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CSX Issuing Invitation to Bid on CREATE GS19 71st St. Grade Separation

CSX Transportation (CSX) is issuing an invitation to bid on the CREATE Project GS19 – B&OCT/CSXT 71st St. Grade Separation – Street level Improvements and Street Level Improvements at Viaducts – Western Avenue, 69th Street, 68th Street and 65th Street project in Chicago, IL (GS19-BOCT-XXX-005-Z-BD). The project consists of earth excavation, pavement removal, pavement reconstruction, combination curb and gutter, pavement patching, sidewalk reconstruction, drainage, street lighting, erosion control, landscaping, and traffic control and protection. A mandatory in-person prebid meeting is required for Primes and was held on January 28, 2026 at 9:00am (CST) at the following location (with a site ...
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Bid Awards

CREATE Project ID Procurement Title Awarded Vendor Award Date Award Value
EW3a-NS EW3 - Segment A - Pullman Junction Construction Granite Construction Company 23-Oct-25 $1,550,000.00
GS11-CDOT Columbus Ave Grade Separation (GS11) Construction ICC Group Inc 5-Mar-25 $72,387,000.00
EW3a-NS EW3 – SEGMENT A – Construction Management Services TranSystems 13-Jun-24 Not Applicable*
EW2b-NS EW2 – Segment B Design Package #3 – Engineering Service Provider (ESP) Parsons 17-Jul-23 Not Applicable*
EW2b-NS EW2 – Segment B Design Package #4 – Engineering Service Provider (ESP) Gannett Fleming 17-Jul-23 Not Applicable*
EW2b-NS EW2 – Segment B Design Package #2 – Engineering Service Provider (ESP) Hanson 17-Jul-23 Not Applicable*
EW2b-NS EW2 – Segment B Design Package #1 – Engineering Service Provider Parsons 17-Jul-23 Not Applicable*
P2-Metra P2 Right-of-Way American Survey & Engineering 27-Mar-23 Not Applicable*
EW3b-NS EW3 – SEGMENT B – Track and Civil Design Services Benesch 5-Oct-22 Not Applicable*
EW2-UP Final track design and engineering services for the Union Pacific-led portion of the 80th Street Junction Replacements (EW2) HDR 29-Sep-22 Not Applicable*
P3-BOCT-TSB-007-Z-STAGE II P3 – Stage II, B&OCT/CSXT Track, Earthwork, Retaining Wall and Bridge Construction Granite Construction Company 8-Jun-22 $204,963,667.90
P3-BOCT-TXX-006-Z-BD-STAGE I P3 – Stage I, B&OCT/CSXT Track, Earthwork, Grading, and Drainage construction Dyer Construction Company 1-Feb-21 $2,172,079
P3/GS19-BOCT Construction Manager for the Forest Hill Flyover (P3) and 71st Street Grade Separation (GS19) TranSystems 4-Dec-20 Not Applicable*
P2-Metra Engineering and design services for the Rock Island Connection (P2) Jacobs 16-Jul-20 Not Applicable*
EW2-Metra Engineering design services for Rock Island Bridge Raise Ardmore Roderick 15-Jun-20 Not Applicable*
P3-BOCT-XXX-003-Z-ROW Right-of-Way Services for CREATE Projects P3/GS19 Mathewson Right of Way Company 29-Jan-20 Not Applicable*
EW2-NS CREATE EW2 NS Professional Services Alfred Benesch & Co. and TranSystems 12-Aug-19 Not Applicable*
B9-CSX B9 Project Construction Manager STV 14-Jun-19 $2,985,091.00
B9-BOCT-TXB-002-Z-BD CREATE B9 Track, Earthwork, Grading, Bridge, and Sound Wall construction RW DUNTEMAN 5-May-19 $7,960,665.00
P3/GS19-CSX (75th St. CIP) CREATE 75th St CIP - P3/GS19 Projects Professional Services Parsons 3-Apr-19 Not Applicable*
B1-METRA-TSX-003-A-BD RFP No. 09776, CREATE B1 Interlocking Signal System Upgrades, Franklin Park West Alstom Signaling Operation, LLC 26-Oct-16 $7,945,126.00
WA1-UP-XXB-003-B-FE CREATE WA1 Rockwell Subdivision Bridge Engineering Alfred Benesch & Company 29-Jul-16 $4,698,000.00
WA2-BOCT-TXX-004-B-BD CREATE WA2 B&OCT/CSXT TCS Project in Blue Island, IL K-Five 1-May-15 $125,000.00
Viaducts II City Wide Miscellaneous Viaduct Roadway Improvements-Project No.2 Sumit Construction Company Inc. 12-Mar-15 $4,614,461.60
GS6 Contract No. 63887 FAU 2714 (25th Avenue) St. Charles Road to Lake Street in the Village of Melrose Park and Village of Bellwood Herlihy Mid-Continent Company 29-Oct-14 $17,246,409.14
WA4-BNSF-TSB-003-Z-BD CREATE WA4 Earthwork, Grading, Bridges and Retaining Walls Project in Chicago, IL (Cook County) Illinois Constructors 29-Oct-14 $20,976,468.12
B16-BOCT-TXX-002-Z-BD CREATE B16, B&OCT/CSXT Project Dyer Construction 25-Jun-13 $334,412.80
GS16 (contract 2 of 3) Contract No. 60W01, FAU Route 1321 (IL 19) (DuPage County) Kenny Construction Company 4-Apr-13 $18,488,185.29
GS16 (contract 1 of 3) Contract No. 60N06, FAU Route 1321 (IL 19) (DuPage County) A. Lamp Concrete Contractors, Inc. 20-Nov-12 $1,247,731.00
GS25 Contract No. 60I22, FAP 347 (IL 38) (DuPage/Kane Counties) Plote Construction, Inc. & Dunnet Bay Construction Company, JV 10-Oct-12 $25,838,559.40
Viaducts I Citywide Miscellaneous Viaduct Improvements Acura, Inc. 31-Mar-12 $4,124,000.00
P1-Metra-TXB-003-A-BD Construction Services for CREATE P1 Englewood Flyover IHC Construction company 22-Jul-11 $4,430,626.00
WA10-BOCT-TSX-002-Z-BD CREATE WA10 B&OCT/CSXT Project in Blue Island, Illinois R W Dunteman 23-Jun-11 $1,911,013.00
GS14 Contract No. 63556, FAU 1537 71st Street (Cook County) Lorig Construction Co. / Lindahl Brothers, Inc. 8-Jun-11 $16,108,651.80
GS-15a 130th St/Torrence Ave. Intersection Improvements & Grade Separation Walsh Construction Company 13-Dec-10 $101,800,753.95
WA3-NS-TXX-008-E-BD Sitework for the Construction of CJ Tracks at Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL Dyer Construction Company, Inc. 15-Oct-10 $227,336.00
B2-UP-TXB-002-AT-BD CREATE B2 Reconfigure 25th CP & Flyover IHB Proviso Walsh Construction Company 1-Oct-10 $11,950,110.50
WA2-BOCT-TXX-002-A-BD CREATE WA2 B&OCT/CSXT TCS Project in Blue Island, IL Cranemasters, Inc. 13-Jan-10 $296,784.00
WA4-BNSF-TSB-001-AB-FE CREATE Program WA4 Design Engr. & Const. Mgmt. Services Hanson Professional Services, Inc. 11-Jan-10 $2,458,800.00
B12-BOCT-TSB-003-Z-BD CREATE B12 CSXT/IHB Third Mainline in Alsip, IL Albin Carlson & Co. 17-Dec-09 $4,920,688.90
WA3-NS-XXB-D-006-BD CREATE Ashland Ave Yard Lead Improvement Project McHugh Construction Company 12-Jun-09 $5,591,682.36
B6-BOCT-TSX-001-Z-BD CREATE B6 McCook Interlocking project in McCook, IL Walsh Construction Company 14-Aug-08 $1,652,389.90
WA5-BNSF-TSX-002-A-BD CREATE WA5 Communications Package MP Nexlevel, LLC 4-Jun-08 $281,526.00
WA5-BNSF-TSX-002-A-BD CREATE WA5 Civil/Compressed Air Package Dyer Construction Company 4-Jun-08 $572,872.50
B3-UP-TXX-001-A-BD CREATE B3 Project in Melrose Park, IL RT Milord Company 12-May-08 $577,835.43
WA3-NS-TXX-004-B-BD CREATE WA3 Project in Chicago, IL (Cook County) Timiny R/R Construction 1-May-08 $93,285.00

*Engineering and design related services are competitive negotiation (qualification-based selections) in accordance to 23 C.F.R. Part 172 Federal requirements.