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Past bid results: what similar work went for

Every bidder and amount on past public bids, from the bid tabulations governments publish as open data. Price your bid against what won, see how many firms bid, and how far apart they were. These are bids as opened, not awards: the low bidder usually, not always, wins.

6 past solicitations match: a median of 2.5 bidders; the second bid was typically 14% above the low one.

• ABB HVAC DRIVESFACILITIES MANAGMENT · opened Dec 18, 2024 · Cook County

  Low bid $646.8K by PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION · 6 bids · range $646.8K–$1.38M

  Every bid (6)

  1. PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION $646.8K
  2. KIJERO LLC $695.0K
  3. CHICAGO UNITED INDUSTRIES, LTD. $730.5K
  4. INDI ENTERPRISES, INC. $841.5K
  5. JP SIMONS AND COMPANY $863.1K
  6. TILES IN STYLE LLC DBA/ TAZA SUPPLIES $1.38M

  Source: Cook County bid tabulations ↗ · contract 2457-10030

• HVAC CATALOG SUPPLIESDEPARTMENT OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT · opened Oct 23, 2024 · Cook County

  Low bid $680.0K by FILTERBUY INCORPORATED · 2 bids · range $680.0K–$696.0K

  Every bid (2)

  1. FILTERBUY INCORPORATED $680.0K
  2. JP SIMONS AND COMPANY $696.0K

  Source: Cook County bid tabulations ↗ · contract 2401-02080

• JOHNSON CONTROL HVAC PARTS - NEW CONTRACTDEPARTMENT OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT · opened Sep 4, 2024 · Cook County

  Low bid $130.0K by PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION · 2 bids · range $130.0K–$148.0K

  Every bid (2)

  1. PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION $130.0K
  2. JP SIMONS & COMPANY $148.0K

  Source: Cook County bid tabulations ↗ · contract 2402-06272

• ABB HVAC DRIVESFACILITIES MANAGEMENT · opened Aug 4, 2021 · Cook County

  Low bid $462.0K by CHICAGO UNITED INDUSTRIES, LTD. · 3 bids · range $462.0K–$590.2K

  Every bid (3)

  1. CHICAGO UNITED INDUSTRIES, LTD. $462.0K
  2. INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC SUPPLY $536.8K
  3. TILES IN STYLE LLC DBA TAZA SUPPLIES $590.2K

  Source: Cook County bid tabulations ↗ · contract 2145-18569

• ABB HVAC DRIVERSFACILITIES MANAGEMENT · opened Oct 14, 2020 · Cook County

  Low bid $70.0K by OMNI PUMP REPAIRS, INC. · 1 bid

• ABB HVAC DrivesDept. of Facilities/Mgmt - 200 · opened Aug 17, 2016 · Cook County

  Low bid $25.2K by Anchor Mechanical · 4 bids · range $25.2K–$36.0K

  Every bid (4)

  1. Anchor Mechanical $25.2K
  2. Indi Enterprises $30.6K
  3. Tiles In Style LLC $35.2K
  4. Atlas & Associates $36.0K

  Source: Cook County bid tabulations ↗ · contract 1645-15469

Where this comes from

• TxDOT Bid Tabulations ↗: Texas highway lettings and maintenance contracts, the last 24 months; newest bid opening 2026-10-15. Source: TxDOT. Official TxDOT sources take precedence.
• Cook County IL bid tabulations ↗: Cook County goods, services and construction bids since 2016; newest bid opening 2026-10-07. Public domain.

More states and cities publish bid tabulations only as PDFs; we add sources that publish them as data. Open Texas lettings show what similar ones went for on their own page: Texas DOT lettings.