Open Solicitations

Full solicitations can be viewed via the CHA Supplier Portal.

All bids and proposals are submitted to: CHA’s Department of Procurement and Contracts, 60 E. Van Buren Street, 13th Floor, Chicago, IL 60605.

Proposals will not be accepted late. Refer to individual solicitation for deadline information.

CHA encourages all interested firms to attend Pre-Proposals, Pre-Bids, and Bid Opening Meetings.  Real-time online viewing is available. To view any Pre-Proposal, Pre-Bid, or Bid Opening Meetings online, visit https://livestream.com/accounts/13907077. 

THE FORMAL SOLICITATION PROCESS (EXCEEDS $150K)

The formal process applies to procurements valued at $150,000 or more. Solicitations must be processed in an open and competitive manner. All solicitations procured under the formal process must be approved by CHA's Board of Commissioners.

THE INFORMAL SOLICITATION PROCESS (LESS THAN $150K)

Purchase orders for goods and services valued at less than $150,000 may be solicited without public advertisement via e-mail or fax quotations to at least three and often more vendors. CHA also solicits emergency contracts by phone without public advertisement.

TASK ORDER SOLICITATION Process

**Please Note** For Task Order Solicitations only the selected vendors in the program  are eligible to respond to task order Request for Services in the program. However, any vendor interested in subcontracting or supplier opportunities for such task orders may attend the pre-bid meeting for networking purposes.

OPPORTUNITY NOTICEs

**Please Note** For Opportunity Notices, only the Pre-Qualified Development Teams (PDT) in the program are eligible to respond to Opportunity Notices.  However, any vendor interested in subcontracting or supplier opportunities for such Opportunity Notices can review the list of Pre-Qualified Development Teams on the CHA website at the Prequalified Development Teams (PDT) link under the Doing Business with the CHA tab.

NON-COMPETE- SOLE SOURCE

The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) is posting its Sole Source Review Committee (SSRC) procurement requests to the CHA website, www.thecha.org. Each Sole Source procurement request will be posted on the CHA website for a period of three (3) weeks before the SSRC considers the request. You are invited to review and/or respond to the sole source procurement request(s) on the website. If you have any questions regarding a requested sole source procurement, please contact the Procurement Specialist identified on the Non-Compete Sole Source Procurement website advertisement form, also available on the website. 

Click here to view Bid Tabulations.

Click here to view Proposal Registers

NOTICE TO ALL CHA BIDDERS:

Section XI, of CHA contracts, Section 3 Certification should read as follows:

To the extent that the contract to be awarded to the contractor involves construction, is a service contract with a labor component or a professional service contract, such a contract is a Section 3 contract pursuant to §24 CFR 135.3 et seq., and the contractor hereby certifies that said contractor will comply with all Section 3 regulations set forth at 24 CFR, Part 135 and any applicable CHA Board Resolution(s).

This pertains to all contracts with the exception of Supply and Delivery regardless of the dollar amount of the contract.