ContractSignal — Vendor Search (concept)
Vendor: Example Construction LLC
Active contract
City infrastructure services
$240,000
Payments to date
FY2025
$118,500
Contract status
Department of Public Property
Active

Illustrative concept — ContractSignal is in development.

How it will work
01

Search a vendor or contract

Look up a company doing business with the city.

02

See contracts and payments

Active contracts and payments made against them, connected.

03

Spot the pattern

See a vendor's full relationship with the city, not one contract at a time.

What it will do

Vendor search

Find any vendor with an active or past city contract.

Contracts & payments, connected

See a contract's value alongside what's actually been paid against it.

One vendor, full picture

All of a vendor's contracts across city departments, in one place.

Built on public contract records

Draws from the city's own published contract and vendor payment data.

Plain-language summaries

No procurement jargon to decode.

Built for accountability, not just lookup

Designed for journalists, researchers, and residents asking where city money goes.

The old way vs. ContractSignal

Without it

Search separate contract and payment records by hand, with no easy way to see a vendor's full relationship with the city.

With ContractSignal

Search once. See a vendor's contracts and payments together, in plain language.

WHO IT'S FOR

Journalists, researchers, and residents tracking city contracts and vendor spending.

DATA SOURCE

Philadelphia city contracts and vendor payment records.

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Frequently asked questions
Is ContractSignal available yet?
Not yet — the product page exists, but the underlying contracts and vendor payments data source isn't connected, so search isn't active yet.
Is this legal to build from public records?
Yes — city contracts and vendor payments are public record in Philadelphia.
When does it launch?
It's currently in development. You can get notified when it's available.
What will ContractSignal show once it launches?
A vendor search that connects a company's active and past city contracts with what's actually been paid against them, so you can see a vendor's full relationship with the city rather than one contract at a time.
Will ContractSignal cover contracts across every city department, or just one?
The plan is for a vendor's profile to combine all of their contracts across city departments into one view, rather than requiring a separate lookup per department.
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