{"data":{"id":"us-il/50-ilcs-515-10","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"50 ILCS 515/10","heading":"Evaluation of proposal.","body":"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.","path":["CHAPTER 50 LOCAL GOVERNMENT","Local Government Energy Conservation Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=727\u0026ChapterID=11\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:22Z","sha256":"b9c069de7da3338578965b437784ac4a9d8a1e067072e16356044fee39da2780","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/50-ilcs-515-5","next":"us-il/50-ilcs-515-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}