CDW Government LLC

Lobbying client

CDW Government LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of technology reseller CDW Corporation, was formed in 1988 to serve public-sector customers with IT products, software, and professional services, and holds about $3.17 billion in active city contracts as of August 2026. It has filed 27 lobbying disclosures since 2024, registered citywide, through Blank Rome Government Relations and Bolton-St. Johns, on matters including telecom spending oversight, minority and women-owned business partnerships, and overdue contract payments.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
27
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$455,974
Industry (per city contracts)
Professional Services
City contracts (active)
$3,165,705,480 · 7 contracts
Awarded all-time
$5,001,827,176 · 494 since 2008, incl. expired
Paid to date
$4,392,336,753
Won without a fresh bid
91% of contract value · $4,564,478,175 · 197 contracts
Based in
Vernon Hills, IL (out of state)

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What they lobbied on

subjects from their filings

City contracts

Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).

Largest payments, by purpose

The organization's largest individual city payments (roughly $25,000 and up), grouped by purpose, to show what recent money was for. This is NOT a total — smaller payments aren't listed; see “Paid to date” above for the complete amount paid against its contracts. Fiscal years 2020 and later.

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