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Chicago Transit Authority
Live now: 1 tender, largest CTA Red Line Extension 120th Street yard shop (over $20m projected (CTA Buying Plan projection, not an award)); holds relationships with Walsh, VINCI, CRRC.
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- Type
- Transit authority — Illinois municipal corporation; operator of the Chicago 'L' and the city bus network, a service board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority
- Market · Region
- United States · Illinois
- Open tenders
- 1
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations, Cybersecurity, Track & civil, Electrification, AI inspection
Runs eight rail lines with 146 stations over 224 miles and carried 127.5 million trips in 2024.
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Runs eight rail lines with 146 stations over 224 miles of track and 1,564 rail cars, carried 127.5 million rail trips in 2024, and approved a $6.75bn 2026-2030 Capital Improvement Program alongside a $2.23bn 2026 operating budget.
- Type
- Transit authority — Illinois municipal corporation; operator of the Chicago 'L' and the city bus network, a service board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority
- Where
- Illinois · Chicago
- Programmes
- FTA Capital Investment Grants, IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations, Cybersecurity, Track & civil, Electrification, AI inspection
Structure
- controlled by NITA — Service board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority; NITA approves the CTA budget (active · since 2026-09-01)
- funded by IDOT — Intergovernmental agreement transferring more than, including a Federal Highway Administration grant, for Forest Park Branch track design (active · since 2026-07-10)
- funded by FTA — Full Funding Grant Agreement of 10 January 2025 pledging of Capital Investment Grant funds for the Red Line Extension, and of Major Capital Investment Grant funding for RPM Phase One and RLE (active · since 2025-01-10)
- funded by DPD — Transit TIF district designated 14 December 2022; of Transit TIF funds in the 2026-2030 capital plan (active · since 2022-12-14)
- funded by NITA — Regional sales tax and state Public Transportation Fund distribution to the CTA (active)
- funded by CMAP — CMAP-programmed federal awards for bus slow-zone work, the electric bus programme and the Red Line Extension (active)
- regulated by ICC — Engineering oversight of safety improvements at public highway-rail crossings, including those on CTA rail rights of way (active)
Who holds what here
- awarded Walsh — Red Line Extension mainline design-build (contract C22FT102829986), as lead partner of Walsh VINCI Transit Community Partners (active)
- awarded VINCI — Red Line Extension mainline design-build, as joint venture partner in Walsh VINCI Transit Community Partners (active)
- awarded CRRC — 7000-Series railcars: 400-car base order with options to 846, assembled by CRRC Sifang America in Chicago (active)
- Contract detail and values (4)$500m–1bn · $100–500m · $5–25mIn the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (11)
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · CTA Introduces New 7000-series Railcars to Scheduled Service (published 2021-04-21 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · Chicago Transit Board Approves 2026 CTA Budget (published 2025-11-12 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · FY2026 Budget Book (President's 2026 Budget Recommendations; FY2026-2030 Capital Improvement Program) (published 2025-10 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · Committee on Finance, Audit and Budget — agenda, 11 March 2026 (purchase and sales award recommendations) (published 2026-03-11 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · More than $18 Million Secured for Forest Park Branch Track Design Work through Intergovernmental Agreement with IDOT (published 2026-07-10 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · Chicago Transit Authority Sues Federal Government Over Paused Red Line Extension and Red & Purple Modernization Project Funding (published 2026-03-20 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · CTA Celebrates Start of the Historic Red Line Extension Project by Breaking Ground at the Future Michigan Avenue Station (published 2026-04-24 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Illinois Commerce Commission · Rail Safety (functions of the Rail Safety Section; ICC.RailSafety@illinois.gov) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Metra · Board Meetings & Webcasts (Commuter Rail Division of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority and NIRCRC boards) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Northern Illinois Transit Authority · NITA — home ('Starting September 1, NITA is now your regional transit agency') (published 2026-09 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Northern Illinois Transit Authority · How the NITA trailer bill and 2027 state budget will impact Chicagoland transit (published 2026-06-11 · checked 2026-09-13)
Tenders
Withheld in the free surface
- Procurement structure
- Award history (6)
- Entry path
- Portals (3)
- Published contacts (4)
- Note on the figure
Full detail withheld: 6 fields. In the United States edition · See a fully open example
13 sources · all primary
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · FY2026 Budget Book (President's 2026 Budget Recommendations; FY2026-2030 Capital Improvement Program) (published 2025-10 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · Chicago Transit Board Approves 2026 CTA Budget (published 2025-11-12 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · Procurement information (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · Contract opportunities (Contract Opportunities Portal; Bid Office mailbox) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · Purchasing Department Contacts (Purchasing & Supply Chain switchboard) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · Committee on Finance, Audit and Budget — agenda, 14 January 2026 (published 2026-01-14 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · Committee on Finance, Audit and Budget — agenda, 11 February 2026 (purchase and sales award recommendations) (published 2026-02-11 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · Committee on Finance, Audit and Budget — agenda, 11 March 2026 (purchase and sales award recommendations) (published 2026-03-11 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · Committee on Finance, Audit and Budget — agenda, 8 April 2026 (published 2026-04-08 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · CTA Buying Plan Q3 2026 - Q4 2027 (projected contracting opportunities) (published 2026-07 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · CTA Introduces New 7000-series Railcars to Scheduled Service (published 2021-04-21 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · Red Line Extension Project (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Chicago Transit Authority · Chicago Transit Board / Committee meeting notices, agendas and minutes (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
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