Morton Salt Inc

City-funded organization

Morton Salt Inc is a salt producer, supplying highway deicing salt as well as food-grade, water-softener and industrial salt products, with company roots dating to 1848 in Chicago. It holds highway deicing salt contracts with the DCAS Division of Municipal Supply Service, most awarded through competitive sealed or accelerated (expedited) bidding, plus two Department of Sanitation contracts awarded on an emergency, non-competitive basis. The city has registered $15 million in contracts with the company since 2014, including expired ones, with $2 million currently active, and 10% of contract value ($2 million across 2 contracts) awarded without a fresh competitive bid.

Industry (per city contracts)
Goods
City contracts (active)
$2,140,040 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$15,430,544 · 9 since 2014, incl. expired
Paid to date
$86,577,212
Won without a fresh bid
10% of contract value · $1,501,244 · 2 contracts
Based in
Chicago, IL (out of state)

Holds contracts at

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).

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