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Employment & Employer Services, INC. — 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 EMPLOYMENT & EMPLOYER SERVICES, INC..
$254,955,271
Total awarded
Net of revisions and de-obligations
252
Contracts on file
Earliest approved Oct 20, 1994
$100,000,000
Largest single award
May 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
- Mayors Office Of Workforce Development$103,490,478
- Department Of Planning And Development$100,500,000
- Department Of Family And Support Services$26,632,335
- Department Of Human Resources$22,530,678
- Department Of Children And Youth Services$1,625,000
Largest individual contracts
- Agreement between the City of Chicago and Employment & Employer Services, Inc — 2025$100,000,000
- YK-WIA Adult Program PY2005. Dollar Amount $3,515,371.00 — 2005$13,651,000
- SERVICE CONTRACT — 1999$12,245,171
- FY 03-04 CHA Service Connector — 2003$9,347,000
- FY'06 CHA SERVICE CONNECTOR — 2006$6,765,600
- SERVICE CONTRACT — 1998$6,470,086
- EMPLOYMENT GENERATING SERVICE — 2002$6,097,296
- WIA — 2011$5,716,449
How the work was procured
- RFP43 contracts
- RFQ4 contracts
- SOLE SOURCE3 contracts
- BID2 contracts
Contract types
- DELEGATE AGENCY205 contracts
- Delegate Agency4 contracts
- Modification1 contracts
- COMPTROLLER-OTHER1 contracts
- CONVERTED1 contracts
Employment & Employer Services, INC. contracts most heavily with Mayors Office Of Workforce Development, which accounts for $103,490,478 across 123 contract records.
Employment & Employer Services, INC. contracts FAQ
- How much has Chicago awarded to Employment & Employer Services, INC.?
- City of Chicago contract records show $254,955,271 awarded to Employment & Employer Services, INC. across 252 contract records approved since Oct 20, 1994. 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 Employment & Employer Services, INC.?
- By total award amount, the departments contracting with Employment & Employer Services, INC. are: Mayors Office Of Workforce Development ($103,490,478); Department Of Planning And Development ($100,500,000); Department Of Family And Support Services ($26,632,335); Department Of Human Resources ($22,530,678); Department Of Children And Youth Services ($1,625,000).
- What is the largest Employment & Employer Services, INC. contract?
- The largest single award on file is $100,000,000, described by the city as "Agreement between the City of Chicago and Employment & Employer Services, Inc", approved May 8, 2025, through Department Of Planning And Development.
- 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.