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El Valor Corp. 01|Cleaned-Up — 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 EL VALOR CORP. 01|CLEANED-UP.
$489,142,880
Total awarded
Net of revisions and de-obligations
477
Contracts on file
Earliest approved Jul 23, 1993
$78,078,351
Largest single award
Aug 19, 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$414,559,466
- Department Of Children And Youth Services$43,368,274
- Department Of Human Resources$30,717,001
- Chicago Department Of Public Health$394,380
- Department Of Housing$68,000
Largest individual contracts
- DFSS-HHS-CS-CEL: — 2025$78,078,351
- DFSS-HHS-CS-CEL: — 2020$49,747,185
- DFSS-HHS-CS-CEL: — 2024$28,331,166
- HEAD START/COLLABORATION — 2015$26,471,096
- FY '12 - '14 HEAD START / COLLABORATION — 2011$26,387,546
- FY' 09 - FY' 2011 HEAD START COLLABORATION — 2008$22,984,789
- DFSS-HHS-CS-HS: HEAD START/COLLABORATION — 2017$16,569,631
- FY 06 - FY 08 HEAD START COLLABORATION — 2005$15,345,214
How the work was procured
- RFP30 contracts
- RFI4 contracts
- SOLE SOURCE4 contracts
Contract types
- DELEGATE AGENCY405 contracts
- Delegate Agency4 contracts
- COMPTROLLER-OTHER4 contracts
El Valor Corp. 01|Cleaned-Up contracts most heavily with Department Of Family And Support Services, which accounts for $414,559,466 across 247 contract records.
El Valor Corp. 01|Cleaned-Up contracts FAQ
- How much has Chicago awarded to El Valor Corp. 01|Cleaned-Up?
- City of Chicago contract records show $489,142,880 awarded to El Valor Corp. 01|Cleaned-Up across 477 contract records approved since Jul 23, 1993. 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 El Valor Corp. 01|Cleaned-Up?
- By total award amount, the departments contracting with El Valor Corp. 01|Cleaned-Up are: Department Of Family And Support Services ($414,559,466); Department Of Children And Youth Services ($43,368,274); Department Of Human Resources ($30,717,001); Chicago Department Of Public Health ($394,380); Department Of Housing ($68,000).
- What is the largest El Valor Corp. 01|Cleaned-Up contract?
- The largest single award on file is $78,078,351, described by the city as "DFSS-HHS-CS-CEL:", approved Nov 20, 2025, 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.