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City of Chicago contract vendors

The companies and organizations the city contracts with, ranked by the total amount awarded to them. Every name links to a page showing that vendor's contracts, the departments behind them, and the largest individual awards.

The city's contracts dataset covers purchase orders and contracts issued by City of Chicago departments — construction, professional services, goods, and blanket agreements — along with the awarding department, the procurement method, the contract term, and the amount awarded. It does not cover sister agencies with their own procurement, such as Chicago Public Schools or the CTA, except where they appear as a party to a city contract.

Two caveats worth carrying into every page here. Award amounts can be negative: the city files revisions and de-obligations as their own records, so a vendor total is the net of awards and adjustments rather than a tally of payments. And an award is a ceiling, not a receipt — the money actually spent against a contract can be less.

Top 50 vendors by total awarded

  1. Blue Cross & Blue Shield$12,486,464,619
  2. Caremark INC$2,886,189,117
  3. Aecom Hunt / Clayco, A Joint Venture$2,311,221,436
  4. Aor Transit$1,902,435,065
  5. Board Of Education Of The City Of Chicago$1,894,888,467
  6. Chicago Transity Authority.$1,858,928,240
  7. Public Building Commission Chicago$1,840,027,658
  8. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Of Chicago$1,734,090,357
  9. Benchmark Construction Co. INC|Cleaned-Up$1,648,004,129
  10. F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates, LLC$1,631,517,626
  11. Erikson Institute$1,319,755,836
  12. Austin Power Partners$1,187,873,373
  13. Constellation Newenergy INC$1,171,242,337
  14. Walsh Construction Company Of Ill$1,117,667,979
  15. Walsh Construction Company II, LLC.$1,002,911,814
  16. Turner Paschen Aviation Partners$994,816,000
  17. Allied Waste Transportation INC$957,755,440
  18. Kenny Construction Company$910,773,651
  19. Bigane Paving Company$885,071,135
  20. Pan-Oceanic Engineering Co INC$868,526,219
  21. Genuine Parts Company$857,521,368
  22. Chicago Airlines Terminal Consortium$837,966,977
  23. Sumit Construction Co., INC.$822,142,757
  24. United Airlines INC$765,756,641
  25. Open Kitchens, INC.$750,326,211
  26. Ogden Const & Reliable Asphalt$722,320,174
  27. All Chicago Making Homelessness History$660,335,707
  28. Sdi Presence LLC$599,750,282
  29. City Treasurer/Blue Advantage Hmo/$587,912,371
  30. Seven-D Construction Co.$569,136,020
  31. Midway Airlines' Terminal$562,851,707
  32. Cdw Government, LLC.$556,079,087
  33. Reliable Contracting & Equip.$553,615,858
  34. American Airlines 01$533,849,158
  35. M.Q. Sewer & Water Contractors$523,046,498
  36. Rossi Contractors, INC.$514,168,016
  37. Mcdonagh Demolition, INC.$514,027,330
  38. Christofano Equipment Co., INC.$511,044,240
  39. After-School Matters, INC.|Cleaned-Up$509,205,956
  40. G & V Construction Co INC$498,132,018
  41. Hntb Corporation$491,180,470
  42. El Valor Corp. 01|Cleaned-Up$489,142,880
  43. Standard Parking Corporation 01$481,841,130
  44. Skyline Management Group O'hare$468,097,871
  45. Aids Foundation Of Chicago|Cleaned-Up$465,780,051
  46. Bigane Paving Company/O Plote Construction INC JV$464,727,313
  47. Chicago Park District$448,482,977
  48. Carus Corp.$445,868,145
  49. Motorola Solutions INC$443,856,838
  50. Plote Construction, INC.$440,144,736

All 200 vendors, A–Z

Source

Vendors are grouped on the vendor name exactly as the city records it, so a company filed under more than one spelling will appear more than once. Totals are the net of awards and adjustments, not payments made.

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