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Public Building Commission Chicago — 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 PUBLIC BUILDING COMMISSION CHICAGO.
$1,840,027,658
Total awarded
Net of revisions and de-obligations
72
Contracts on file
Earliest approved Oct 1, 2003
$300,000,000
Largest single award
Jan 6, 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
- Office Of Budget & Management$1,409,259,406
- Chicago Public Library$166,517,683
- Chicago Department Of Transportation$116,300,000
- Dept Of General Services$89,874,000
- Dept Of Assets Information And Services$50,423,765
- Planning & Development$3,000,000
- Department Of Enviroment$2,489,804
- Department Of Planning And Development$2,163,000
Largest individual contracts
- Capital Improvements--City Colleges — 2005$300,000,000
- Construction: Millennium — 2005$271,000,000
- IGA — 2008$200,000,000
- IGA — 2008 (2)$199,800,000
- IGA between CDOT and PBC — 2021$116,300,000
- Building Costs: New and Renovated CPL Branches — 2005$100,000,000
- Capital Program — 2023$50,423,765
- IGA — 2008 (3)$47,591,128
How the work was procured
No procurement types available right now.
Contract types
- COMPTROLLER-OTHER72 contracts
Public Building Commission Chicago contracts most heavily with Office Of Budget & Management, which accounts for $1,409,259,406 across 53 contract records.
Public Building Commission Chicago contracts FAQ
- How much has Chicago awarded to Public Building Commission Chicago?
- City of Chicago contract records show $1,840,027,658 awarded to Public Building Commission Chicago across 72 contract records approved since Oct 1, 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 Public Building Commission Chicago?
- By total award amount, the departments contracting with Public Building Commission Chicago are: Office Of Budget & Management ($1,409,259,406); Chicago Public Library ($166,517,683); Chicago Department Of Transportation ($116,300,000); Dept Of General Services ($89,874,000); Dept Of Assets Information And Services ($50,423,765).
- What is the largest Public Building Commission Chicago contract?
- The largest single award on file is $300,000,000, described by the city as "Capital Improvements--City Colleges", approved Mar 17, 2005, through Office Of Budget & 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.