(50 ILCS 515/10)
Sec. 10. Evaluation of proposal. Before entering into a guaranteed
energy savings contract under Section 15, a unit of local government shall
submit
a request for proposals. The unit of local government shall evaluate any
sealed
proposal from a qualified provider. The evaluation shall analyze the estimates
of all costs of installations, modifications, or remodeling, including, without
limitation, costs of a pre-installation energy audit or analysis, design,
engineering, installation, maintenance, repairs, debt
service, conversions to a different energy or fuel source, or
post-installation project monitoring, data collection, and reporting. The
evaluation shall include a detailed analysis of whether either the energy
consumed or the operating costs, or both, will be reduced. If technical
assistance is not available by a licensed architect or registered
professional engineer on the unit of local government's staff, then the
evaluation of
the proposal shall be done by a registered professional engineer or
architect who is retained by the unit of local government. Any licensed architect or registered professional engineer evaluating a proposal under this Section may not have any financial or contractual relationship with a qualified provider or other source that would constitute a conflict of interest. The unit of local
government may
pay a reasonable fee for evaluation of the proposal or include the fee as
part of the payments made under Section 20.
(Source: P.A. 94-1062, eff. 7-31-06.)
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