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Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership — 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 CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP.

$175,553,236

Total awarded

Net of revisions and de-obligations

89

Contracts on file

Earliest approved Aug 11, 2003

$39,984,751

Largest single award

Oct 29, 2025

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

  1. Chicago Department Of Public Health$165,164,355
  2. Office Of Budget & Management$7,731,720
  3. Department Of Family And Support Services$2,599,559
  4. Mayors Office Of Workforce Development$57,601

Largest individual contracts

  1. CDPH-CONTACT-TRACING: PO 132953 CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP — 2020$39,984,751
  2. CDPH-CONTACT-TRACING: PO 132953 CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP — 2020 (2)$39,984,751
  3. CDPH-CONTACT-TRACING: PO 132953 CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP — 2021$24,760,114
  4. CDPH-CONTACT-TRACING: PO 200595 CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP — 2022$24,200,000
  5. CDPH-CONTACT-TRACING: PO 132953 CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP — 2022$20,000,000
  6. CDPH-CONTACT-TRACING: PO 132953 CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP — 2022 (2)$16,015,249
  7. CDPH-CONTACT-TRACING: PO 200596 Chicago Cook WorkForce Partnership — 2022$15,000,000
  8. CDPH-CONTACT-TRACING: PO 132953 CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP — 2022 (3)$14,000,000

How the work was procured

  1. RFP21 contracts

Contract types

  1. DELEGATE AGENCY71 contracts
  2. COMPTROLLER-OTHER18 contracts

Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership contracts most heavily with Chicago Department Of Public Health, which accounts for $165,164,355 across 62 contract records.

Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership contracts FAQ

How much has Chicago awarded to Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership?
City of Chicago contract records show $175,553,236 awarded to Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership across 89 contract records approved since Aug 11, 2003. 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 Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership?
By total award amount, the departments contracting with Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership are: Chicago Department Of Public Health ($165,164,355); Office Of Budget & Management ($7,731,720); Department Of Family And Support Services ($2,599,559); Mayors Office Of Workforce Development ($57,601).
What is the largest Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership contract?
The largest single award on file is $39,984,751, described by the city as "CDPH-CONTACT-TRACING: PO 132953 CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP", approved Jul 27, 2020, through Chicago Department Of Public Health.
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

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.

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