CHANGE - Chicago Housing Authority | Doing Business With CHA | Department Of Procurement and Contracts

The Procurement and Contracts Department moved to a new location in the CNA Building at 60 East Van Buren, 13th Floor, Chicago, IL 60605 effective April 2, 2007. Normal business operations will occur on April 2, 2007.

All bids and proposals due after March 29, 2007 shall be tendered to 60 East Van Buren Street, 13th Floor, Chicago, IL 60605 at the same time published in the solicitations. No proposals will be accepted late or from an incorrect location.

This page is an overview of the CHA's Department of Procurement and Contracts and its role and responsibility as it relates to purchasing goods and services for all CHA Departments.

En Español: Si usted está interesado en obtener información en como iniciar un contrato de negocios con la Autoridad de Vivienda de Chicago (la CHA) favor de comunicarse con Marta Rocha al número telefónico: (312) 913-5870 ó al correo electrónico: mrocha@thecha.org

Purchasing by the CHA must be performed in accordance with Federal regulations, specifically CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) 24 Part 85.36. These regulations can be found in their entirety at your local library or can be accessed on-line at:

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html.

In an effort to improve CHA's contracting and procurement process, the Department of Procurement and Contracts has recently implemented Procurement Teams - a team of employees from key departments/ divisions including Procurement, Contract Compliance, Legal and User Departments. These individuals are responsible for implementing "best practice" standards for procuring goods and services.

The CHA procures goods and services in the following ways:

The Formal Process

Contracts with a value equal to or greater than $100,000 must be led by an open competitive sealed bidding process, or competitive negotiation after public advertisement. This means that any financial responsible company can bid on a contract.

The Informal Solicitation

Purchase orders for goods and services valued at less than $100,000 are solicited without public advertisement via mail or fax quotations. Emergency contracts that are awarded to meet bona fide departmental or CHA emergency needs are solicited by telephone without public advertisement.

Who CHA buys from?

The CHA buys from any technical and financial responsible business entity, and practices equal opportunity/affirmative action policies in all areas of the marketplace.

Construction & Engineering
Commodities, Work Services, Automotive & Heavy Equipment
Professional Services, Information Systems & Services

Click Insurance Requirements to view the minimum required insurance.

Upcoming Bid Opportunities

Click on "Contract Opportunities" to review the listing of formal and informal procurement opportunities. If you see a bid opening that corresponds with the commodities or services you provide, come to the CHA's Department of Procurement and Contracts at 60 East Van Buren, 13th floor and pick up the solicitation package. If you have any questions about the bidding requirement, you may contact the buyer listed on the Contract Opportunities page and/or the buyer associated with that procurement.

The Department Contacts section consists of the names and telephone numbers of each buyer, policy monitoring specialist and the CHA User Departments he or she is associated with.

Are you interested in doing business with local government agencies?

If so, you have arrived at your first step. This section of the newly integrated Procurement Services web page is intended to supply practical knowledge to individuals who are interested in doing business with the:

The procurement web site is specifically targeted to manufacturers, dealers, sales, agents, and any technical and financial responsible businesses. It is also designed to help you understand the Department of Procurement and Contracts' role and responsibility at each agency listed - which is to buy goods and services. Each agency has its own Procurement site and business procedures. We recommend that you visit the respective link for complete details.