Bill Text: IL SB3020 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Creates the Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act. Provides that the Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority may evaluate and use alternative technical concepts proposed by bidders and proposers, and to use design-build and construction manager-general contractor project delivery methods. Contains provisions concerning the procurement process and terms of design-build and construction manager-general contractor contracts. Provides that the Department and the Authority have eminent domain and quick take powers under the Act. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-16 - Referred to Rules Committee [SB3020 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB3020-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act.
Section 5. Legislative policy.
(a) It is the public policy of the State of Illinois to
promote the development of infrastructure projects that serve
the needs of the public.
(b) The design-build project delivery method and
Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery
method and use of Alternative Technical Concepts have the
potential to capture private sector innovation and safely
deliver infrastructure projects on more predictable schedules
and budgets. Earlier completion and lower cost for projects are
possible with the ability to shift or share risks with the
private sector that are generally retained by the public in the
conventional design-bid-build project delivery method.
(c) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the
Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll
Highway Authority may evaluate and use Alternative Technical
Concepts proposed by bidders and proposers and to use the
design-build project delivery method and Construction

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Manager/General Contractor project delivery method.
(d) It is the intent of this Act to use design
professionals, construction companies, and workers from this
State to the greatest extent possible.
(e) The powers granted in this Act are in addition to any
other powers authorized under applicable law.
Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Alternative Technical Concepts" means a proposed
deviation from the contract technical requirements set forth in
the procurement documents for a transportation facility that
offers a solution that is equal or better than the requirements
in the procurement documents.
"Authority" means the Illinois State Toll Highway
Authority.
"Best value" means any selection process in which proposals
contain both price and qualitative components and award is
based upon a combination of price, qualitative concepts, and
other factors.
"Chief procurement officer" means the chief procurement
officer for the Transportation Agency.
"Construction Manager/General Contractor" means a proposer
that has entered into a Construction Manager/General
Contractor contract under this Act.
"Construction Manager/General Contractor contract" means
the two-phase contract between the Transportation Agency and a

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Construction Manager/General Contractor, which includes a
first phase addressing preconstruction services and a second
phase addressing the construction of the transportation
facility.
"Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery
method" means a method of procurement and contracting that
makes a Construction Manager/General Contractor who enters
into a contract with the Transportation Agency responsible for
certain preconstruction services and then, if the parties reach
agreement on key terms, responsible for construction of the
transportation facility.
"Department" means the Illinois Department of
Transportation.
"Design-bid-build project delivery method" means the
traditional method of procuring and contracting for design
services and construction services used separately in this
State, which incorporates the Architectural, Engineering, and
Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act and the
principles of competitive bidding under the Illinois
Procurement Code.
"Design-build contract" means a contract between the
Transportation Agency and a design-builder under which the
design-builder agrees to furnish architectural, surveying,
engineering, construction, and related services for a
transportation facility.
"Design-build project delivery method" means a method of

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procurement and contracting that provides responsibility
within a single contract between the Transportation Agency and
a design-builder for the furnishing of architectural,
surveying, engineering, construction, and related services for
a transportation facility.
"Design-builder" means a proposer that has entered into a
design-build contract with the Transportation Agency under
this Act.
"Evaluation Committee" means the committee assembled to
evaluate and score statements of qualifications and proposals.
"Evaluation criteria" means the standards and requirements
established by the Transportation Agency against which the
qualifications and proposals of a proposer will be assessed
during the procurement of a design-build contract or
Construction Manager/General Contractor contract, as
applicable.
"Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.
"Metropolitan planning organization" means a metropolitan
planning organization under 23 U.S.C. 134 whose metropolitan
planning area boundaries are partially or completely within
this State.
"Preconstruction services" means all
non-construction-related services that a Construction
Manager/General Contractor is required to perform during the
first phase of a Construction Manager/General Contractor

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contract, which may include, but is not limited to, giving
advice to the Transportation Agency regarding scheduling, work
sequencing, cost engineering, constructability, cost
estimating, and risk identification.
"Proposal" means a proposer's response to a request for
proposals.
"Proposer" means any individual, sole proprietorship,
firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation, professional
corporation, or other entity legally established to conduct
business in this State that proposes to be the design-builder
or Construction Manager/General Contractor for any
transportation facility under this Act.
"Qualifications" means a statement of qualifications
submitted by a proposer in response to a request for
qualifications.
"Request for proposals" means the document issued by the
Transportation Agency to solicit proposals and describe the
procurement process for a design-build contract or
Construction Manager/General Contractor contract in accordance
with the design-build project delivery method or the
Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery
method, as applicable.
"Request for qualifications" means the document issued by
the Transportation Agency in the first phase of a two-phase
procurement to solicit qualifications from proposers in
accordance with the design-build project delivery method or the

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Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery
method, as applicable.
"Scope and performance requirements" means the activities,
constructed elements, and standards of performance the
Transportation Agency requires the design-builder or the
Construction Manager/General Contractor to comply with in the
development of the transportation facility, which may include,
but is not be limited to, the intended usage, capacity, size,
scope, quality and performance standards, life-cycle costs,
preliminary engineering, design, and other requirements as
developed and determined by the Transportation Agency.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Illinois Department
of Transportation.
"Transportation Agency" means the Illinois Department of
Transportation or the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.
"Transportation facility" means any new or existing
facility or group of facilities that are the subject of a
design-build contract or a Construction Manager/General
Contractor contract, and which may include highways, roads,
bridges, tunnels, overpasses, bus ways, guideways, ferries,
airports or other aviation facilities, public transportation
facilities, vehicle parking facilities, port facilities, rail
facilities, stations, hubs, terminals, intermodal facilities,
transit facilities, or similar facilities used for the
transportation of persons or goods, together with any
buildings, structures, parking areas, appurtenances,

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intelligent transportation systems, and other property or
facilities related to the operation or maintenance of these
facilities.
Section 15. Authorization of project delivery methods.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, and as authority
supplemental to its existing powers, the Transportation
Agency, in accordance with this Act, may use the design-build
project delivery method for transportation facilities,
provided that the capital costs for transportation facilities
delivered utilizing the design-build project delivery method
or Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery
method or Alternative Technical Concepts in a design-bid-build
project delivery method do not: (i) for transportation
facilities delivered by the Department, exceed 20% of the
Department's multi-year highway improvement program for any
5-year period with no one year period exceeding 30%; or (ii)
for transportation facilities delivered by the Authority,
exceed 20% of the Authority's annual improvement program. The
Transportation Agency shall make this calculation prior to
commencing the procurement. Notwithstanding any other law, and
as authority supplemental to its existing power, the
Department, in accordance with this Act, may use the
Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery
method for up to 2 transportation facilities. Prior to
commencing a procurement under this Act for either a

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design-build contract or a Construction Manager/General
Contractor contract, the Transportation Agency shall first
undertake an analysis and make a written determination that it
is in the best interests of this State to utilize the selected
delivery method for that transportation facility. The analysis
and determination shall discuss the design-build project
delivery method or Construction Manager/General Contractor
project delivery method's impact on the anticipated schedule,
completion date, and project costs. The best interests of the
State analysis shall be made available to the public.
(b) The Transportation Agency shall report to the General
Assembly annually for the first 5 years after the effective
date of this Act on the progress of procurements and
transportation facilities procured under this Act.
Section 20. Preconditions to commencement of procurement.
If the Transportation Agency determines to use the
design-build project delivery method or the Construction
Manager/General Contractor project delivery method for a
particular transportation facility, the Transportation Agency
may not commence a procurement for the transportation facility
until the Transportation Agency has satisfied the requirements
of both paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section:
(1) the Transportation Agency does one of the following:
(A) the Transportation Agency includes the
transportation facility in the Transportation Agency's

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respective multi-year highway improvement program and
designates it as a design-build project delivery method
project or Construction Manager/General Contractor
project;
(B) the Transportation Agency has issued a notice of
intent to receive qualifications, that includes a
description of the proposed procurement and transportation
facility, at least 14 days prior to the issuance of the
request for qualifications, and for a Department issued
notice of intent shall publish the notice in the Illinois
Transportation Procurement Bulletin and for an Authority
issued notice of intent shall publish the notice in the
Illinois Procurement Bulletin; or
(C) for a single phase procurement authorized under
subsection (a) of Section 25 of this Act, the
Transportation Agency has issued a notice of intent to
receive proposals, that includes a description of the
proposed procurement and transportation facility, at least
14 days prior to the issuance of the request for proposals,
for a Department issued notice of intent shall publish the
notice in the Illinois Transportation Procurement Bulletin
and for an Authority issued notice of intent shall publish
the notice in the Illinois Procurement Bulletin; and
(2) the Transportation Agency shall use its best efforts to
ensure that the transportation facility is consistent with the
regional plan in existence at the time of any metropolitan

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planning organization in which the boundaries of the
transportation facility is located, or any other
publicly-approved plan.
Section 25. Procurement process.
(a) The Transportation Agency may solicit a proposer with
which to enter into a design-build contract or Construction
Manager/General Contractor contract, as applicable, by using,
without limitation, one or more requests for qualifications,
short-listing of the most highly qualified proposers, requests
for proposals, and negotiations. The Transportation Agency
shall use a two-phase procurement for a design-build contract
to select the successful proposer; provided that the
Transportation Agency may use a single phase procurement if the
transportation facility is estimated to cost less than
$5,000,000 or the Secretary or the Executive Director makes a
written determination that the Transportation Agency may use a
single phase procurement for a particular transportation
facility. In a two-phase procurement, the Transportation
Agency shall use the first phase to evaluate and short-list the
most highly qualified proposers based on a proposer's
qualifications, and then use the second phase to evaluate and
select a proposer based on proposals submitted by the
short-listed proposers. During the first phase of a two-phase
procurement, the Transportation Agency shall not consider
price proposals to make its short-list decision. In a single

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phase procurement, the Transportation Agency shall solicit
proposers with a request for proposals, and shall evaluate and
select a proposer based on those proposals.
(b) The request for qualifications may contain any
information deemed appropriate by the Transportation Agency
including, without limitation, the following information:
(1) the anticipated scope of work for the
transportation facility;
(2) a requirement that the proposer identify certain
key personnel, and for design-build contracts certain key
firms, the experience of the personnel and firms, and the
conditions on which identified personnel and firms can be
replaced;
(3) the evaluation criteria for the qualifications and
the relative importance of those criteria; these
evaluation criteria may address, without limitation, the
proposer's technical and financial qualifications, such as
specialized experience, technical competence, capability
to perform, financial capacity, the proposer's workload,
local office presence, past performance, including the
proposer's safety record, and any other
qualifications-based factors;
(4) the Transportation Agency's prequalification,
licensing, and registration requirements, including any
requirements from the Professional Engineering Practice
Act of 1989, the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of

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1989, the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989, and
the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989,
provided that nothing contained herein precludes the
Transportation Agency's use of additional prequalification
criteria or pass/fail evaluation factors addressing
minimum levels of technical experience or financial
capabilities;
(5) the maximum number of proposers the Transportation
Agency will short-list to submit proposals; and
(6) any other relevant information the Transportation
Agency deems appropriate.
(c) Upon completion of the qualifications evaluation, the
Transportation Agency shall, based on the evaluation criteria
set forth in the request for qualifications, create a
short-list of the most highly qualified proposers. The
Transportation Agency shall short-list no more than 5 and no
fewer than 2 of the most highly qualified proposers.
Notwithstanding other provisions of this subsection (c), the
Transportation Agency may short-list fewer than 2 proposers if
the Secretary or the Executive Director make a finding that an
emergency situation justifies the limited short-listing and
fewer than 2 proposers meet any applicable prequalification or
pass/fail requirements set forth in the request for
qualifications.
(d) The request for proposals may contain any information
deemed appropriate by the Transportation Agency including,

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without limitation, the following information:
(1) the form and amount of required bid security;
(2) the terms of the design-build contract or
Construction Manager/General Contractor contract
including, but not limited to, scope and performance
requirements, schedule or completion date requirements,
subcontractor requirements, payment and performance
security requirements, and insurance requirements;
(3) the requirements for the technical component of the
proposal, including a description of the level of design,
scope and type of renderings, drawings, and specifications
to be provided in the proposals;
(4) the requirements for the price component of the
proposal, which for Construction Manager/General
Contractor contracts may include a requirement for the
proposer to submit a lump sum price for the direct costs to
perform the required preconstruction services and
percentage mark-up on those direct costs;
(5) the evaluation criteria for the proposals,
including technical criteria, innovation, and schedule,
and the relative importance of those criteria, as the
Transportation Agency deems appropriate;
(6) a process for the Transportation Agency to review
and accept Alternative Technical Concepts;
(7) requirements regarding the proposer's
qualifications; and

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(8) any other relevant information the Transportation
Agency deems appropriate.
(e) Prior to the proposers' submittal of proposals, the
Transportation Agency may conduct confidential meetings and
exchange confidential information with proposers to promote
understanding of the request for proposals, review Alternative
Technical Concepts, or discuss other issues related to the
procurement.
(f) The date proposals are due must be at least 28 calendar
days after the date the Transportation Agency first issues the
request for proposals.
(g) The Transportation Agency may offer to pay a stipend in
an amount and on the terms and conditions determined by the
Transportation Agency and as set forth in the request for
proposals to: (1) all short-listed proposers if the
Transportation Agency cancels the procurement before the due
date for proposals; or (2) each unsuccessful proposer that
submits a responsive proposal. The Transportation Agency may
pay a stipend only to those proposers who grant to the
Transportation Agency the right to use any work product
contained in the unsuccessful proposer's proposal and other
proposal-related submissions or, if the Transportation Agency
cancels the procurement before the due date for proposals, any
work product developed prior to cancellation, including
technologies, techniques, methods, processes, and information
contained in the recipient's design for the transportation

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facility.
(h) The Transportation Agency shall, as appropriate
depending on whether the transportation facility includes
building facilities, directly employ or retain a professional
engineer or engineers licensed in this State or a licensed
architect or architects, or both engineers licensed in this
State and licensed architects, to prepare the scope and assist
in the evaluation of the proposals' technical submissions under
a design-build project delivery method. The professional
engineers and licensed architects performing these services
are generally precluded from participating in the procurement
of the transportation facility at issue as a member of a
proposer team.
(i) The Transportation Agency shall have the right to
reject any and all qualifications or proposals, including, but
not limited to, the right to reject any qualifications or
proposals as non-responsive if, in the Transportation Agency's
sole discretion, the qualifications or proposals do not meet
all material requirements of the request for qualifications or
request for proposals, as appropriate. The Transportation
Agency shall not consider a proposal that does not include:
(1) the proposer's plan to comply with requirements
established by the Transportation Agency regarding
utilization of business enterprises, including
disadvantaged business enterprises; or
(2) bid security in the form and amount designated in

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the request for proposals.
(j) The Transportation Agency shall consult with the
appropriate chief procurement officer on the design-build
project delivery method and the Construction Manager/General
Contractor project delivery method procurement processes, and
the Secretary or the Executive Director, in consultation with
the chief procurement officer, shall determine which
procedures to adopt and apply to the design-build project
delivery method and Construction Manager/General Contractor
project delivery method procurement processes in order to
ensure an open, transparent, and efficient process that
accomplishes the purposes of this Act.
Section 30. Evaluation committee.
(a) The Transportation Agency shall establish one or more
evaluation committees to assist in selecting a design-builder
and a Construction Manager/General Contractor. The
Transportation Agency shall, in its sole discretion, determine
the appropriate size and composition of the evaluation
committee, provided that at least half of the committee must be
licensed design professionals.
(b) The Transportation Agency may establish an evaluation
committee for a set term or for the procurement of a particular
transportation facility.
(c) Once the Transportation Agency identifies the
proposers for a transportation facility, each member of an

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evaluation committee must certify that no conflict of interest
exists between the member and the proposers. If the
Transportation Agency, after consultation with the chief
procurement officer, determines that an actual conflict
exists, the member shall not participate on the evaluation
committee for that procurement and the Transportation Agency
shall appoint a replacement member on either a permanent or
temporary basis.
Section 35. Procedures for selection. The Transportation
Agency shall review, evaluate, score, and rank proposals and
determine which proposal offers the best value to the public
based on the evaluation criteria set forth in the request for
proposals. The Transportation Agency shall award the contract
based on this determination. Notwithstanding other provisions
of this Section, if for any reason the proposer awarded the
contract is unable or unwilling to execute the contract,
including the failure of the proposer and the Transportation
Agency to successfully complete negotiations, if any, of the
contract, the Transportation Agency may award the contract to
the proposer whose proposal the Transportation Agency
determines offers the public the next best value.
Section 40. Project records; confidentiality; public
disclosure.
(a) The Transportation Agency shall maintain all written

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decisions, qualification and proposal evaluations, scoring
documents, selection evaluations, proposals, and procurement
documents in a procurement file maintained by the
Transportation Agency.
(b) A proposer may identify those portions of a proposal or
other submission that the proposer considers to be trade
secrets or confidential, commercial, financial, or proprietary
information. To consider confidential and proprietary
information, including trade secrets, to be exempt from
disclosure, the proposer shall do all of the following:
(1) request exclusion from disclosure upon submission
of the information or other materials for which protection
is sought;
(2) identify the data or other materials for which
protection is sought;
(3) state the statutory or regulatory basis for the
protection;
(4) fully comply with the federal Freedom of
Information Act and any other applicable provisions of
State law, including, but not limited to, the Freedom of
Information Act, with respect to information the proposer
contends should be exempt from disclosure; and
(5) certify if the information is in accordance with
the protection of the Illinois Trade Secrets Act.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to
properly balance the need to maximize competition under this

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Act with the need to create a transparent procurement process,
the qualifications, proposals, and other information and
documents submitted by proposers and the Transportation
Agency's evaluation records shall not be subject to release or
disclosure by the Transportation Agency until execution of the
design-build contract or Construction Manager/General
Contractor contract, as applicable. If the Transportation
Agency terminates the procurement for a transportation
facility, the exemption from release or disclosure under this
Section shall remain in place until the Transportation Agency
re-procures the transportation facility and has entered into a
design-build contract or Construction Manager/General
Contractor contract, as applicable. However, this exemption
shall lapse if the Transportation Agency does not commence the
re-procurement of the transportation facility within 5 years of
the termination.
Section 45. Design-build contract. A design-build contract
may include any provisions the Transportation Agency
determines are necessary or appropriate, including, but not
limited to, provisions regarding the following:
(1) compensation or payments to the design-builder;
(2) grounds for termination of the design-build
contract, including the Transportation Agency's right to
terminate for convenience;
(3) liability for damages and nonperformance;

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(4) events of default and the rights and remedies
available to the design-builder and the Transportation
Agency in the event of a default or delay;
(5) the identification of any technical specifications
that the design-builder must comply with when developing
plans or performing construction work;
(6) the procedures for review and approval of the
design-builder's plans;
(7) required performance and payment security;
(8) the terms and conditions of indemnification and
minimum insurance requirements; and
(9) any other terms and conditions the Transportation
Agency deems necessary.
Section 50. Construction Manager/General Contractor
contract.
(a) The Construction Manager/General Contractor contract
shall divide the Construction Manager/General Contractor
services into 2 phases. The first phase shall address
preconstruction services and the procedures the parties shall
follow to finalize the contract terms for the second phase. The
second phase shall address the Construction Manager/General
Contractor's construction of the transportation facility for a
lump sum or a guaranteed maximum price.
(b) A Construction Manager/General Contractor contract
shall include provisions regarding the following:

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(1) the Construction Manager/General Contractor's
provision of preconstruction services during the first
phase of the contract, including the Construction
Manager/General Contractor's compensation for those
services;
(2) a requirement that, during the first phase of the
contract, the Construction Manager/General Contractor
shall use a competitive bidding process to procure
subcontracts for at least the minimum percentage of
construction work specified in the request for proposals,
provided that:
(A) compliance with this requirement shall be
based on an estimated cost for the construction work
approved by the Transportation Agency prior to the
start of the competitive bidding process; and
(B) the Construction Manager/General Contractor
may not use subcontracts with its wholly or partially
owned subsidiaries, parent companies, or affiliates to
satisfy this obligation;
(3) the process the Transportation Agency and the
Construction Manager/General Contractor shall use to
determine a lump sum or guaranteed maximum price for the
construction work, which shall include a requirement that
the Transportation Agency conduct an independent cost
estimate for the construction work; and
(4) grounds for termination of the Construction

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Manager/General Contractor contract, including the
Transportation Agency's right to terminate the contract
and not proceed with the construction phase of the project
if the Transportation Agency and the Construction
Manager/General Contractor are unable to negotiate a lump
sum or guaranteed maximum price for the construction work.
(c) In addition to the provisions under subsection (b) of
this Section, a Construction Manager/General Contractor
contract may include any other provisions the Transportation
Agency determines are necessary or appropriate, including, but
not limited to, provisions regarding the following:
(1) liability for damages and nonperformance;
(2) events of default and the rights and remedies
available to the Construction Manager/General Contractor
and the Transportation Agency in the event of a default or
delay;
(3) the identification of any technical specifications
that the Construction Manager/General Contractor must
comply with when aiding the Transportation Agency with
developing plans or performing construction work;
(4) required performance and payment security for the
construction phase of the contract;
(5) the terms and conditions of indemnification and
minimum insurance requirements; and
(6) any other terms and conditions the Transportation
Agency deems necessary.

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(d) If the Construction Manager/General Contractor
contract is terminated for any reason, the Transportation
Agency may, in its sole discretion, re-advertise the
Construction Manager/General Contractor contract under this
Act or use any other authorized procurement method to complete
the transportation facility or any portion of the
transportation facility. Once the contract is terminated, the
Transportation Agency may use any work product developed by the
Construction Manager/General Contractor to complete the
transportation facility.
Section 55. Funding and financing.
(a) The Transportation Agency may utilize any lawful source
of funding and financing to compensate a design-builder and
Construction Manager/General Contractor for work and services
performed under a design-build contract or Construction
Manager/General Contractor contract, as applicable, and the
Transportation Agency may combine federal, State, local, and
private funds to finance a transportation facility.
(b) Subject to appropriation by the General Assembly of the
required amounts, the Transportation Agency may obligate and
make expenditures of funds as and when needed to satisfy its
payment obligations under a design-build contract or
Construction Manager/General Contractor contract.
Section 56. Utilization requirements. Design-builder and

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Construction Manager/General Contractor projects shall comply
with Section 2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act and all
applicable laws and rules that establish standards and
procedures for the utilization of minority, disadvantaged, and
female-owned businesses, including, but not limited to, the
Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with
Disabilities Act.
Section 60. Acquisition of property and related
agreements. The Transportation Agency may exercise any and all
powers of condemnation or eminent domain, including quick-take
powers, to acquire lands or estates or interests in land for a
transportation facility under this Act to the extent the
Transportation Agency finds that the action serves the public
purpose of this Act and deems the action appropriate in the
exercise of its powers under this Act. In addition, the
Transportation Agency and a design-builder or Construction
Manager/General Contractor may enter into leases, licenses,
easements, and other grants of property interests that the
Transportation Agency determines are necessary to deliver a
transportation facility under this Act.
Section 65. Federal requirements. In the procurement of
design-build contracts and Construction Manager/General
Contractor contracts, the Transportation Agency shall, to the
extent applicable, comply with federal law and regulations and

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take all necessary steps to adapt its rules, policies, and
procedures to remain eligible for federal aid.
Section 70. Powers. The powers granted to the
Transportation Agency under this Act, including the power to
procure and enter into design-build contracts and Construction
Manager/General Contractor contracts, shall be liberally
construed to accomplish its purpose, are in addition to any
existing powers of the Transportation Agency, and shall not
affect or impair any other powers authorized under applicable
law.
Section 75. Rulemaking.
(a) The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act applies to
all administrative rules and procedures of the Transportation
Agency under this Act, except that nothing in this Act shall be
construed to render any prequalification or other
responsibility criteria as a "license" or "licensing" under
that Act.
(b) The appropriate chief procurement officer, in
consultation with the Transportation Agency, may adopt rules to
carry out the provisions of this Act.
Section 905. The Department of Transportation Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding
Section 2705-233 as follows:

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(20 ILCS 2705/2705-233 new)
Sec. 2705-233. Design-build and Construction
Manager/General Contractor for the transportation
infrastructure. The Department may exercise all powers granted
to it under the Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure
Act, including, but not limited to, the power to enter into all
contracts or agreements necessary or incidental to the
performance of its powers under that Act, and powers related to
any transportation facility implemented under that Act.
Section 910. The Illinois Finance Authority Act is amended
by adding Section 825-108 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3501/825-108 new)
Sec. 825-108. Transportation project financing. For the
purpose of financing a transportation facility undertaken
under the Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act,
the Authority may apply for an allocation of tax-exempt bond
financing authorization provided by subsection (m) of Section
142 of the United States Internal Revenue Code, as well as
financing available under any other federal law or program.
Section 915. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
adding Section 1-10.5 as follows:

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(30 ILCS 500/1-10.5 new)
Sec. 1-10.5. Alternative Technical Concepts.
Notwithstanding subsection (b) of Section 1-10 of this Code,
the Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll
Highway Authority may allow bidders and proposers to submit
Alternative Technical Concepts in their bids and proposals,
provided the Department or Authority determines that the
Alternative Technical Concepts provide an equal or better
solution than the underlying technical requirements applicable
to the work. Notwithstanding the above, for projects the
Department or Authority delivers using the design-bid-build
project delivery method, the Department or Authority shall only
use the Alternative Technical Concepts process for up to 3
projects. If the Department or Authority allows bidders or
proposers for a particular contract to submit Alternative
Technical Concepts, the Department or Authority shall describe
the process for submission and evaluation of Alternative
Technical Concepts in the procurement documents for that
contract, including the potential use of confidential meetings
and the exchange of confidential information with bidders and
proposers to review and discuss potential or proposed
Alternative Technical Concepts. For the purposes of this
Section, the terms "Alternative Technical Concepts" and
"design-bid-build project delivery method" have the meanings
ascribed to those terms in the Innovations for Transportation
Infrastructure Act.

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Section 920. The Architectural, Engineering, and Land
Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act is amended by
adding Section 85 as follows:
(30 ILCS 535/85 new)
Sec. 85. Design-build and Construction Manager/General
Contractor contracts. This Act shall not apply to the
procurement of or contracting for transportation facilities
using design-build contracts and Construction Manager/General
Contractor contracts under the Innovations for Transportation
Infrastructure Act.
Section 925. The Public Construction Bond Act is amended by
adding Section 1.9 as follows:
(30 ILCS 550/1.9 new)
Sec. 1.9. Design-build contracts and Construction
Manager/General Contractor contracts. This Act applies to any
design-build contract or Construction Manager/General
Contractor contract entered into under the Innovations for
Transportation Infrastructure Act.
Section 930. The Employment of Illinois Workers on Public
Works Act is amended by adding Section 2.8 as follows:

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(30 ILCS 570/2.8 new)
Sec. 2.8. Design build and Construction Manager/General
Contractor contracts. This Act applies to any design build
contracts and Construction Manager/General Contractor
contracts entered into under the Innovations for
Transportation Infrastructure Act.
Section 931. The Business Enterprise for Minorities,
Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act is amended by adding
Section 2.8 as follows:
(30 ILCS 575/2.8 new)
Sec. 2.8. Design build and Construction Manager/General
Contractor contracts. This Act applies to any design-build
contracts and Construction Manager/General Contractor
contracts entered into under the Innovations for
Transportation Infrastructure Act.
Section 935. The Toll Highway Act is amended by adding
Section 11.2 as follows:
(605 ILCS 10/11.2 new)
Sec. 11.2. Design-build and Construction Manager/General
Contractor contracts. The Authority may exercise all powers
granted to it under the Innovations for Transportation
Infrastructure Act, including, but not limited to, the power to

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enter into all contracts or agreements necessary to perform its
powers under that Act, and any powers related to a
transportation facility implemented under that Act.
Section 940. The Eminent Domain Act is amended by adding
Section 15-5-48 as follows:
(735 ILCS 30/15-5-48 new)
Sec. 15-5-48. Eminent domain powers in new Acts. The
following provisions of law may include express grants of the
power to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain:
The Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act; for
the purposes of constructing a transportation facility under
the Act.
Section 945. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing
Section 2 as follows:
(820 ILCS 130/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2)
Sec. 2. This Act applies to the wages of laborers,
mechanics and other workers employed in any public works, as
hereinafter defined, by any public body and to anyone under
contracts for public works. This includes any maintenance,
repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
whether owned, leased, or rented.
As used in this Act, unless the context indicates

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otherwise:
"Public works" means all fixed works constructed or
demolished by any public body, or paid for wholly or in part
out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein includes
all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds, grants,
loans, or other funds made available by or through the State or
any of its political subdivisions, including but not limited
to: bonds issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act
(Article 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the
Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois Finance
Authority Act, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act, or
the Build Illinois Bond Act; loans or other funds made
available pursuant to the Build Illinois Act; loans or other
funds made available pursuant to the Riverfront Development
Fund under Section 10-15 of the River Edge Redevelopment Zone
Act; or funds from the Fund for Illinois' Future under Section
6z-47 of the State Finance Act, funds for school construction
under Section 5 of the General Obligation Bond Act, funds
authorized under Section 3 of the School Construction Bond Act,
funds for school infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of the
State Finance Act, and funds for transportation purposes under
Section 4 of the General Obligation Bond Act. "Public works"
also includes (i) all projects financed in whole or in part
with funds from the Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity under the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development
Program Act for which there is no project labor agreement; (ii)

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all work performed pursuant to a public private agreement under
the Public Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act or
the Public-Private Agreements for the South Suburban Airport
Act; and (iii) all projects undertaken under a public-private
agreement under the Public-Private Partnerships for
Transportation Act; and (iv) all transportation facilities
undertaken under a design-build contract or a Construction
Manager/General Contractor contract under the Innovations for
Transportation Infrastructure Act. "Public works" also
includes all projects at leased facility property used for
airport purposes under Section 35 of the Local Government
Facility Lease Act. "Public works" also includes the
construction of a new wind power facility by a business
designated as a High Impact Business under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E)
of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. "Public works" does not
include work done directly by any public utility company,
whether or not done under public supervision or direction, or
paid for wholly or in part out of public funds. "Public works"
also includes any corrective action performed pursuant to Title
XVI of the Environmental Protection Act for which payment from
the Underground Storage Tank Fund is requested. "Public works"
does not include projects undertaken by the owner at an
owner-occupied single-family residence or at an owner-occupied
unit of a multi-family residence. "Public works" does not
include work performed for soil and water conservation purposes
on agricultural lands, whether or not done under public

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supervision or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds,
done directly by an owner or person who has legal control of
those lands.
"Construction" means all work on public works involving
laborers, workers or mechanics. This includes any maintenance,
repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
whether owned, leased, or rented.
"Locality" means the county where the physical work upon
public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not
available in the county a sufficient number of competent
skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the public
works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes any other
county nearest the one in which the work or construction is to
be performed and from which such persons may be obtained in
sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with
respect to contracts for highway work with the Department of
Transportation of this State, "locality" may at the discretion
of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation be
construed to include two or more adjacent counties from which
workers may be accessible for work on such construction.
"Public body" means the State or any officer, board or
commission of the State or any political subdivision or
department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or in
part by public funds, and includes every county, city, town,
village, township, school district, irrigation, utility,
reclamation improvement or other district and every other

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political subdivision, district or municipality of the state
whether such political subdivision, municipality or district
operates under a special charter or not.
The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages",
"general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of
wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus
annualized fringe benefits for training and apprenticeship
programs approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance,
vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in which
the work is being performed, to employees engaged in work of a
similar character on public works.
(Source: P.A. 97-502, eff. 8-23-11; 98-109, eff. 7-25-13;
98-482, eff. 1-1-14; 98-740, eff. 7-16-14; 98-756, eff.
7-16-14.)
Section 997. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.