Shively v. Belleville Township High School

In Shively v. Belleville Township High School, 329 Ill. App. 3d 1156, 769 N.E.2d 1062, 264 Ill. Dec. 225 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002), the court applied the statutory professional services exception to a construction management agreement, and articulated the following rule: "Where the services require the exercise of professional and significant business judgment in providing important services on behalf of the government body, then the award of those contracts is exempt from the competitive-bidding process pursuant to the relevant professional-services exception." Id. at 1068.