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Robe 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 Robe Inc..

$225,000,000

Total awarded

Net of revisions and de-obligations

1

Contracts on file

Earliest approved Sep 25, 2024

$225,000,000

Largest single award

Sep 25, 2024

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

  1. Department Of Fleet And Facility Management$225,000,000

Largest individual contracts

  1. SPEC# 1283187: Job Order Contract for General Construction - Zone 2 Northeast - Nor… — 2024$225,000,000

How the work was procured

  1. BID1 contracts

Contract types

  1. JOC1 contracts

Robe INC. contracts most heavily with Department Of Fleet And Facility Management, which accounts for $225,000,000 across 1 contract records.

Robe INC. contracts FAQ

How much has Chicago awarded to Robe INC.?
City of Chicago contract records show $225,000,000 awarded to Robe INC. across 1 contract records approved since Sep 25, 2024. 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 Robe INC.?
By total award amount, the departments contracting with Robe INC. are: Department Of Fleet And Facility Management ($225,000,000).
What is the largest Robe INC. contract?
The largest single award on file is $225,000,000, described by the city as "SPEC# 1283187: Job Order Contract for General Construction - Zone 2 Northeast - North of Roosevelt Rd., East of Kedzie …", approved Sep 25, 2024, through Department Of Fleet And Facility 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

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.

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