Illinois Statutes Chapter 30. Finance § 537/20. Development of scope and performance criteria

(a) The State construction agency shall develop, with the assistance of a licensed design professional, a request for proposal, which shall include scope and performance criteria. The scope and performance criteria must be in sufficient detail and contain adequate information to reasonably apprise the qualified design-build entities of the State construction agency's overall programmatic needs and goals, including criteria and preliminary design plans, general budget parameters, schedule, and delivery requirements.

(b) Each request for proposal shall also include a description of the level of design to be provided in the proposals. This description must include the scope and type of renderings, drawings, and specifications that, at a minimum, will be required by the State construction agency to be produced by the design-build entities.

(c) The scope and performance criteria shall be prepared by a design professional who is an employee of the State construction agency, or the State construction agency may contract with an independent design professional selected under the Architectural, Engineering and Land Surveying Qualification Based Selection Act (30 ILCS 535/) to provide these services.

(d) The design professional that prepares the scope and performance criteria is prohibited from participating in any design-build entity proposal for the project.