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Board Of Education Of The City Of Chicago — City of Chicago contracts
Every contract the City of Chicago has on file with this vendor: what was awarded, which departments issued it, and how the awards were procured. Figures are computed live from the city's official contracts dataset.
Recorded in city contract data as BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
$1,894,888,467
Total awarded
Net of revisions and de-obligations
393
Contracts on file
Earliest approved Jan 3, 2002
$156,226,513
Largest single award
Mar 24, 2026
Most recent approval
A note on the totals: the city files revisions and de-obligations as their own records with negative award amounts, so the total above is the net of awards and adjustments. An awarded amount is also not money paid — it is the ceiling the city agreed to, and actual spending can come in lower.
Departments, by total awarded
- Department Of Family And Support Services$638,193,365
- Department Of Planning And Development$451,135,687
- Department Of Children And Youth Services$311,923,008
- Office Of Budget & Management$184,252,527
- Planning & Development$150,283,789
- Department Of Human Resources$77,378,094
- Chicago Department Of Public Health$72,438,017
- Department Of Cultural Affairs$2,700,000
Largest individual contracts
- FY '12 - '14 HEAD START / COLLABORATION — 2011$156,226,513
- HEAD START/COLLABORATION — 2015$153,916,552
- FY' 09 - FY' 2011 HEAD START COLLABORATION — 2008$137,025,000
- FY 06 - FY 08 HEAD START COLLABORATION — 2006$135,000,000
- DFSS-HHS-CS-HS: HEAD START/COLLABORATION — 2017$93,694,132
- FY 03 HEAD START — 2004$81,710,456
- HEAD START — 2014$63,747,950
- To provide COVID-19 screening and testing to support K-12 in-person instruction — 2021$60,000,000
How the work was procured
- RFP31 contracts
- SOLE SOURCE6 contracts
- NON-DPS1 contracts
Contract types
- COMPTROLLER-OTHER338 contracts
- DELEGATE AGENCY52 contracts
- EXHIBIT-A1 contracts
- PROPERTY LEASE1 contracts
Board Of Education Of The City Of Chicago contracts most heavily with Department Of Family And Support Services, which accounts for $638,193,365 across 92 contract records.
Board Of Education Of The City Of Chicago contracts FAQ
- How much has Chicago awarded to Board Of Education Of The City Of Chicago?
- City of Chicago contract records show $1,894,888,467 awarded to Board Of Education Of The City Of Chicago across 393 contract records approved since Jan 3, 2002. That figure is the net of awards and later adjustments, and an award is not the same as money actually paid out.
- Which city departments contract with Board Of Education Of The City Of Chicago?
- By total award amount, the departments contracting with Board Of Education Of The City Of Chicago are: Department Of Family And Support Services ($638,193,365); Department Of Planning And Development ($451,135,687); Department Of Children And Youth Services ($311,923,008); Office Of Budget & Management ($184,252,527); Planning & Development ($150,283,789).
- What is the largest Board Of Education Of The City Of Chicago contract?
- The largest single award on file is $156,226,513, described by the city as "FY '12 - '14 HEAD START / COLLABORATION", approved Dec 11, 2011, through Department Of Family And Support Services.
- Why can a contract amount be negative?
- The city records revisions and de-obligations as separate rows with negative award amounts. That means a vendor total is the net of original awards plus every later adjustment, not a running tally of payments. Awarded dollars are also not the same as dollars spent — a contract can be awarded and only partly drawn down.
Source
- City Contractsupdated dailyofficial portal ↗
Contracts are matched on the vendor name exactly as the city records it, so a company filed under more than one spelling may appear on more than one page. Award amounts can be negative on revisions and de-obligations; totals are the net of awards and adjustments, not payments made.