City Of Chicago

The City of Chicago Department of Aviation, a U.S. local government entity operating as a division of the City of Chicago, acts as a recipient of federal grants—not a federal contractor or subcontractor—and receives funding from the Federal Aviation Administration and other federal agencies to finance airport infrastructure improvements, expansion, and modernization at Chicago's airport system. The department is not a commercial vendor; it is a municipal airport operator that receives project grants from the FAA for capital improvements.

The department's federal award footprint centers entirely on airport infrastructure development and maintenance work performed at Chicago-area facilities. Across 377 total awards in the source data spanning from 2002 to August 2026, the vast majority are FAA Airport Improvement Program grants (CFDA 20.106) issued by the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Great Lakes Region. Recent representative grants include a $26.666 million award on August 12, 2026 for partial reimbursement of Runway 9R/27L extension work completed in December 2021; a $39.96 million award on September 22, 2025 for service road reconstruction spanning 3,500 feet; a $40 million award on September 22, 2025 for partial reimbursement of the same Runway 9R/27L extension; a $37.5 million award on September 22, 2025 for Runway 13L/31R rehabilitation and lighting system work; a $16.7 million award on September 22, 2025 for residential noise mitigation sound insulation systems for approximately 111 residences within noise contours; and a $13.93 million award on September 22, 2025 for Terminal 3 expansion covering 266,562 square feet including circulation areas, checkpoint enhancements, and baggage sortation facility construction.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Great Lakes Region, which issued 60 awards across the dataset. The Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration placed 32 awards valued at $231 million combined potential value, and the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Central Office Office of Leasing issued 30 awards valued at $127.3 million. These three agencies account for a substantial portion of the grant activity. The top five parent vehicles driving award volume are all Basic Ordering Agreements issued through GSA: GS05B17769 with 69 task orders and $293.4 million combined potential value; GS05B17961 with 60 task orders and $29.9 million; GS05B17342 with 39 task orders; GS05B17534 with 33 task orders; and GS05B17289 with 30 task orders.

Activity has grown modestly in recent years—7 awards in 2022, declining to 4 in 2023, then rising to 8 in 2024, 12 in 2025, and 1 award in 2026 through August. Only one award has a completion date falling within the next twenty-four months. The combined potential value across all 377 awards stands at $615 million, though the combined dollars obligated across all awards is $2.02 billion, reflecting a 328% obligated-to-potential ratio that indicates substantial prior drawdown against older awards. Work is performed in Chicago, Illinois at O'Hare International Airport, Midway International Airport, and other airport facilities in the Chicago metropolitan area. The department is a division of the parent entity Chicago City Of, which holds the UEI P5L3RMDLELN1 and is structured as a municipality.