30 ILCS 537/10
As used in this Act:
"State construction agency" means the Capital Development Board or, in the case of a design-build procurement for a public institution of higher education, the public institution of higher education.
"Delivery system" means the design and construction approach used to develop and construct a project.
"Design-bid-build" means the traditional delivery system used on public projects in this State that incorporates the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualification Based Selection Act (30 ILCS 535 /) and the principles of competitive selection in the Illinois Procurement Code (30 ILCS 500 /).
"Design-build" means a delivery system that provides responsibility within a single contract for the furnishing of architecture, engineering, land surveying and related services as required, and the labor, materials, equipment, and other construction services for the project.
"Design-build contract" means a contract for a public project under this Act between the State construction agency and a design-build entity to furnish architecture, engineering, land surveying, and related services as required, and to furnish the labor, materials, equipment, and other construction services for the project. The design-build contract may be conditioned upon subsequent refinements in scope and price and may allow the State construction agency to make modifications in the project scope without invalidating the design-build contract.
"Design-build entity" means any individual, sole proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation, professional corporation, or other entity that proposes to design and construct any public project under this Act. A design-build entity and associated design-build professionals shall conduct themselves in accordance with the laws of this State and the related provisions of the Illinois Administrative Code, as referenced by the licensed design professionals Acts of this State.
"Design professional" means any individual, sole proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation, professional corporation, or other entity that offers services under the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989 (225 ILCS 305 /), the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989 (225 ILCS 325 /), the Structural Engineering Licensing Act of 1989 (225 ILCS 340 /), or the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989 (225 ILCS 330 /).
"Evaluation criteria" means the requirements for the separate phases of the selection process as defined in this Act and may include the specialized experience, technical qualifications and competence, capacity to perform, past performance, experience with similar projects, assignment of personnel to the project, and other appropriate factors. Price may not be used as a factor in the evaluation of Phase I proposals.
"Proposal" means the offer to enter into a design-build contract as submitted by a design-build entity in accordance with this Act.
"Public institution of higher education" has the meaning ascribed in subsection (f) of Section 1-13 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
"Request for proposal" means the document used by the State construction agency to solicit proposals for a design-build contract.
"Scope and performance criteria" means the requirements for the public project, including but not limited to, the intended usage, capacity, size, scope, quality and performance standards, life-cycle costs, and other programmatic criteria that are expressed in performance-oriented and quantifiable specifications and drawings that can be reasonably inferred and are suited to allow a design-build entity to develop a proposal.
30 ILCS 537/10