PROCUREMENT-CDB PREQUALIFY

Amends the Capital Development Board Act. Repeals a provision authorizing the Capital Development Board to adopt rules relating to the issuance, renewal, suspension, or modification of the prequalification of an architect, engineer, or contractor. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the appropriate chief procurement officer (now, the Capital Development Board) may establish procedures and rules for prequalification for suppliers of construction and construction-related services and for firms providing construction management services. Provides that the appropriate chief procurement officer (now, the chief procurement officer for matters other than construction and the higher education chief procurement officer) may develop prequalification standards and categories of professional and artistic services. Amends the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act. Provides that the appropriate chief procurement officer (now, a State agency) may establish procedures to prequalify firms seeking to provide architectural, engineering, and land surveying services. Amends the Design-Build Procurement Act. Provides that, prior to the solicitation of a design-build contract by the Capital Development Board, the chief procurement officer must approve the Board's written determination of the State's best interests. Effective immediately.