(70 ILCS 3615/4.06.05)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 4.06.05. Bidding restrictions.
    (a) As used in this Section:
    "Covered transportation entity" includes the Authority and all subsidiaries and affiliates of the Authority.
    "Covered transportation contract" means a contract for the acquisition of public transportation rolling stock, locomotives, buses, paratransit vehicles, and any vehicle components incorporated into the end product of rolling stock with a base-buy value $10,000,000 or more.
    "Illinois Jobs Plan" means a document submitted by an applicant for a covered transportation contract or a contractor or participating subcontractor on working on a covered transportation contract that requires the applicant, contractor, or subcontractor to include in the applicant's application:
        (1) the minimum number of full-time equivalent jobs
    
that shall be retained and created if the applicant is awarded the contract;
        (2) the minimum wage and benefit amounts, by job
    
classification, for nonsupervisory workers on the contract;
        (3) the minimum number of jobs that shall be
    
specifically retained and created for disadvantaged workers, as defined by Section 15-10 of the Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Planning Act, if the applicant is awarded the contract; and
        (4) a detailed description and proposed amounts of
    
training, by job classification.
    (b) Notwithstanding any law requiring a government entity to award contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, beginning January 1, 2027, covered transportation entities shall:
        (1) award all covered transportation contracts using
    
a competitive best-value procurement process; and
        (2) require bidders to submit an Illinois Jobs Plan
    
for the bidder and any entity participating as part of the bidder's solicitation responses.
    (c) The Authority shall develop procedures, evaluation and scoring criteria, and all forms and guidance necessary for covered transportation entities to implement this Section. Solicitation documents shall disclose the minimum qualification requirements and specify the criteria that shall be assigned a weighted value. The evaluation process shall use a scoring method based on the factors provided in this Section, including the Illinois Jobs Plan, and the contract price. The Illinois Jobs Plan shall be scored as part of the overall proposal and incorporated as material terms of the final contract.
    (d) Contractors and participating subcontractors working on covered transportation contracts shall be required to submit annual Illinois Jobs Plan reports to the Authority and covered transportation entities demonstrating compliance with the contractor's or participating subcontractor's Illinois Jobs Plan commitments. The Authority shall make the Illinois Jobs Plan and annual compliance reports available to the public. The Illinois Jobs Plan and annual compliance reports shall not be considered a trade secret under subsection (g) of Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act or confidential, privileged, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
    (e) This Section shall not apply to a contract awarded based on a solicitation issued before January 1, 2027.
    (f) The provisions of this Section shall be severable, and if the application of any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Section to any person or circumstance shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, then the judgment shall not necessarily affect, impair, or invalidate the application of any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Section or remainder thereof, as the case may be, to any other person or circumstance, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment shall have been rendered.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)