Section 20 ILCS 3407/45-25 - [Effective Until 1/1/2025] Request for proposals process to enter into public-private agreement(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Department on behalf of the State shall select a contractor through a competitive request for proposals process governed by the Illinois Procurement Code and rules adopted under that Code and this Act.(b) The competitive request for proposals process shall, at a minimum, solicit statements of qualification and proposals from offerors.(c) The competitive request for proposals process shall, at a minimum, take into account the following criteria: (1) the offeror's plans for the Hotel Florence project;(2) the offeror's current and past business practices;(3) the offeror's poor or inadequate past performance in developing, financing, constructing, managing, or operating historic landmark properties or other public assets;(4) the offeror's ability to meet and past performance in meeting or exhausting good faith efforts to meet the utilization goals for business enterprises established in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act;(5) the offeror's ability to comply with and past performance in complying with Section 2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act; and(6) the offeror's plans to comply with the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act and Section 2-105 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.(d) The Department shall not include terms in the request for proposals that provide an advantage, whether directly or indirectly, to any contractor presently providing goods, services, or equipment to the Department.(e) The Department shall select one or more offerors as finalists.(f) After the procedures required in this Section have been completed, the Department shall make a determination as to whether the offeror should be designated as the contractor for the Hotel Florence project and shall submit the decision to the Governor and to the Governor's Office of Management and Budget. After review of the Department's determination, the Governor may accept or reject the determination. If the Governor accepts the determination of the Department, the Governor shall designate the offeror for the Hotel Florence project.Added by P.A. 103-0570,§ 45-25, eff. 1/1/2024.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.