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Steve's Equipment Service (Ses) — 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 STEVE'S EQUIPMENT SERVICE (SES).
$237,417,900
Total awarded
Net of revisions and de-obligations
197
Contracts on file
Earliest approved Apr 12, 1993
$33,139,740
Largest single award
Jan 26, 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
- Dept Of Fleet Mgmt$106,012,085
- Chicago Department Of Aviation$74,490,687
- Dept Of General Services$31,891,506
- Department Of Water Management$11,370,741
- Dept Of Assets Information And Services$1,000,000
- Chicago Department Of Transportation$212,089
- Department Of Finance$10,009
Largest individual contracts
- HIGH SPEED MULTI-FUNCTION SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT — 2018$33,139,740
- RENTAL OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITH AND WITHOUT OPERATORS: EXCAVATORS (SECONDARY), FRONT… — 2022$31,182,676
- RENTAL OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITH AND WITHOUT OPERATORS (ASPHALT HEATERS-PRIMARY & CON… — 2011$29,102,492
- HIGH SPEED MULTI-PURPOSE RUNWAY SNOW REMOVAL UNITS — 2009$19,586,940
- RENTAL OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITH AND WITHOUT OPERATORS — 2005$14,714,740
- HIGH SPEED MULTI-FUNCTION SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT — 2017$13,717,825
- HIGH SPEED MULTI-FUNCTION SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT — 2016$11,846,595
- PURCHASE OF 22 MOBILE STANDBY DIESEL GENERATORS — 2002$9,695,490
How the work was procured
- BID103 contracts
- SOLE SOURCE3 contracts
- REFERENCE CONTRACT3 contracts
- EMERGENCY1 contracts
Contract types
- VEHICLES/HEAVY EQUIPMENT (CAPITAL)47 contracts
- WORK SERVICES / FACILITIES MAINT.35 contracts
- COMMODITIES13 contracts
- Time Extension12 contracts
- WORK SERV-AVIATION12 contracts
Steve's Equipment Service (Ses) contracts most heavily with Dept Of Fleet Mgmt, which accounts for $106,012,085 across 63 contract records.
Steve's Equipment Service (Ses) contracts FAQ
- How much has Chicago awarded to Steve's Equipment Service (Ses)?
- City of Chicago contract records show $237,417,900 awarded to Steve's Equipment Service (Ses) across 197 contract records approved since Apr 12, 1993. 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 Steve's Equipment Service (Ses)?
- By total award amount, the departments contracting with Steve's Equipment Service (Ses) are: Dept Of Fleet Mgmt ($106,012,085); Chicago Department Of Aviation ($74,490,687); Dept Of General Services ($31,891,506); Department Of Water Management ($11,370,741); Dept Of Assets Information And Services ($1,000,000).
- What is the largest Steve's Equipment Service (Ses) contract?
- The largest single award on file is $33,139,740, described by the city as "HIGH SPEED MULTI-FUNCTION SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT", approved Dec 21, 2018, through Chicago Department Of Aviation.
- 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.