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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local
5 Government Construction Contract Bidders Act.
 
6     Section 5. Construction contracts; responsible bidder
7 requirements. To be considered a responsible bidder on a
8 construction contract with a unit of local government or school
9 district, a bidder must comply with all of the following
10 requirements and must present satisfactory evidence of that
11 compliance to the appropriate unit of local government or
12 school district:
13         (1) The bidder must comply with all applicable laws
14     concerning the bidder's entitlement to conduct business in
15     Illinois.
16         (2) The bidder must comply with all applicable
17     provisions of the Prevailing Wage Act.
18         (3) The bidder must comply with Subchapter VI ("Equal
19     Employment Opportunities") of Chapter 21 of Title 42 of the
20     United States Code (42 U.S.C. 2000e and following) and with
21     Federal Executive Order No. 11246 as amended by Executive
22     Order No. 11375.
23         (4) The bidder must have a valid Federal Employer

 

 

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1     Identification Number or, if an individual, a valid Social
2     Security Number.
3         (5) The bidder must have a valid certificate of
4     insurance showing the following coverages: general
5     liability including product and completed operations
6     liability, professional liability that applies only to
7     design professionals, worker's compensation, and
8     automobile.
9         (6) The bidder and all bidder's subcontractors must
10     participate in applicable apprenticeship and training
11     programs approved by and registered with the United States
12     Department of Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship and
13     Training.
14         (7) No later than 90 days before a solicitation for
15     bids subject to this Act, the bidder and all bidder's
16     subcontractors must have in place a substance abuse testing
17     program unless a substance abuse testing program is
18     specifically addressed under a collective bargaining
19     agreement.
20     The provisions of this Section do not apply to federally
21 funded construction projects if that application would
22 jeopardize the receipt or use of federal funds in support of
23 such a project.
24     Any contractor or subcontractor who does not comply with
25 this Section is subject to (i) a 20% penalty and an additional
26 2% punitive penalty of the total contract bid, (ii) a 2-year

 

 

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1 disbarment from bidding on contracts with the applicable unit
2 of local government or school district, or (iii) both (i) and
3 (ii).