Cook County of Illinois

Procurement Bid Tabulations

Name: Procurement Bid Tabulations
Creator: Cook County of Illinois

Preliminary records of bids submitted for Cook County procurement contracts exceeding $25,000, publicly opened for transparency. Each record includes the submitting business's name, street address, city, and state, along with the contact person's name and full address string.

Example records

Namelegal entity	Full Addressaddress	Cityaddress	Stateaddress	Street Addressaddress	Full Nameperson

Use cases

Vendor Network Mapping for Sales Prospecting

A B2B sales team targeting government contractors uses the bidder list to identify businesses actively pursuing public contracts, prioritizing outreach to companies that bid frequently but rarely win, as those firms may need financing, bonding, or operational support to become more competitive.

NameStreet AddressCityState

KYB Entity Verification for a Surety Bond Underwriter

A surety underwriter evaluating a contractor's application cross-references the applicant's legal name and address against public bid records to confirm the business has an active history of pursuing contracts at the relevant dollar threshold, helping assess whether the entity is established or newly formed.

NameStreet AddressStateFull Name

Fraud Pattern Detection Across Bid Submissions

A procurement fraud investigator looks for shell company indicators by clustering bids that share a contact person name or street address across different business names, which can signal bid rotation schemes or fictitious competitor submissions designed to create the appearance of competition.

NameFull NameStreet AddressFull Address