Department of Buildings
City agency
Department of Buildings: active city contracts ($55,229,048 · 25 contracts), vendors (321), and how contracts were awarded, from Checkbook NYC.
- Active contracts
- $55,229,048 · 25 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $580,044,109 · 830 contracts, incl. expired
- Vendors
- 321
- Awarded without a fresh bid
- 61% of contract value · $351,287,802 · 368 contracts
Largest contracts
Registered city contracts at this agency, by contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. The tag on each row is how it was awarded; “no-bid” marks non-competitive methods (sole source, emergency, negotiated, renewal, intergovernmental). Checkbook NYC
- DOB NOW III Systems Integration services CT181020258804702 $26,399,998
- CONSTRUCTION TRADES LICENSING EXAMS AND TRAINING CT181020248808221 $5,498,540
- LICENSE - 280 BROADWAY, NY / DOB PART OF FY27 FEE & SERV CT181020261409136 $3,977,500
- 1775 Grand Concourse, - DOB FY '27 FEE & SERV encumbrance CT181020261414146 $3,482,762
- BUILDING CODE LICENSE & PUBLICATION CT181020258806493 $1,951,467
- Pedestrian Protection Designs CT181020248807353 $1,750,000
- Pedestrian Protection Designs CT181020248807295 $1,750,000
- Process Server Services CT181020238803463 $1,613,037
- LL97 STUDIES CT181020268807803 $1,600,000
- 2 Business Analysts Consultants for DOB NOW - Phase 5 CT181020258804652 $1,248,520
- Process Server Services CT181020238804991 $1,226,719
- Renewal for SST Id card management and issuance CT181020268806104 $1,198,125
- Security Guard Services Agencywide CT181020278802350 $753,150
- Investigative Services - NYCHA Boiler Explosion CT181020268807167 $647,200
- Local Law 11 Emergency Contract CT181020268803986 $549,200
How contracts were awarded
Every registered contract at this agency grouped by procurement method, largest dollars first. “No-bid” marks non-competitive methods (PPB Rules; the Comptroller/MOCS competitive-vs-non-competitive split). Expand a method to see its current contracts, largest first: running now, then any registered
- Intergovernmental $129,760,314 · 112 awarded
- Multiple award $120,486,061 · 117 awarded
- Renewal (not re-bid) $69,427,925 · 24 awarded
- Emergency $65,979,757 · 33 awarded
- Competitive sealed bid $49,746,300 · 14 awarded
- RFP $33,077,343 · 15 awarded
- Negotiated contract $31,238,819 · 13 awarded
- M/WBE small purchase $17,846,796 · 116 awarded
- Sole source $14,394,352 · 13 awarded
- Assignment $11,796,660 · 4 awarded
- Negotiated (real-property/other) $10,788,429 · 4 awarded
- Government/legal mandate $9,015,683 · 7 awarded
- Small purchase $7,599,807 · 200 awarded
- Subscription/membership $7,385,541 · 149 awarded
- Innovative procurement $681,321 · 2 awarded
- Grant $500,000 · 1 awarded
- Demonstration project $178,000 · 1 awarded
- Discretionary (member-item) $141,000 · 5 awarded
Payments to tracked organizations
City payments from this agency to organizations the site tracks (fiscal-sponsor pass-throughs and matched vendors), totaled per organization — a curated subset, not the agency's full spending (most of which is payroll and untracked vendors; see Largest contracts). FY2020 and later, plus
- INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, INC. 7 payments · FY2020–FY2027 $5,294,575
- ARON SECURITY INC FY2021 $4,944,149
- CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP 2 payments · FY2020–FY2021 $823,918
- KPMG LLP FY2020 $771,230
DOI reports about this agency
- DOI's Investigation into Asbestos Safety Regulation Governing Certified Asbestos Investigators (CAIs) 2023-12-14
- Investigation into 2015 Fatality from a Piece of Facade and the City Department of Buildings' Failure to Enforce Facade Inspections 2015-11-17
- Falsification of Site Safety Records in New York City Construction 2014-07-02
- DOI and DOB Issue Findings in Investigation of Fatal Elevator Incident at 285 Madison Ave 2012-02-27
- Investigation of Administrative Issues Relating to the Fatal Fire of August 18, 2007 at 130 Liberty Street 2009-06-19