To be considered a responsible bidder on a construction contract for purposes of this Code, a bidder must comply with all of the following requirements and must present satisfactory evidence of that compliance to the appropriate construction agency:
         (1) The bidder must comply with all applicable laws
    
concerning the bidder’s entitlement to conduct business in Illinois.
        (2) The bidder must comply with all applicable
    
provisions of the Prevailing Wage Act.
        (3) The bidder must comply with Subchapter VI (“Equal
    
Employment Opportunities”) of Chapter 21 of Title 42 of the United States Code (42 U.S.C. § 2000e and following) and with Federal Executive Order No. 11246 as amended by Executive Order No. 11375.
        (4) The bidder must have a valid Federal Employer
    
Identification Number or, if an individual, a valid Social Security Number.
        (5) The bidder must have a valid certificate of
    
insurance showing the following coverages: general liability, professional liability, product liability, workers’ compensation, completed operations, hazardous occupation, and automobile.
        (6) The bidder and all bidder’s subcontractors must
    
participate in applicable apprenticeship and training programs approved by and registered with the United States Department of Labor’s Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training.
        (7) For contracts with the Illinois Power Agency, the
    
Director of the Illinois Power Agency may establish additional requirements for responsible bidders. These additional requirements, if established, shall be set forth together with the other criteria contained in the invitation for bids, and shall appear in the appropriate volume of the Illinois Procurement Bulletin.
        (8) The bidder must certify that the bidder will
    
maintain an Illinois office as the primary place of employment for persons employed in the construction authorized by the contract.
    The provisions of this Section shall not apply to federally funded construction projects if such application would jeopardize the receipt or use of federal funds in support of such a project.
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 30 ILCS 500/30-22

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
  • United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
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