POLISCOPE
Back to feed
CHICAGO (COOK COUNTY)contract

Engineering Services Contract: Knight E/A, Inc.

Original title: Contract 14616: KNIGHT E/A, INC. — ARCH/ENGINEERING (Chicago, IL)

April 24, 2012

Track this bill to get notified when it advances a stage. One tap to stop, anytime.

The Frame

What this does

This contract establishes the legal framework for Knight , Inc. to perform engineering and traffic design work for the City of Chicago between May 2007 and April 2014.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

Knight E/A, Inc.

The company is authorized to perform engineering services for the City of Chicago under the terms of this contract.

Chicago Department of Transportation

The department manages the engineering services provided by the vendor for city infrastructure projects.

What changed

Last recorded activity April 24, 2012.

What's next

Next step not available in the current record.

Summary

This document outlines a contract for design engineering services provided by Knight , Inc. to the Chicago Department of Transportation. The agreement covers various roadway and traffic-related design projects.

Key Facts

  • Contract number 14616 was awarded to Knight E/A, Inc.
  • The contract covers Task Order Design Engineering Services across seven project categories.
  • Services include roadway design, traffic studies, and traffic facilities design.
  • The contract term began on May 1, 2007, and ended on April 30, 2014.
  • The contract was approved on April 24, 2012.
  • The award amount is listed as $0, indicating this is likely a master service agreement or task-order based contract where individual projects are funded separately.

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of work does Knight E/A, Inc. perform for the city?
They provide design engineering services, specifically focusing on roadway design, traffic studies, and traffic facilities design.
Why is the award amount listed as $0?
This is a task-order contract, meaning the total value is not fixed at the time of the master agreement; individual projects are assigned and funded through separate s.

Why It Matters

This contract establishes the legal framework for Knight , Inc. to perform engineering and traffic design work for the City of Chicago between May 2007 and April 2014.

News Coverage

No news coverage found yet. Articles are indexed twice daily.

Discoveries

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift90% confidence

Retrospective Approval

The contract start date (2007) significantly predates the approval date (2012), suggesting the document may be a formalization of ongoing work or a late-filed administrative record.

Connected Entities

Sources

Open source document

data.cityofchicago.org

Analysis Score

0–100
  • Significance30
    How much this matters to a regular citizen
  • Controversy5
    Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
  • Entertainment5
    Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
  • Buzz5
    Current news / social attention level

Publisher tools

Share or embed this record

POLISCOPE publisher tools

Share or embed this record