Illinois public work is public. The reading is not.

Every Monday by 7:00 AM America/Chicago, The Bid Courier emails janitorial, HVAC/mechanical, and electrical shops a scored bid/no-bid packet, source-linked across city, county, school, park-district, and state solicitations. Midweek pings go out when a new due-this-week notice hits.

Claim a founding seat

First 10 shops lock $199/mo. Cancel anytime. Intelligence only.

The work is posted. It is not in one place.

Illinois specialty work is scattered across portals that were not built for a three-person shop to read every morning. Aggregators dump listings. Matching still takes someone who knows the trade, the bonding, and the drive.

BidBuy: State of Illinois solicitations
Chicago: City eProcurement
Cook County: County purchasing
CPS: Chicago Public Schools
Local: Suburbs, park districts, and the rest of the pile

One missed matching bid costs more than a year of this fee.

What a packet looks like

Sample · not a live notice

Scored packet

Format only. Live titles, scores, and sources appear here once coverage is running.

Solicitation: [Live brief drops here]
Agency / portal: [Source-linked when live]
Trade: Janitorial / custodial · HVAC / mechanical · Electrical
NAICS: 561720 · 238220 · 238210
Due: [When live]
Geography: [When live]
Score: — / 100
Call: Bid / no-bid

Fit notes drop here: scope, bonding, crew, drive time. The Bid Courier does not write or submit the bid. This card is a placeholder, not an agency notice.

What you get. What you still do.

The Bid Courier

A scored packet every Monday by 7:00 AM Chicago time
Midweek pings when a new due-this-week notice hits
City, county, school, park-district, and state coverage
Source links to the actual solicitation
A bid / no-bid call, with the reasons
First trades: janitorial (561720), HVAC/mechanical (238220), electrical (238210)

Your shop

You decide
You write the bid
You submit in the portal
You handle bonds, insurance, walkthroughs
You hold your own credentials

The Bid Courier does not write proposals, submit bids, hold portal logins, sell bid bonds, or promise awards.

Founding · first 10 shops

$199 / mo

Locked

Rate holds for as long as you stay. Cancel anytime. Stripe checkout is live.

$249 / mo

List

After founding seats fill.

Claim a founding seat Questions: civicbrief@agentmail.to

Before you write

Does this guarantee an award?: No. The Bid Courier is intelligence only. Awards are the agency's. Nothing here is a promise of work.
Will you submit the bid?: Never. You bid. You submit. The Bid Courier does not hold portal credentials and does not send anything in your name.
Is this a law firm?: No. Not a law firm, not legal advice, not a bid-writing service.
Are you affiliated with Illinois, Chicago, Cook County, or CPS?: No. The Bid Courier is a private product. It is not affiliated with the State of Illinois, the City of Chicago, Cook County, Chicago Public Schools, or any other public body.
Can I cancel?: Anytime. Founding rate stays locked only while the seat is active.