Illinois § 1-15

§ 1-15.

Requests for qualifications. (a) When the State construction agency elects to use the progressive design-build delivery method, it must issue a notice of intent to receive requests for qualifications for the project at least 14 days before issuing the request for qualifications. The State construction agency must publish the advance notice in the official procurement bulletin of the State or the professional services bulletin of the State construction agency, if any. The agency is encouraged to use publication of the notice in related construction industry service publications. A brief description of the proposed procurement must be included in the notice. The State construction agency must provide a copy of the request for qualifications to any party requesting a copy. (b) The request for qualifications shall be prepared for each project and must contain, without limitation, the following information: (1) The name of the State construction agency. (2) A preliminary schedule for the completion of the contract. (3) The proposed budget for the project, the source of funds, and the currently available funds at the time the request for qualifications is submitted. (4) Prequalification criteria for progressive design-build entities wishing to submit proposals. The State construction agency shall include, at a minimum, its normal prequalification, licensing, registration, and other requirements, but nothing contained herein precludes the use of additional prequalification criteria by the State construction agency. (5) Material requirements of the contract, including, but not limited to, the proposed terms and conditions, required performance and payment bonds, insurance, and the entity's plan to comply with the utilization goals for business enterprises established in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act, and with Section 2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. (6) The performance criteria. (7) The evaluation criteria for the solicitation. (c) The State construction agency may include any other relevant information that it chooses to supply. The progressive design-build entity shall be entitled to rely upon the accuracy of this documentation in the development of its qualifications. (d) The date that qualifications are due must be at least 21 calendar days after the date of the issuance of the request for qualifications. In the event the cost of the project is estimated to exceed $10,000,000, then the qualifications due date must be at least 28 calendar days after the date of the issuance of the request for qualifications. (Source: P.A. 103-865, eff. 8-9-24.)