City agencies posted seven contract awards worth a combined $11,881,261 on Friday, from municipal ID card printing to Axon body cameras to an emergency demolition in Queens.
None of the seven went through a fresh competitive bid: they are renewals, purchases off other governments’ contracts, a sole-source deal, a small noncompetitive purchase and an emergency job. Here is the money, biggest first.
$3.57M to print and mail municipal ID cards
The Department of Social Services/Human Resources Administration awarded $3,571,672 to Thales Defense & Security Inc. for printing and mailing NYC Municipal ID cards. Method: renewal.
$3.13M for card payment processing
The Department of Finance awarded $3,131,151 to Key Merchant Services, LLC for citywide merchant card payment processing. Method: intergovernmental purchase, meaning the city bought off another government’s contract rather than running its own competition.
$2.53M for Axon body cameras, no bidding
The Department of Finance also awarded $2,532,326 to Axon Enterprise Inc. for body cameras, software and maintenance services. Method: sole source. No competing vendors were considered.
The notice does not say which Finance staff will wear the cameras or how many units the money covers.
$935K for a Parks landing craft
Citywide Administrative Services awarded $934,796 to William E Munson Company Inc. for a 40-foot PackCat landing craft for the Parks Department, bought through a federal General Services Administration contract. Method: intergovernmental purchase.
The rest of the money
- $756,000, consulting (renewal): DSS/HRA’s IT division is using a two-year renewal option with Currier McCabe & Associates Inc., running Jan. 1, 2027 to Dec. 31, 2028.
- $500,000, sign shop upkeep: DOT awarded Dependable Office Supplies, Inc. a deal for maintenance, repairs and supplies for sign manufacturing equipment, via an M/WBE noncompetitive small purchase.
- $455,316, emergency demolition: Housing Preservation and Development hired Granite Environmental LLC for the immediate emergency demolition of 90-12 183rd Street in Queens. Method: emergency purchase, no bidding.
What the notice does not say
The demolition award does not explain what made 90-12 183rd Street an emergency or what stands there now. A separate $250,000 renewal to Sarder Inc. was left out of the total because its notice does not say what the money buys.
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