103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5381

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Anthony DeLuca

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Municipal Design-Build Contracts Division of the Illinois Municipal Code and the School Design-Build Contracts Article of the School Code. Provides that a municipality or school district may use the design-build process to compare and potentially enter into contracts with design-build entities or design professionals (rather than only a design-build entities). Provides that design-build entities and design professionals must also include qualifications as well as proposals (rather than only proposals). Requires notice (rather than allows notice) to be published in construction industry publications or posted on construction industry websites. Provides that a municipality or school district must solicit requests for qualifications and proposals (rather than requests for proposals). Requires a municipality or school district to select at least one design professional if at least one proposal is made by a design professional. Provides that criteria in Phase I must include the experience of personnel, including evaluating design and construction separately (rather than only the experience of personnel). Provides that a design-build entity or design professional shall not be disqualified solely due to having previously been awarded a project or projects under any applicable public procurement law of the State. Provides that the municipality or school district must allow 30 days (rather than sufficient time) for the shortlist entities to prepare their Phase II submittals considering the scope and detail requested by the municipality or school district, but no shortlist is required if no less than 3 (rather than 2) or more than 6 design-build entities or design professionals are selected to submit proposals. Provides that the municipality or school district must provide the notice of award in writing at the time it awards the contract.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Sections 11-39.2-5, 11-39.2-10, 11-39.2-15,
611-39.2-20, 11-39.2-25, 11-39.2-35, 11-39.2-40, and 11-39.2-45
7as follows:
 
8    (65 ILCS 5/11-39.2-5)
9    Sec. 11-39.2-5. Purpose. The purpose of this Division is
10to authorize municipalities to compare and potentially use
11design-build processes to increase the efficiency and
12effectiveness of delivering public projects.
13(Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
14    (65 ILCS 5/11-39.2-10)
15    Sec. 11-39.2-10. Definitions. As used in this Division:
16    "Delivery system" means the design and construction
17approach used to develop and construct a project.
18    "Design-bid-build" means the traditional delivery system
19used on public projects that incorporates the
20qualifications-based selection process for architects and the
21competitive bidding process for construction as set forth in
22this Code.

 

 

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1    "Design-build" means a delivery system that provides
2responsibility within a single contract for the furnishing of
3architecture, engineering, land surveying, and related
4services, as required, and the labor, materials, equipment,
5and other construction services for the project.
6    "Design-build contract" means a contract for a public
7project under this Division between a municipality and a
8design-build entity or design professional to furnish:
9architecture, engineering, land surveying, public art or
10interpretive exhibits, and related services, as required, and
11the labor, materials, equipment, and other construction
12services for the project.
13    "Design-build entity" means an individual, sole
14proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation,
15professional corporation, or other entity that proposes to
16design and construct any public project under this Division.
17    "Design professional" means an individual, sole
18proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation,
19professional corporation, or other entity that offers services
20under the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989, the
21Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, the Structural
22Engineering Practice Act of 1989, or the Illinois Professional
23Land Surveyor Act of 1989.
24    "Evaluation criteria" means the requirements for the
25separate phases of the selection process as defined in this
26Division and may include the specialized experience, technical

 

 

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1qualifications and competence, capacity to perform, past
2performance, experience with similar projects, assignment of
3personnel to the project, and other appropriate factors.
4    "Proposal" means the offer to enter into a design-build
5contract as submitted by a design-build entity or design
6professional in accordance with this Division.
7    "Public art designer" means an individual, sole
8proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation,
9professional corporation, or other entity that has
10demonstrated experience with the design and fabrication of
11public art, including any media that has been planned and
12executed with the intention of being staged in the physical
13public domain outside and accessible to all or any art which is
14exhibited in a public space, including publicly accessible
15buildings, or interpretive exhibits, including communication
16media that is designed to engage, excite, inform, relate, or
17reveal the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of a
18topic or story being presented.
19    "Request for qualifications and proposal" means the
20document used by the municipality to solicit qualifications
21and proposals for a design-build comparison and potential
22contract.
23    "Scope and performance criteria" means the requirements
24for the public project, such as the intended usage, capacity,
25size, scope, quality and performance standards, life-cycle
26costs, and other programmatic criteria that are expressed in

 

 

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1performance-oriented and quantifiable specifications and
2drawings that can be reasonably inferred and are suited to
3allow a design-build entity or design professional to develop
4a proposal.
5(Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-39.2-15)
7    Sec. 11-39.2-15. Solicitation of proposals.
8    (a) A municipality may enter into design-build contracts.
9In addition to the requirements set forth in its local
10ordinances, when the municipality elects to use the
11design-build delivery method, it must issue a notice of intent
12to receive proposals for the project at least 14 days before
13issuing the request for the proposal. The municipality must
14publish the advance notice in the manner prescribed by
15ordinance, which must include posting the advance notice
16online on its website. The municipality shall may publish the
17notice in construction industry publications or post the
18notice on construction industry websites. A brief description
19of the proposed procurement must be included in the notice.
20The municipality must provide a copy of the request for
21proposal to any party requesting a copy. A municipality must
22allow design professionals to submit proposals hereunder.
23    (b) The request for proposal must be prepared for each
24project and must contain, without limitation, the following
25information:

 

 

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1        (1) The name of the municipality.
2        (2) A preliminary schedule for the completion of the
3    contract.
4        (3) The proposed budget for the project, the source of
5    funds, and the currently available funds at the time the
6    request for proposal is submitted.
7        (4) Prequalification criteria for design-build
8    entities or design professionals wishing to submit
9    qualifications and proposals. The municipality must
10    include, at a minimum, its normal qualifications,
11    licensing, registration, and other requirements; however,
12    nothing precludes the use of additional prequalification
13    criteria by the municipality.
14        (5) Material requirements of the contract, such as the
15    proposed terms and conditions, required performance and
16    payment bonds, insurance, and the entity's plan to comply
17    with the utilization goals for business enterprises
18    established in the Business Enterprise for Minorities,
19    Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act and with Section
20    2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
21        (6) The performance criteria.
22        (7) The evaluation criteria for each phase of the
23    solicitation. Price may not be used as a factor in the
24    evaluation of Phase I proposals.
25        (8) The number of entities that will be considered for
26    the technical and cost evaluation phase.

 

 

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1    (c) The municipality may include any other relevant
2information that it chooses to supply. The design-build entity
3or design professional may rely upon the accuracy of this
4documentation in the development of its proposal.
5    (d) The date that proposals are due must be at least 21
6calendar days after the date of the issuance of the request for
7proposal. If the cost of the project is estimated to exceed
8$12,000,000, then the proposal due date must be at least 28
9calendar days after the date of the issuance of the request for
10proposal. The municipality must include in the request for
11proposal a minimum of 60 30 days to develop the Phase II
12submissions after the selection of entities from the Phase I
13evaluation is completed.
14(Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
15    (65 ILCS 5/11-39.2-20)
16    Sec. 11-39.2-20. Development of scope and performance
17criteria.
18    (a) The municipality must develop, with the assistance of
19a licensed design professional or public art designer, a
20request for qualifications and proposal, which must include
21scope and performance criteria. The scope and performance
22criteria must be in sufficient detail and contain adequate
23information to reasonably apprise the qualified design-build
24entities or design professionals of the municipality's overall
25programmatic needs and goals, including criteria and

 

 

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1preliminary design plans, general budget parameters, schedule,
2and delivery requirements.
3    (b) Each request for qualifications and proposal must also
4include a description of the level of design to be provided in
5the proposals. This description must include the scope and
6type of renderings, drawings, and specifications that, at a
7minimum, will be required by the municipality to be produced
8by the design-build entities or design professionals.
9    (c) The scope and performance criteria must be prepared by
10a design professional or public art designer who is an
11employee of the municipality, or the municipality may contract
12with an independent design professional or public art designer
13selected under the Local Government Professional Services
14Selection Act to provide these services.
15    (d) The design professional or public art designer that
16prepares the scope and performance criteria is prohibited from
17participating in any design-build entity or design
18professional proposal for the project.
19    (e) The design-build contract may be conditioned upon
20subsequent refinements in scope and price and may allow the
21municipality to make modifications in the project scope
22without invalidating the design-build contract.
23(Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
24    (65 ILCS 5/11-39.2-25)
25    Sec. 11-39.2-25. Procedures for Selection.

 

 

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1    (a) The municipality must use a two-phase procedure for
2the selection of the successful design-build entity or design
3professional. Phase I of the procedure will evaluate and
4shortlist the design-build entities or design professionals
5based on qualifications, and Phase II will evaluate the
6technical and cost proposals. A municipality must select at
7least one design professional if one is submitted in Phase I.
8    (b) The municipality must include in the request for
9proposal the evaluating factors to be used in Phase I. These
10factors are in addition to any prequalification requirements
11of design-build entities or design professionals that the
12municipality has set forth. Each request for qualifications
13and proposal must establish the relative importance assigned
14to each evaluation factor and subfactor, including any
15weighting of criteria to be employed by the municipality. The
16municipality must maintain a record of the evaluation scoring
17to be disclosed in event of a protest regarding the
18solicitation.
19    The municipality must include the following criteria in
20every Phase I evaluation of design-build entities or design
21professionals: (i) experience of personnel, evaluating design
22and construction separately; (ii) successful experience with
23similar project types; (iii) financial capability; (iv)
24timeliness of past performance; (v) experience with similarly
25sized projects; (vi) successful reference checks of the firm;
26(vii) commitment to assign personnel for the duration of the

 

 

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1project and qualifications of the entity's consultants; and
2(viii) ability or past performance in meeting or exhausting
3good faith efforts to meet the utilization goals for business
4enterprises established in the Business Enterprise for
5Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act and with
6Section 2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. The
7municipality may include any additional, relevant criteria in
8Phase I that it deems necessary for a proper qualification
9review.
10    The municipality may not consider any design-build entity
11or design professional for evaluation or award if the entity
12has any pecuniary interest in the project or has other
13relationships or circumstances, such as long-term leasehold,
14mutual performance, or development contracts with the
15municipality, that may give the design-build entity or design
16professional a financial or tangible advantage over other
17design-build entities or design professionals in the
18preparation, evaluation, or performance of the design-build
19contract or that create the appearance of impropriety. A
20design-build entity or design professional shall not be
21disqualified under this Section solely due to having
22previously been awarded a project or projects under any
23applicable public procurement law of the State. No proposal
24may be considered that does not include an entity's plan to
25comply with the requirements established in the Business
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1Disabilities Act, for both the design and construction areas
2of performance, and with Section 2-105 of the Illinois Human
3Rights Act.
4    Upon completion of the qualification evaluation, the
5municipality must create a shortlist of the most highly
6qualified design-build entities or design professionals. The
7municipality, in its discretion, is not required to shortlist
8the maximum number of entities as identified for Phase II
9evaluation if no less than 3 2 design-build entities or design
10professionals nor more than 6 are selected to submit Phase II
11proposals.
12    The municipality must notify the entities selected for the
13shortlist in writing. This notification must commence the
14period for the preparation of the Phase II technical and cost
15evaluations. The municipality must allow 30 days sufficient
16time for the shortlist entities to prepare their Phase II
17submittals considering the scope and detail requested by the
18municipality.
19    (c) The municipality must include in the request for
20proposal the evaluating factors to be used in the technical
21and cost submission components of Phase II. Each request for
22proposal must establish, for both the technical and cost
23submission components of Phase II, the relative importance
24assigned to each evaluation factor and subfactor, including
25any weighting of criteria to be employed by the municipality.
26The municipality must maintain a record of the evaluation

 

 

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1scoring to be disclosed in event of a protest regarding the
2solicitation.
3    The municipality must include the following criteria in
4every Phase II technical evaluation of design-build entities
5or design professionals: (i) compliance with objectives of the
6project; (ii) compliance of proposed services to the request
7for proposal requirements; (iii) quality of products or
8materials proposed; (iv) quality of design parameters; (v)
9design concepts; (vi) innovation in meeting the scope and
10performance criteria; and (vii) constructability of the
11proposed project. The municipality may include any additional
12relevant technical evaluation factors it deems necessary for
13proper selection.
14    The municipality must include the following criteria in
15every Phase II cost evaluation: the total project cost, the
16construction costs, and the time of completion. The
17municipality may include any additional relevant technical
18evaluation factors it deems necessary for proper selection.
19The total project cost criteria weighting factor may not
20exceed 30%.
21    The municipality must directly employ or retain a licensed
22design professional or a public art designer to evaluate the
23technical and cost submissions to determine if the technical
24submissions are in accordance with generally accepted industry
25standards. Upon completion of the technical submissions and
26cost submissions evaluation, the municipality may award the

 

 

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1design-build contract to the highest overall ranked entity.
2(Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
3    (65 ILCS 5/11-39.2-35)
4    Sec. 11-39.2-35. Submission of qualifications and
5proposals. Qualifications and proposals Proposals must be
6properly identified and sealed. Qualifications and proposals
7Proposals may not be reviewed until after the deadline for
8submission has passed as set forth in the request for
9qualifications and proposals.
10    Proposals must include a bid bond in the form and security
11as designated in the request for qualifications and proposal
12proposals. Qualifications and proposal Proposals must also
13contain a separate sealed envelope with the cost information
14within the overall proposal submission. Qualifications and
15proposals Proposals must include a list of all design
16professionals, public art designers, and other entities to
17which any work may be subcontracted during the performance of
18the contract.
19    Proposals must meet all material requirements of the
20request for proposal or they may be rejected as nonresponsive.
21The municipality may reject any and all proposals.
22    The drawings and specifications of the proposal shall may
23remain the property of the design-build entity or design
24professional.
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1with the performance criteria and evaluation factors.
2    Proposals may be withdrawn prior to evaluation for any
3cause. After evaluation begins by the municipality, clear and
4convincing evidence of error is required for withdrawal.
5    After a response to a request for qualifications or a
6request for proposal has been submitted as provided in this
7Section, a design-build entity or design professional may not
8replace, remove, or otherwise modify any firm identified as a
9member of the proposer's team unless authorized to do so by the
10municipality.
11(Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
12    (65 ILCS 5/11-39.2-40)
13    Sec. 11-39.2-40. Award; performance. The municipality may
14award the contract to the highest overall ranked design-build
15entity or design professional. Notice of award must be made in
16writing at the same time. Unsuccessful design-build entities
17or design professionals must also be notified in writing. The
18municipality may not request a best and final offer after the
19receipt of proposals of all qualified design-build entities or
20design professionals. The municipality may negotiate with the
21selected design-build entity or design professional after
22award, but prior to contract execution, for the purpose of
23securing better terms than originally proposed if the salient
24features of the request for proposal are not diminished.
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1must conduct themselves in accordance with the relevant laws
2of this State and the related provisions of the Illinois
3Administrative Code.
4(Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
5    (65 ILCS 5/11-39.2-45)
6    Sec. 11-39.2-45. Reports and evaluation. At the end of
7every 6-month period following the contract award, and again
8prior to final contract payout and closure, a selected
9design-build entity or design professional must detail, in a
10written report submitted to the municipality, its efforts and
11success in implementing the entity's plan to comply with the
12utilization goals for business enterprises established in the
13Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
14Disabilities Act and the provisions of Section 2-105 of the
15Illinois Human Rights Act.
16(Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
17    Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing
18Sections 15A-5, 15A-10, 15A-15, 15A-20, 15A-25, 15A-35,
1915A-40, and 15A-45 as follows:
 
20    (105 ILCS 5/15A-5)
21    Sec. 15A-5. Purpose. The purpose of this Article is to
22authorize school districts to compare and potentially use
23design-build processes to increase the efficiency and

 

 

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1effectiveness of delivering public projects.
2(Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
3    (105 ILCS 5/15A-10)
4    Sec. 15A-10. Definitions. As used in this Article:
5    "Delivery system" means the design and construction
6approach used to develop and construct a project.
7    "Design-bid-build" means the traditional delivery system
8used on public projects that incorporates the
9qualifications-based selection process for architects and the
10competitive bidding process for construction as set forth in
11this Code.
12    "Design-build" means a delivery system that provides
13responsibility within a single contract for the furnishing of
14architecture, engineering, land surveying, and related
15services, as required, and the labor, materials, equipment,
16and other construction services for the project.
17    "Design-build contract" means a contract for a public
18project under this Article between a school district and a
19design-build entity or design professional to furnish:
20architecture, engineering, land surveying, public art or
21interpretive exhibits, and related services, as required, and
22the labor, materials, equipment, and other construction
23services for the project.
24    "Design-build entity" means an individual, sole
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1professional corporation, or other entity that proposes to
2design and construct any public project under this Article.
3    "Design professional" means an individual, sole
4proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation,
5professional corporation, or other entity that offers services
6under the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989, the
7Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, the Structural
8Engineering Practice Act of 1989, or the Illinois Professional
9Land Surveyor Act of 1989.
10    "Evaluation criteria" means the requirements for the
11separate phases of the selection process as set forth in this
12Article and may include the specialized experience, technical
13qualifications and competence, capacity to perform, past
14performance, experience with similar projects, assignment of
15personnel to the project, and other appropriate factors.
16    "Proposal" means the offer to enter into a design-build
17contract as submitted by a design-build entity or design
18professional in accordance with this Article.
19    "Public art designer" means an individual, sole
20proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation,
21professional corporation, or other entity that has
22demonstrated experience with the design and fabrication of
23public art, including any media that has been planned and
24executed with the intention of being staged in the physical
25public domain outside and accessible to all or any art that is
26exhibited in a public space, including publicly accessible

 

 

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1buildings, or interpretive exhibits, including communication
2media that is designed to engage, excite, inform, relate, or
3reveal the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of a
4topic or story being presented.
5    "Request for qualifications and proposal" means the
6document used by the school district to solicit qualifications
7and proposals for a design-build comparison and potential
8contract.
9    "Scope and performance criteria" means the requirements
10for the public project, such as the intended usage, capacity,
11size, scope, quality and performance standards, life-cycle
12costs, and other programmatic criteria that are expressed in
13performance-oriented and quantifiable specifications and
14drawings that can be reasonably inferred and are suited to
15allow a design-build entity or design professional to develop
16a proposal.
17(Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
18    (105 ILCS 5/15A-15)
19    Sec. 15A-15. Solicitation of proposals.
20    (a) A school district may enter into design-build
21contracts. In addition to the requirements set forth by the
22school board, if the school district elects to use the
23design-build delivery method, it must issue a notice of intent
24to receive proposals for the project at least 14 days before
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1publish the advance notice in the manner prescribed by the
2school board, which must include posting the advance notice
3online on its website. The school district shall may publish
4the notice in construction industry publications or post the
5notice on construction industry websites. A brief description
6of the proposed procurement must be included in the notice.
7The school district must provide a copy of the request for
8proposal to any party requesting a copy. A school district
9must allow design professionals to submit proposals under this
10Article.
11    (b) The request for proposal must be prepared for each
12project and must contain, without limitation, the following
13information:
14        (1) The name of the school district.
15        (2) A preliminary schedule for the completion of the
16    contract.
17        (3) The proposed budget for the project, the source of
18    funds, and the currently available funds at the time the
19    request for proposal is submitted.
20        (4) Prequalification criteria for design-build
21    entities or design professionals wishing to submit
22    qualifications and proposals. The school district must
23    include, at a minimum, its normal qualifications,
24    licensing, registration, and other requirements; however,
25    nothing precludes the use of additional prequalification
26    criteria by the school district.

 

 

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1        (5) Material requirements of the contract, such as the
2    proposed terms and conditions, required performance and
3    payment bonds, insurance, and the entity's plan to comply
4    with the utilization goals for business enterprises
5    established in the Business Enterprise for Minorities,
6    Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act and with Section
7    2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
8        (6) The performance criteria.
9        (7) The evaluation criteria for each phase of the
10    solicitation. Price may not be used as a factor in the
11    evaluation of Phase I proposals.
12        (8) The number of entities that will be considered for
13    the technical and cost evaluation phase.
14    (c) The school district may include any other relevant
15information that it chooses to supply. The design-build entity
16or design professional may rely upon the accuracy of this
17documentation in the development of its proposal.
18    (d) The date that proposals are due must be at least 21
19calendar days after the date of the issuance of the request for
20proposal. If the cost of the project is estimated to exceed
21$12,000,000, then the proposal due date must be at least 28
22calendar days after the date of the issuance of the request for
23proposal. The school district must include in the request for
24proposal a minimum of 60 30 days to develop the Phase II
25submissions after the selection of entities from the Phase I
26evaluation is completed.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
2    (105 ILCS 5/15A-20)
3    Sec. 15A-20. Development of scope and performance
4criteria.
5    (a) The school district must develop, with the assistance
6of a licensed design professional or public art designer, a
7request for qualifications and proposal, which must include
8scope and performance criteria. The scope and performance
9criteria must be in sufficient detail and contain adequate
10information to reasonably apprise the qualified design-build
11entities or design professionals of the school district's
12overall programmatic needs and goals, including criteria,
13general budget parameters, schedule, and delivery
14requirements.
15    (b) Each request for qualifications and proposal must also
16include a description of the level of design to be provided in
17the proposals. This description must include the scope and
18type of renderings, drawings, and specifications that, at a
19minimum, will be required by the school district to be
20produced by the design-build entities or design professionals.
21    (c) The scope and performance criteria must be prepared by
22a design professional or public art designer who is an
23employee of the school district, or the school district may
24contract with an independent design professional or public art
25designer selected under the Local Government Professional

 

 

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1Services Selection Act to provide these services.
2    (d) The design professional or public art designer that
3prepares the scope and performance criteria is prohibited from
4participating in any design-build entity or design
5professional proposal for the project.
6    (e) The design-build contract may be conditioned upon
7subsequent refinements in scope and price and may allow the
8school district to make modifications in the project scope
9without invalidating the design-build contract.
10(Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
11    (105 ILCS 5/15A-25)
12    Sec. 15A-25. Procedures for selection.
13    (a) The school district must use a 2-phase procedure for
14the selection of the successful design-build entity or design
15professional. Phase I of the procedure must evaluate and
16shortlist the design-build entities or design professionals
17based on qualifications, and Phase II must evaluate the
18technical and cost proposals. A school district must select at
19least one design professional proposal if one is submitted in
20Phase I.
21    (b) The school district must include in the request for
22proposal the evaluating factors to be used in Phase I. These
23factors are in addition to any prequalification requirements
24of design-build entities or design professionals that the
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1and proposal must establish the relative importance assigned
2to each evaluation factor and subfactor, including any
3weighting of criteria to be employed by the school district.
4The school district must maintain a record of the evaluation
5scoring to be disclosed in event of a protest regarding the
6solicitation.
7    The school district must include the following criteria in
8every Phase I evaluation of design-build entities or design
9professionals:
10        (1) experience of personnel, evaluating design and
11    construction separately;
12        (2) successful experience with similar project types;
13        (3) financial capability;
14        (4) timeliness of past performance;
15        (5) experience with similarly sized projects;
16        (6) successful reference checks of the firm;
17        (7) commitment to assign personnel for the duration of
18    the project and qualifications of the entity's
19    consultants; and
20        (8) ability or past performance in meeting or
21    exhausting good faith efforts to meet the utilization
22    goals for business enterprises established in the Business
23    Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
24    Disabilities Act and with Section 2-105 of the Illinois
25    Human Rights Act.
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1criteria in Phase I that it deems necessary for a proper
2qualification review.
3    The school district may not consider a design-build entity
4or design professional for evaluation or an award if the
5entity has any pecuniary interest in the project or has other
6relationships or circumstances, such as long-term leasehold,
7mutual performance, or development contracts with the school
8district, that may give the design-build entity or design
9professional a financial or tangible advantage over other
10design-build entities or design professionals in the
11preparation, evaluation, or performance of the design-build
12contract or that create the appearance of impropriety. A
13design-build entity shall not be disqualified under this
14Section solely due to having previously been awarded a project
15or projects under any applicable public procurement law of the
16State. No proposal may be considered that does not include an
17entity's plan to comply with the requirements established in
18the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons
19with Disabilities Act, for both the design and construction
20areas of performance, and with Section 2-105 of the Illinois
21Human Rights Act.
22    Upon completion of the qualification evaluation, the
23school district must create a shortlist of the most highly
24qualified design-build entities or design professionals. The
25school district, in its discretion, is not required to
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1Phase II evaluation if no less than 3 2 design-build entities
2or design professionals nor more than 6 are selected to submit
3Phase II proposals. If a school district receives one response
4to Phase I, nothing herein shall prohibit the school district
5from proceeding with a Phase II evaluation of the single
6respondent, if the school district, in its discretion, finds
7proceeding to be in its best interest.
8    The school district must notify the entities selected for
9the shortlist in writing. This notification must commence the
10period for the preparation of the Phase II technical and cost
11evaluations. The school district must allow 30 days sufficient
12time for the shortlist entities to prepare their Phase II
13submittals considering the scope and detail requested by the
14school district.
15    (c) The school district must include in the request for
16proposal the evaluating factors to be used in the technical
17and cost submission components of Phase II. Each request for
18proposal must establish, for both the technical and cost
19submission components of Phase II, the relative importance
20assigned to each evaluation factor and subfactor, including
21any weighting of criteria to be employed by the school
22district. The school district must maintain a record of the
23evaluation scoring to be disclosed in event of a protest
24regarding the solicitation.
25    The school district must include the following criteria in
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1or design professionals:
2        (1) compliance with objectives of the project;
3        (2) compliance of proposed services to the request for
4    proposal requirements;
5        (3) quality of products or materials proposed;
6        (4) quality of design parameters;
7        (5) design concepts;
8        (6) innovation in meeting the scope and performance
9    criteria; and
10        (7) constructability of the proposed project.
11    The school district may include any additional relevant
12technical evaluation factors it deems necessary for proper
13selection.
14    The school district must include the following criteria in
15every Phase II cost evaluation: the total project cost, the
16construction costs, and the time of completion. The school
17district may include any additional relevant technical
18evaluation factors it deems necessary for proper selection.
19The total project cost criteria weighting factor may not
20exceed 30%.
21    The school district must directly employ or retain a
22licensed design professional or a public art designer to
23evaluate the technical and cost submissions to determine if
24the technical submissions are in accordance with generally
25accepted industry standards. Upon completion of the technical
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1district may award the design-build contract to the highest
2overall ranked entity.
3(Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
4    (105 ILCS 5/15A-35)
5    Sec. 15A-35. Submission of qualifications and proposals.
6Qualifications and proposals Proposals must be properly
7identified and sealed. Qualifications and proposals Proposals
8may not be reviewed until after the deadline for submission
9has passed as set forth in the request for qualifications and
10proposal.
11    Proposals must include a bid bond in the form and security
12as designated in the request for qualifications and proposal.
13Qualifications and proposals Proposals must also contain a
14separate sealed envelope with the cost information within the
15overall proposal submission. Qualifications and proposals
16Proposals must include a list of all design professionals,
17public art designers, and other entities to which any work may
18be subcontracted during the performance of the contract.
19    Proposals must meet all material requirements of the
20request for proposal, or they may be rejected as
21nonresponsive. The school district may reject any and all
22proposals.
23    The drawings and specifications of the proposal shall may
24remain the property of the design-build entity or design
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1    The school district must review the proposals for
2compliance with the performance criteria and evaluation
3factors.
4    Proposals may be withdrawn prior to evaluation for any
5cause. After evaluation begins by the school district, clear
6and convincing evidence of error is required for withdrawal.
7    After a response to a request for qualifications or a
8request for proposal has been submitted under this Section, a
9design-build entity or design professional may not replace,
10remove, or otherwise modify any firm identified as a member of
11the proposer's team unless authorized to do so by the school
12district.
13(Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
14    (105 ILCS 5/15A-40)
15    Sec. 15A-40. Award; performance. The school district may
16award the contract to the highest overall ranked design-build
17entity or design professional. Notice of award must be made in
18writing. Unsuccessful design-build entities or design
19professionals must also be notified in writing at the same
20time. The school district may not request a best and final
21offer after the receipt of proposals of all qualified
22design-build entities or design professionals. The school
23district may negotiate with the selected design-build entity
24or design professional after the award, but prior to contract
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1originally proposed if the salient features of the request for
2proposal are not diminished.
3    A design-build entity and associated design professionals
4must conduct themselves in accordance with the relevant laws
5of this State and the related provisions of the Illinois
6Administrative Code.
7(Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
8    (105 ILCS 5/15A-45)
9    Sec. 15A-45. Evaluation and report. At the end of every
106-month period following the contract award, and again prior
11to final contract payout and closure, a selected design-build
12entity or design professional must detail, in a written report
13submitted to the school district, its efforts and success in
14implementing the entity's plan to comply with the utilization
15goals for business enterprises established in the Business
16Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
17Disabilities Act and the provisions of Section 2-105 of the
18Illinois Human Rights Act.
19(Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    65 ILCS 5/11-39.2-5
4    65 ILCS 5/11-39.2-10
5    65 ILCS 5/11-39.2-15
6    65 ILCS 5/11-39.2-20
7    65 ILCS 5/11-39.2-25
8    65 ILCS 5/11-39.2-35
9    65 ILCS 5/11-39.2-40
10    65 ILCS 5/11-39.2-45
11    105 ILCS 5/15A-5
12    105 ILCS 5/15A-10
13    105 ILCS 5/15A-15
14    105 ILCS 5/15A-20
15    105 ILCS 5/15A-25
16    105 ILCS 5/15A-35
17    105 ILCS 5/15A-40
18    105 ILCS 5/15A-45