Contracting With Government
Join Us for the Next Contracting with Government Event
The Illinois Tollway hosts Contracting with Government events to connect businesses with critical resources and opportunities to grow. Registration is free.
The next Contracting with Government event is scheduled for Thursday, October 23, 2025, at the Matrix Convention Center in Naperville. The event will include exhibitors, a learning lab, one-on-one meetings with vendors and workshops.
Workshops
- How to do Business with the Tollway: Goods and Services – Illinois Tollway
- Doing Business with the Tollway: a Deeper Dive – Illinois Tollway
- How to Get Business Enterprise Program and Veteran Certified – Commission on Equity and Inclusion
- Navigating BidBuy and Small Business Registration in the IL Procurement Gateway – Chief Procurement Office for General Services
- Office of Economic Equity and Empowerment: Grants for Small Businesses
- Introducing Xchange Chicago – presented by P33, SDI, and Comer Education Campus
- Accenture – How to Do Business with Accenture
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EVENT DETAILS
October 23, 2025
8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Matrix Convention Center
808 Illinois Route 59
Fox River Commons
Naperville, IL
Partner Agencies
- Illinois Apex Accelerator
- Forest Preserve
- Chicago Transit Authority
- Regional Transportation Authority
- City of Chicago
- MWRD
- Commission on Equity and Inclusion
- Chief Procurement Office-General Services
- Central Management Services
- Office of Economic Equity and Empowerment (OE3) DCEO
- Choose DuPage
- Naperville Chamber of Commerce
- McDonagh Demolition
- Anchor Mechanical
Tollway
- On-Demand team
- Procurement Help desk
- Diversity
- Inspector General
- Roadway
- Technical Assistance -Inner City Underwriting
- Technical Assistance -Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- ConstructionWorks
IT
- Krasan Consulting Services
- SDI Presence LLC
- Cisco
- Presidio
- CDW
- DivIHN
- SAP
- Redhat
- Motorola
- Servicenow
- Dell
- Accenture
- ETC /Quarterhill
May 2025 Event Included:
- Learning Lab - bring your laptop and get registered for access to state contracting opportunities
- Quick Connect - one on one meetings with vendors
- Workshops
- Doing Business with the Tollway, a Deeper Dive into Procurement – Illinois Tollway
- How to do Business with the Tollway: Information Technology – Illinois Tollway
- How to get Business Enterprise Program and Veteran certified – Commission on Equity
- Navigating BidBuy and Small Business Registration in the Illinois Procurement Gateway – Chief Procurement Office for General Services
2025 Exhibitors
- Elgin Chamber of Commerce
- Illinois Commission on Equity and Inclusion
- Illinois Chief Procurement Office – General Services
- Apex Accelerator
- Illinois Tollway Technical Assistance
- Forest Preserves of Cook County
- Secretary of State
Resources
TOP 10 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT PURCHASING (NIGP) CATEGORIES FOR UPCOMING TOLLWAY PROCUREMENT
- DATA PROCESSING, COMPUTER, PROGRAMMING, AND SOFTWARE SERVICES
- MANAGEMENT SERVICES
- EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES FOR GENERAL EQUIPMENT
- MARKERS, PLAQUES AND TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
- CONSULTING SERVICES
- MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES, NO. 2 (NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED)
- SECURITY, FIRE, SAFETY, AND EMERGENCY SERVICES (INCLUDING DISASTER DOCUMENT RECOVERY)
- MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES, NO. 1 (NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED)
- ROADSIDE, GROUNDS, RECREATIONAL AND PARK AREA SERVICES
- SIGNS, SIGN MATERIALS, SIGN MAKING EQUIPMENT, AND RELATED SUPPLIES
Learn about NIGP codes here.
Buying Plan for Goods and Services
The Illinois Tollway's buying plan provides potential vendors a list of upcoming services, equipment and materials the Tollway expects to purchase.
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