Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5381 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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