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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 778

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  778  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.  The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
 5    adding Article 33 as follows:

 6        (30 ILCS 500/Art. 33 heading new)
 7            ARTICLE 33. CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES

 8        (30 ILCS 500/33-5 new)
 9        Sec. 33-5. Definitions.  In this Article:
10        "Construction management services" includes:
11        (1)  services    provided    in    the    planning    and
12    pre-construction phases of a construction project  including,
13    but not limited to, consulting with, advising, assisting, and
14    making  recommendations  to  the  State agency and architect,
15    engineer, or registered landscape architect on all aspects of
16    planning for project construction; reviewing  all  plans  and
17    specifications   as  they  are  being  developed  and  making
18    recommendations with  respect  to  construction  feasibility,
19    availability  of  material  and  labor, time requirements for
20    procurement and construction, and  projected  costs;  making,
21    reviewing,  and  refining budget estimates based on the State
 
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 1    agency's program  and  other  available  information;  making
 2    recommendations  to  the  State  agency  and the architect or
 3    engineer regarding the division of  work  in  the  plans  and
 4    specifications  to  facilitate  the  bidding  and awarding of
 5    contracts; soliciting the interest of capable contractors and
 6    assisting the owner in taking bids on the project;  analyzing
 7    the  bids  received;  and preparing and monitoring a progress
 8    schedule  during  the  design  phase  of  the   project   and
 9    preparation of a proposed construction schedule; and
10        (2)  services  provided  in the construction phase of the
11    project including, but not limited to, maintaining  competent
12    supervisory staff to coordinate and provide general direction
13    of  the  work and progress of the contractors on the project;
14    observing the work as  it  is  being  performed  for  general
15    conformance   with   working   drawings  and  specifications;
16    establishing procedures  for  coordinating  among  the  State
17    agency,  architect or engineer, contractors, and construction
18    manager with respect  to  all  aspects  of  the  project  and
19    implementing  those  procedures; maintaining job site records
20    and making appropriate progress reports;  implementing  labor
21    policy  in  conformance  with  the requirements of the public
22    owner; reviewing the safety and equal opportunity programs of
23    each contractor  for  conformance  with  the  public  owner's
24    policy  and  making recommendations; reviewing and processing
25    all applications for  payment  by  involved  contractors  and
26    material  suppliers  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of the
27    contract; making recommendations for and processing  requests
28    for  changes  in  the  work and maintaining records of change
29    orders; scheduling and  conducting  job  meetings  to  ensure
30    orderly  progress  of  the  work; developing and monitoring a
31    project progress schedule, coordinating  and  expediting  the
32    work of all contractors and providing periodic status reports
33    to  the owner and the architect or engineer; and establishing
34    and maintaining a cost control system and conducting meetings
 
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 1    to review costs.
 2        "Construction  manager"  means   any   person   providing
 3    construction management services for a State agency.

 4        (30 ILCS 500/33-10 new)
 5        Sec.   33-10.  Time  for  using  construction  management
 6    services. The appropriate State purchasing officer  or  chief
 7    procurement officer of a State agency may elect to engage the
 8    construction  management  services  of a construction manager
 9    when planning, designing,  and  constructing  a  building  or
10    structure   or  when  improving,  altering,  or  repairing  a
11    building or structure. Construction management  services  may
12    be  used  by  the State agency in the pre-construction phase,
13    the construction phase  of  public  works  project,  or  both
14    phases of the project.

15        (30 ILCS 500/33-15 new)
16        Sec.  33-15.  Evaluation procedure.  A State agency shall
17    evaluate the  construction  managers  submitting  letters  of
18    interest and other prequalified construction managers, taking
19    into   account  qualifications;  and  the  State  agency  may
20    consider, but shall not be limited to considering, ability of
21    professional   personnel,   past   record   and   experience,
22    performance  data  on  file,   willingness   to   meet   time
23    requirements, location, workload of the construction manager,
24    and  any  other  qualifications-based  factors  as  the State
25    agency may determine in writing are  applicable.   The  State
26    agency  may  conduct  discussions  with  and  require  public
27    presentations  by construction managers deemed to be the most
28    qualified regarding their  qualifications,  approach  to  the
29    project, and ability to furnish the required services.
30        A  State  agency  shall  establish  a committee to select
31    construction  managers  to  provide  construction  management
32    services.  A selection committee may  include  at  least  one
 
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 1    public   member  nominated  by  a  statewide  association  of
 2    construction managers.  The public member may not be employed
 3    or associated with any firm holding a contract with the State
 4    agency nor may the public member's firm be considered  for  a
 5    contract with that State agency while he or she is serving as
 6    a public member of the committee.
 7        In  no  case  shall  a State agency, prior to selecting a
 8    construction manager, seek formal or informal  submission  of
 9    verbal or written estimates of costs or proposals in terms of
10    dollars,  hours required, percentage of construction cost, or
11    any other measure of compensation.

12        (30 ILCS 500/33-20 new)
13        Sec. 33-20. Duties of  construction  manager;  additional
14    requirements for persons performing construction work.
15        (a)  Upon the award of a construction management services
16    contract, a construction manager must contract with the State
17    agency   to   furnish  his  or  her  skill  and  judgment  in
18    cooperation with, and reliance  upon,  the  services  of  the
19    project  architect or engineer. The construction manager must
20    furnish   business   administration,   management   of    the
21    construction  process,  and  other  specified services to the
22    State agency and must perform his or her  obligations  in  an
23    expeditious   and   economical  manner  consistent  with  the
24    interest of the State agency. If it is in  the  State's  best
25    interest,  the  construction  manager  may provide or perform
26    basic services for which reimbursement  is  provided  in  the
27    general  conditions  to  the construction management services
28    contract.
29        (b)  The  construction  manager,  or  any   entity   that
30    controls,  is  controlled by, or shares common ownership with
31    the construction manager,  is not  permitted  to  bid  on  or
32    perform  any  of  the  actual  construction on a public works
33    project in which he or she is acting as construction manager.
 
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 1    The actual construction work on the project must  be  awarded
 2    by   competitive  bidding  as  provided  in  this  Code.  All
 3    successful bidders for actual construction work must contract
 4    directly with the State agency, but must perform his  or  her
 5    obligations  at  the  direction  of  the construction manager
 6    unless  otherwise  provided  in  the  construction  manager's
 7    contract with the State agency. All  successful  bidders  for
 8    actual  construction  work  must enter into a trust agreement
 9    under Section 30-25 of this Code.  This subsection is subject
10    to the applicable provisions of the following Acts:
11             (1)  the Prevailing Wage Act;
12             (2)  the Public Construction Bond Act;
13             (3)  the Public Works Employment Discrimination Act;
14             (4)  the Public Works Preference Act;
15             (5)  the Employment of Illinois  Workers  on  Public
16        Works Act;
17             (6)  the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989;
18             (7)  the  Professional  Engineering  Practice Act of
19        1989;
20             (8)  the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act  of
21        1989;
22             (9)  the  Structural  Engineering  Practice  Act  of
23        1989;
24             (10)  the Public Contract Fraud Act; and
25             (11)  the Illinois Construction Evaluation Act.

26        (30 ILCS 500/33-25 new)
27        Sec.   33-25.   Prohibited   conduct.   No   construction
28    management services contract may be awarded by a State agency
29    on  a  negotiated  basis  as  provided in this Article if the
30    construction  manager  or  an  entity   that   controls,   is
31    controlled by, or shares common ownership or control with the
32    construction  manager  (i) guarantees, warrants, or otherwise
33    assumes financial responsibility for the work  of  others  on
 
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 1    the project; (ii) provides the State agency with a guaranteed
 2    maximum price for the work of others on the project; or (iii)
 3    furnishes  or  guarantees  a  performance or payment bond for
 4    other contractors on the  project.  In  any  such  case,  the
 5    contract  for construction management services must be let by
 6    competitive  bidding  as  in  the  case  of   contracts   for
 7    construction work.

 8        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 9    becoming law.".

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