# Chicago City Contracts - Vendor Awards & Procurement Leads (`pink_comic/chicago-city-contract-vendor-leads`) Actor

Search 186k City of Chicago contracts and modifications since 1993: vendor name, vendor ID and address, department, contract type, procurement method, award amount, approval, start and end dates, specification number and contract PDF link.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pink_comic/chicago-city-contract-vendor-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [Ava Torres](https://apify.com/pink_comic) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Agents
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.60 / 1,000 contracts

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Chicago City Contracts - Vendor Awards & Procurement Leads

Search the **City of Chicago Contracts** file on the Chicago open data portal (about 186,000 contracts and modifications awarded since 1993, updated as new contracts are approved, 93k downloads).

Each result includes:

- **vendor name**, vendor ID and vendor address
- awarding **department**, contract number, revision and specification number
- contract type, **procurement method** (bid, RFP, RFQ, sole source, emergency) and purchase order description
- **award amount**, approval, start and end dates
- link to the contract PDF when published

Results are newest approval first. No API key, no CAPTCHA. Pricing: **$0.002 per contract + $0.0001 start**.

```json
{ "contractTypes": ["CONSTRUCTION"], "approvedAfter": "2026-06-01", "maxResults": 200 }
```

```json
{ "query": "MOTOROLA" }
```

### Use cases

Competitive intelligence on who wins city work, subcontracting and teaming leads for prime contractors, renewal timing from end dates, government sales prospecting, journalism and spending research.

### Limits

City of Chicago contracts only (not sister agencies such as CPS or CTA). Modifications and time extensions appear as separate revisions; award amount is the value recorded on that revision.

### Related

- [NYC City Record Procurement Leads](https://apify.com/pink_comic/nyc-city-record-procurement-leads)
- [Montgomery County MD Contract Vendor Leads](https://apify.com/pink_comic/montgomery-county-md-contract-vendor-leads)
- [USAspending Federal Spending Search](https://apify.com/pink_comic/usaspending-federal-spending-search)

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Quick vendor name search (contains match). Leave blank for the newest approved contracts.

## `names` (type: `array`):

Vendor names, contains match, case-insensitive.

## `approvedAfter` (type: `string`):

Optional YYYY-MM-DD contract approval date.

## `departments` (type: `array`):

Contains match, e.g. 'AVIATION', 'WATER MANAGEMENT', 'TRANSPORTATION', 'FAMILY AND SUPPORT', 'FLEET'.

## `contractTypes` (type: `array`):

Contains match, e.g. 'CONSTRUCTION', 'ARCH/ENGINEERING', 'COMMODITIES', 'PRO SERV', 'WORK SERVICES', 'DELEGATE AGENCY'.

## `procurementTypes` (type: `array`):

e.g. 'BID', 'RFP', 'RFQ', 'SOLE SOURCE', 'EMERGENCY', 'MASTER AGREEMENT'.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Contains match on the purchase order description, e.g. 'ROOF', 'SOFTWARE', 'JANITORIAL'.

## `vendorStates` (type: `array`):

Two-letter vendor state, e.g. 'IL', 'IN', 'WI'.

## `vendorZipCodes` (type: `array`):

ZIP code or prefix, e.g. '60607' or '606'.

## `contractNumbers` (type: `array`):

Exact purchase order / contract numbers, e.g. '368453'.

## `vendorIds` (type: `array`):

Exact City of Chicago vendor IDs.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum total paid dataset items, split across search terms. The default returns 10 contracts (about $0.0201 including the start event).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "",
  "names": [],
  "approvedAfter": "",
  "departments": [],
  "contractTypes": [],
  "procurementTypes": [],
  "keywords": [],
  "vendorStates": [],
  "vendorZipCodes": [],
  "contractNumbers": [],
  "vendorIds": [],
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset items.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "query": "",
    "names": [],
    "approvedAfter": "",
    "departments": [],
    "contractTypes": [],
    "procurementTypes": [],
    "keywords": [],
    "vendorStates": [],
    "vendorZipCodes": [],
    "contractNumbers": [],
    "vendorIds": [],
    "maxResults": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/chicago-city-contract-vendor-leads").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "query": "",
    "names": [],
    "approvedAfter": "",
    "departments": [],
    "contractTypes": [],
    "procurementTypes": [],
    "keywords": [],
    "vendorStates": [],
    "vendorZipCodes": [],
    "contractNumbers": [],
    "vendorIds": [],
    "maxResults": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_comic/chicago-city-contract-vendor-leads").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "",
  "names": [],
  "approvedAfter": "",
  "departments": [],
  "contractTypes": [],
  "procurementTypes": [],
  "keywords": [],
  "vendorStates": [],
  "vendorZipCodes": [],
  "contractNumbers": [],
  "vendorIds": [],
  "maxResults": 10
}' |
apify call pink_comic/chicago-city-contract-vendor-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pink_comic/chicago-city-contract-vendor-leads"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/HiOMxDiV1eq5FBVWm/builds/olrDI4n5q9oDGRpih/openapi.json