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Center Joint Venture — 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 CENTER JOINT VENTURE.
$387,800,000
Total awarded
Net of revisions and de-obligations
17
Contracts on file
Earliest approved Nov 2, 2007
$140,000,000
Largest single award
Mar 29, 2023
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$387,800,000
Largest individual contracts
- PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM — 2013$140,000,000
- PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROG… — 2007$45,000,000
- PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROG… — 2010$43,945,000
- PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM — 2022$36,000,000
- PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM — 2019$28,000,000
- PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM — 2021$22,000,000
- PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM — 2021 (2)$20,000,000
- PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM — 2020$20,000,000
How the work was procured
- RFQ17 contracts
Contract types
- ARCH/ENGINEERING17 contracts
Center Joint Venture contracts most heavily with Department Of Water Management, which accounts for $387,800,000 across 17 contract records.
Center Joint Venture contracts FAQ
- How much has Chicago awarded to Center Joint Venture?
- City of Chicago contract records show $387,800,000 awarded to Center Joint Venture across 17 contract records approved since Nov 2, 2007. 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 Center Joint Venture?
- By total award amount, the departments contracting with Center Joint Venture are: Department Of Water Management ($387,800,000).
- What is the largest Center Joint Venture contract?
- The largest single award on file is $140,000,000, described by the city as "PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM", approved Mar 21, 2013, 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.