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Public jobs for Illinois contractors: City of Chicago, Cook County and federal contracts ending in the coming months (and who holds them), open federal solicitations, State of Illinois building projects before they bid, IDOT highway lettings and who is bidding on them, Cook County's planned solicitations and intents to award, every bidder's price on past county bids, and any company's public contract history.

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How many companies bid on IDOT contracts awarded in the last two years. A single bidder means the low bid was the only bid: work where a new prime, or a subcontractor ready to bid as prime, would face the least competition. Of 106 awards matching this search, 13 (12%) drew a single bid and 23 (22%) only two.

By IDOT district, this search

DistrictAwardsSingle bidTwo bidsBidders on averageLow bids, total
District 1, Chicago area638 (13%)18 (29%)3.1$135M
District 2, Dixon110 (0%)0 (0%)5.1$3.8M
District 3, Ottawa212 (10%)2 (10%)3.3$31M
District 4, Peoria20 (0%)1 (50%)2.5$2.1M
District 7, Effingham31 (33%)0 (0%)3.7$1.6M
District 8, Collinsville52 (40%)2 (40%)2$9.4M
District 9, Carbondale10 (0%)0 (0%)3$1.8M

Who wins: District 2, Dixon, this search

The primes with the most IDOT low-bid dollars, and their share of the awards. A market held by two or three firms is one where a new bidder stands out, and where suppliers know whom to court.

District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9All of Illinois

CompanyWinsSingle-bid winsLow bids, totalShare of dollars
Three Star Painting, Inc.6 (55%)0$1.7M45%
Venus Painting Co.2 (18%)0$1.3M35%
Eagle Painting & Maintenance Company, Inc.2 (18%)0$488,56013%
Era-Valdivia Contractors, Inc.1 (9%)0$289,0598%

Top 15 by dollars of 11 awards ($3.8M). Joint ventures are listed as IDOT records them, separately from their partners. Companies are matched by name.

Single-bid awards

  • (1.31-Mile) This is a crack and joint sealant improvement consisting of routing cleaning, and sealing of longitudinal cracks and joints within concrete pavement, concrete patching, grading and shaping shoulders, some guardrail replacement, modified urethane pavement marking. This improvement is located within the City of Geneva and West Chicago in Kane and DuPage Counties.

    DuPage, Kane · District 1 · contract 62V78

    Mosley Construction 1, LLC
    $850,529, the only bid
    let Jun 12, 2026

  • (3.20-Mile) Project consists of drainage structure cleaning, frame and grate replacement and any collateral or incident work located in the Villages of Forest Park, Maywood, Broadview, Bellwood and Westchester within Cook County.

    Cook · District 1 · contract 80B58

    MYS, Incorporated
    $652,635, the only bid
    let Jun 12, 2026

  • (9,669-Ft) Crack and Joint Sealing project consists of routing, cleaning, and sealing of longitudinal cracks in existing HMA (Hot-Mix Asphalt) pavement and between the existing HMA pavement and curb and gutter, restriping with Modified Urethane pavement marking lines. The project is located within the Village of Lake Villa and unincorporated Lake Villa Township in Lake County.

    Lake · District 1 · contract 62V77

    Mosley Construction 1, LLC
    $579,146, the only bid
    let Jun 12, 2026

  • Milling and resurfacing (designed overlay) with new shoulders and rumble strip. Additional work includes patching, ditch cleaning, drainage improvements, pavement marking, and rest area milling and resurfacing on US-52 from approximately 200' east of US-45 and IL-49 to approximately 1 mile west of IL-1 in Iroquois County. 5.98 miles gross length.

    Iroquois · District 3 · contract 66R50

    Iroquois Paving Corporation
    $6.7M, the only bid
    let Apr 24, 2026

  • 5.8 miles of milling and resurfacing 3 3/4" (designed overlay) for IL 29/26 and milling 3 1/2", resurfacing 3 3/4" (designed overlay) for SBI 29; additional work includes ditch cleaning, pipe culvert replacement, guardrail as applicable, pavement marking, and raised reflective pavement markers. This is located on FAS 318 (IL 29), SBI 29 A (IL 29), FAS 2245 (IL 29/26), starting at the Putnam County line and_ending south of Kansas St. in Bureau Junction, and on SBI 29 (OR 29), from IL 29 to dead end.

    Bureau · District 3 · contract 66N78

    Advanced Asphalt Company
    $4.5M, the only bid
    let Jan 16, 2026

  • This project consists of Arterial Cleaning, Supplemental Sweeping shall consist of the pickup, removal and satisfactory disposal of limbs, sticks, leaves, sand stones, dirt, weeds, debris, deceased animal carcasses, refuse, litter and any other rubbish which has accumulated on the highway areas located on various State maintained arterial routes located within southern half of Cook County.

    Cook · District 1 · contract 80B71

    Central Sweeping of Illinois, LLC
    $4.0M, the only bid
    let Nov 7, 2025

  • The project consists of Arterial Cleaning, Supplemental Sweeping shall consist of the pickup, removal and satisfactory disposal of limbs, sticks, leaves, sand stones, dirt, weeds, debris, deceased animal carcasses, refuse, litter and any other rubbish which has accumulated on the highway areas located on various State maintained arterial routes within DuPage County.

    DuPage · District 1 · contract 80B70

    Central Sweeping of Illinois, LLC
    $2.0M, the only bid
    let Nov 7, 2025

  • This project consists of Arterial Cleaning, Supplemental Sweeping shall consist of the pickup, removal and satisfactory disposal of limbs, sticks, leaves, sand stones, dirt, weeds, debris, deceased animal carcasses, refuse, litter and any other rubbish which has accumulated on the highway areas located on various State maintained arterial routes located within the county of Will.

    Will · District 1 · contract 80B72

    Central Sweeping of Illinois, LLC
    $1.3M, the only bid
    let Nov 7, 2025

  • The work under Full Expressway Nighttime Cleaning Cycle and Supplement Sweeping includes the pickup, removal, and proper disposal of debris such as limbs, sticks, leaves, sand, stones, dirt, weeds, deceased animal carcasses, refuse, litter. This work is located on various State maintained expressway routes located within the counties of Cook, DuPage, and Will.

    Various · District 1 · contract 62W56

    Interstate Business Solutions, LLC
    $4.8M, the only bid
    let Aug 1, 2025

  • Pump station cleaning at the Missouri Avenue Pump Station in East St. Louis.

    St. Clair · District 8 · contract 76T70

    Layne Christensen Company
    $1.1M, the only bid
    let Jun 13, 2025

  • Force main cleaning at the Missouri Avenue pump station in East St. Louis, the 25th Street pump station in East St. Louis and the Venice pump station in Venice.

    Madison, St. Clair · District 8 · contract 76F82

    Haier Plumbing and Heating, Inc.
    $614,950, the only bid
    let Jun 13, 2025

  • Cleaning and repairing bridge drains and drainpipes on SN 058-0120 carrying IL 121 (North 22nd Street) over Norfolk Southern Railroad in Decatur.

    Macon · District 7 · contract 74C83

    Freesen, a div of UCM, Inc.
    $162,026, the only bid
    let Jun 13, 2025

  • The work to be done under Arterial Cleaning shall consist of the pickup, removal and satisfactory disposal of limbs, sticks, leaves, sand, stones, dirt, weeds, debris, deceased animal carcasses, refuse, litter and any other rubbish. Location is on various State maintained arterial routes located within Kane and McHenry Counties.

    Various · District 1 · contract 62X91

    Central Sweeping of Illinois, LLC
    $2.0M, the only bid
    let Mar 7, 2025

Source: Illinois Department of Transportation, Contract Status and Transportation Bulletin, lettings of the last two years, read twice a day. Changes: bidder counts (IDOT lists the low bidder and the number of others) grouped by district and trade by us; districts named by their office.