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| 1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 30-22 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (30 ILCS 500/30-22)
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| 7 | Sec. 30-22. Construction contracts; responsible bidder | ||||||
| 8 | requirements. To
be
considered a responsible bidder on a | ||||||
| 9 | construction contract for purposes of this
Code, a
bidder must | ||||||
| 10 | comply with all of the following requirements and must present
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| 11 | satisfactory
evidence of that compliance to the appropriate | ||||||
| 12 | construction agency:
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| 13 | (1) The bidder must comply with all applicable laws | ||||||
| 14 | concerning the
bidder's entitlement to conduct business in | ||||||
| 15 | Illinois.
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| 16 | (2) The bidder must comply with all applicable | ||||||
| 17 | provisions of the
Prevailing Wage Act.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 3 | (5) The bidder must have a valid certificate of | ||||||
| 4 | insurance showing the
following coverages: general | ||||||
| 5 | liability, professional liability, product
liability,
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| 6 | workers' compensation, completed operations, hazardous | ||||||
| 7 | occupation, and
automobile.
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| 8 | (6) The bidder and all bidder's subcontractors must | ||||||
| 9 | participate
in applicable apprenticeship and training | ||||||
| 10 | programs
approved by and registered with the United States | ||||||
| 11 | Department of Labor's Bureau
of Apprenticeship and | ||||||
| 12 | Training.
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| 13 | (7) For contracts with the Illinois Power Agency, the | ||||||
| 14 | Director of the Illinois Power Agency may establish | ||||||
| 15 | additional requirements for responsible bidders. These | ||||||
| 16 | additional requirements, if established, shall be set | ||||||
| 17 | forth together with the other criteria contained in the | ||||||
| 18 | invitation for bids, and shall appear in the appropriate | ||||||
| 19 | volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin. | ||||||
| 20 | (8) The bidder must submit a signed affidavit stating | ||||||
| 21 | that the bidder will maintain an Illinois office as the | ||||||
| 22 | primary place of employment for persons employed in the | ||||||
| 23 | construction authorized by the contract.
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| 24 | The provisions of this Section shall not apply to federally | ||||||
| 25 | funded
construction projects if such application would | ||||||
| 26 | jeopardize the receipt or use
of federal funds in support of | ||||||
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| 1 | such a project.
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| 2 | (Source: P.A. 95-481, eff. 8-28-07.)
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| 3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 4 | becoming law.
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