POLISCOPE
Back to feed
CHICAGO (COOK COUNTY)contract

Professional Engineering Services Contract: URS Corporation

Original title: Contract 19347: URS CORPORATION — ARCH/ENGINEERING (Chicago, IL)

February 5, 2014

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 URS Corporation to provide design engineering services to the Chicago Department of Water Management for a period of over six years.

Who is mentioned in the record

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

URS Corporation

The company is bound by the terms of the agreement to provide engineering services to the city.

Chicago Department of Water Management

The department is the recipient of the engineering services provided under the contract.

What changed

Last recorded activity February 5, 2014.

What's next

Next step not available in the current record.

Summary

This document outlines a for professional design engineering services provided by URS Corporation to the Chicago Department of Water Management. The contract covers a period from February 2010 through June 2016.

Key Facts

  • The contract is identified as number 19347.
  • The vendor is URS Corporation, located at 100 S Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL.
  • The services provided are professional design engineering services.
  • The contract is with the Chicago Department of Water Management.
  • The contract start date was February 18, 2010.
  • The contract end date is June 30, 2016.
  • The approval date for the contract was February 5, 2014.
  • The stated award amount for this specific contract record is $0.

Frequently Asked Questions

What services does URS Corporation provide under this contract?
They provide professional design engineering services for the Department of Water Management.
Why is the award amount listed as $0?
The document lists the award amount as $0, which typically indicates this is a or 'on-call' contract where specific project costs are determined by individual task orders rather than a single lump sum.

Why It Matters

This contract establishes the legal framework for URS Corporation to provide design engineering services to the Chicago Department of Water Management for a period of over six years.

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.

temporal pattern90% confidence

Retroactive Approval

The contract start date (2010) precedes the approval date (2014) by four years, suggesting the contract was formalized well after services may have commenced.

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
  • Buzz10
    Current news / social attention level

Publisher tools

Share or embed this record

POLISCOPE publisher tools

Share or embed this record