the firm; and any other qualifications based
factors as the State agency may determine in writing are
applicable. The State agency may conduct discussions with and
require public presentations by firms deemed to be the most
qualified regarding their qualifications, approach to the
project and ability to furnish the required services.
A State agency shall establish a committee to select firms
to provide architectural, engineering, and land surveying
services. A selection committee may include at least one public
member nominated by a statewide association of the profession

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affected. The public member may not be employed or associated
with any firm holding a contract with the State agency nor may
the public member's firm be considered for a contract with that
State agency while he or she is serving as a public member of
the committee.
In addition, the Department of Transportation may appoint
public members to selection committees that represent the
geographic, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the population of
the State, including persons nominated by associations
representing minority and female-owned business associations.
Public members shall be licensed in or have received a degree
from an accredited college or university in one of the
professions affected and shall not be employed by, associated
with, or have an ownership interest in any firm holding or
seeking to hold a contract while serving as a public member of
the committee.
In no case shall a State agency, prior to selecting a firm
for negotiation under Section 40, seek formal or informal
submission of verbal or written estimates of costs or proposals
in terms of dollars, hours required, percentage of construction
cost, or any other measure of compensation.
(Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-849, eff. 12-23-09.)".