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Reliable Contracting & Equip. — 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 & EQUIP..
$553,615,858
Total awarded
Net of revisions and de-obligations
193
Contracts on file
Earliest approved Jul 8, 1994
$91,801,318
Largest single award
Aug 24, 2020
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$523,714,220
- Chicago Department Of Aviation$2,972,802
- Dept Of General Services$1,965,294
- Department Of Streets And Sanitation$90,622
Largest individual contracts
- Water Main Construction - District Five — 2013$91,801,318
- CBD WATER/CITY WIDE SPECIALTY CONTRACT — 2013$60,842,888
- Water Main Construction - District Seven - CBD — 2016$59,561,888
- NORTH DISTRICT WATER MAIN CONSTRUCTION — 2010$33,625,310
- SOUTH DISTRICT WATER MAIN CONSTRUCTION — 2010$30,892,979
- CENTRAL DISTRICT WATER MAIN CONSTRUCTION — 2010$29,319,212
- ANCILLARY SEWER CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM - NORTH AREA — 2013$18,588,000
- Ancillary Sewer Construction - North — 2016$16,202,652
How the work was procured
- BID153 contracts
- EMERGENCY1 contracts
Contract types
- CONSTRUCTION-GENERAL81 contracts
- CONSTRUCTION-LARGE $3MILLIONorABOVE64 contracts
- CONSTRUCTION8 contracts
- CONSTRUCTION-AVIATION8 contracts
- Time Extension4 contracts
Reliable Contracting & Equip. contracts most heavily with Department Of Water Management, which accounts for $523,714,220 across 162 contract records.
Reliable Contracting & Equip. contracts FAQ
- How much has Chicago awarded to Reliable Contracting & Equip.?
- City of Chicago contract records show $553,615,858 awarded to Reliable Contracting & Equip. across 193 contract records approved since Jul 8, 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 Reliable Contracting & Equip.?
- By total award amount, the departments contracting with Reliable Contracting & Equip. are: Department Of Water Management ($523,714,220); Chicago Department Of Aviation ($2,972,802); Dept Of General Services ($1,965,294); Department Of Streets And Sanitation ($90,622).
- What is the largest Reliable Contracting & Equip. contract?
- The largest single award on file is $91,801,318, described by the city as "Water Main Construction - District Five", approved Feb 5, 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.