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Reliable Contracting & Equipment Company — 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 RELIABLE CONTRACTING & EQUIPMENT COMPANY.
$270,407,130
Total awarded
Net of revisions and de-obligations
48
Contracts on file
Earliest approved May 1, 2019
$44,522,630
Largest single award
Jul 20, 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 Water Management$270,268,046
- Dept Of Water$139,084
Largest individual contracts
- 1249096: Term Agreement for Lead Service Line Replacements - District 1 (Group A) — 2023$44,522,630
- 1249097: Term Agreement for Lead Service Line Replacements - District 2 (Group A) — 2023$44,522,630
- 1249098: Term Agreement for Lead Service Line Replacements - District 3 (Group A) — 2023$44,043,719
- 1249099: Term Agreement for Lead Service Line Replacements - District 4 (Group A) — 2023$43,315,097
- Spec 1258048A: Term Agreement for Water Main Construction and Lead Service Line Rep… — 2026$42,956,888
- 1291903: Luna & LeMoyne Sewer Improvement Project (PN 7615) — 2025$9,134,878
- 1014236: Ancillary Sewer Construction - North Area/ DWM Project Number PN7495A — 2022$7,688,900
- 1014265: Ancillary Sewer Construction - South Area / DWM Project Number PN7495C — 2022$7,527,200
How the work was procured
- BID48 contracts
Contract types
- CONSTRUCTION-LARGE $3MILLIONorABOVE39 contracts
- CONSTRUCTION-GENERAL9 contracts
Reliable Contracting & Equipment Company contracts most heavily with Department Of Water Management, which accounts for $270,268,046 across 47 contract records.
Reliable Contracting & Equipment Company contracts FAQ
- How much has Chicago awarded to Reliable Contracting & Equipment Company?
- City of Chicago contract records show $270,407,130 awarded to Reliable Contracting & Equipment Company across 48 contract records approved since May 1, 2019. 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 Reliable Contracting & Equipment Company?
- By total award amount, the departments contracting with Reliable Contracting & Equipment Company are: Department Of Water Management ($270,268,046); Dept Of Water ($139,084).
- What is the largest Reliable Contracting & Equipment Company contract?
- The largest single award on file is $44,522,630, described by the city as "1249096: Term Agreement for Lead Service Line Replacements - District 1 (Group A)", approved Oct 27, 2023, through Department Of Water Management.
- 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.