Data.cityofchicago.org provides a list of entities and individuals debarred from doing business with the City of Chicago. Records include debarment date, length, reason, and location details. The list was last updated on September 27, 2025.
Use Cases
- Flagging vendors with active DEBARMENT DATE and LENGTH OF DEBARMENT for automated contract bid screening.
- Analyzing geographic patterns of enforcement by aggregating records by STATE, CITY, and ZIP CODE.
- Classifying REASON for debarment to identify common violations in procurement processes.
- Distinguishing between ENTITY/INDIVIDUAL and TYPE to tailor compliance outreach programs.
- Tracking STREET ADDRESS details for due diligence in vendor background checks.
Strengths
- Includes nine distinct columns covering debarment cause, duration, and entity details.
- Distinguishes between individual lifetime debarments and permanent entity debarments.
- Identifies entities ineligible under specific Municipal Code sections (1-23-020, 2-92-416).
Limitations
- Unknown total row count prevents assessment of dataset scale and representativeness.
- Sample data unavailable for verifying data quality, completeness, or null value patterns.
- Unknown license restricts clarity on permissible redistribution and commercial use.
Provenance
- Source
- data.cityofchicago.org
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Updated on September 27, 2025.
- Geography
- City of Chicago jurisdiction, with some records including STATE field.