Department of Social Services
City agency
Department of Social Services: active city contracts ($9,390,116,337 · 751 contracts), vendors (1,342), and how contracts were awarded, from Checkbook NYC.
- Active contracts
- $9,390,116,337 · 751 contracts
- Registered to start later
- $686,300 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $22,952,646,456 · 6,763 contracts, incl. expired
- Vendors
- 1,342
- Awarded without a fresh bid
- 63% of contract value · $14,513,487,416 · 4,431 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
- Affordable Housing DSS Referred Households 2886 Atlantic Ave CT106920258807437 $659,967,664
- Master lease for Homeless @144-02 135th Ave.Qns, NY/192units CT106920241408431 $599,402,516
- To register 581,642 rsf of leased space @ 4 WTC CT106920151417944 $577,876,144
- Amend + Allow - Restate Master Lease with BRC-151 Units CT106920211424108 $353,505,829
- Time & Money extension+ 25% Allowance (119 units) CT106920211424185 $345,071,926
- Afford.Housing Pgm- DSS Referred Households(Round1)-66 units CT106920251401351 $265,238,129
- CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP FOR 375 PEARL STREET CT106920211410831 $252,901,906
- Prov of Affordable Housing-@ 4427 White Plains Rd-59 units CT106920251401382 $251,285,067
- Emergency Dec - master lease 2468 Tielbout Avenue-56 units CT106920250001576 $245,914,281
- Master Lease Housing Unit @2736 Creston Avenue, BX-63 Units CT106920251406992 $234,110,249
- Affordable Housing DSS referred Households W 45th St 80 unit CT106920258806214 $233,984,673
- Time/Money Amend for Rent increases/Term Extension-59 units CT106920238807399 $177,876,279
- Encumber Funds for Lease CT106920151409002 $174,946,817
- NEW LEASE FOR HRA OCCUPIED SPACE AT 250 LIVINGSTON STREET CT106920211400590 $171,541,976
- CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP FOR HRA OCCUPANCY AT 95 EVERGREEN AVE CT106920211403886 $162,822,608
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
- RFP $7,240,400,505 · 635 awarded
- Renewal (not re-bid) $4,658,220,821 · 660 awarded
- Negotiated (real-property/other) $3,742,875,040 · 116 awarded
- Negotiated contract $1,896,250,917 · 636 awarded
- Emergency $1,197,734,128 · 42 awarded
- Intergovernmental $1,175,189,760 · 1,092 awarded
- Multiple award $837,952,623 · 400 awarded
- Assignment $720,807,116 · 76 awarded
- Government/legal mandate $558,149,975 · 296 awarded
- Discretionary (member-item) $511,381,654 · 1,373 awarded
- Competitive sealed bid $269,028,316 · 112 awarded
- Small purchase $52,463,198 · 938 awarded
- M/WBE small purchase $37,325,620 · 244 awarded
- Sole source $20,362,137 · 58 awarded
- Innovative procurement $12,868,250 · 2 awarded
- Demonstration project $10,414,881 · 6 awarded
- Subscription/membership $4,260,437 · 61 awarded
- Buy-against $3,789,127 · 1 awarded
- Pre-qualified list (PQVL) $1,988,779 · 3 awarded
- Government-to-government $953,998 · 11 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
- LEGAL SERVICES NYC 25 payments · FY2020–FY2027 $195,904,040
- URBAN JUSTICE CENTER 25 payments · FY2020–FY2027 $112,815,063
- LEGAL AID SOCIETY 9 payments · FY2020–FY2026 $90,926,032
- NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP 25 payments · FY2020–FY2027 $58,966,346
- AMERICA WORKS OF NEW YORK INC 25 payments · FY2020–FY2026 $44,553,155
- MOBILIZATION FOR JUSTICE INC 16 payments · FY2020–FY2027 $44,401,769
- JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF GREATER CONEY ISLAND 9 payments · FY2020–FY2027 $40,633,957
- SAFE HORIZON INC 6 payments · FY2025–FY2027 $37,929,534
- EIGHTH AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC 11 payments · FY2020–FY2027 $36,021,242
- RISEBORO COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP INC 11 payments · FY2020–FY2026 $35,750,100
- Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A 16 payments · FY2020–FY2026 $31,437,763
- JEWISH ASSOCIATION FOR SERVICES FOR THE AGED 7 payments · FY2020–FY2026 $31,165,148
- CURRIER MCCABE & ASSOCIATES INC 19 payments · FY2020–FY2026 $29,862,688
- SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC. 8 payments · FY2020–FY2027 $29,506,790
- ANTHOS HOME INC 3 payments · FY2025–FY2027 $29,368,302
DOI reports about this agency
- DOI's Findings Regarding "Skimming" of Electronic Benefit Transfer Cards that Provide Vital Funds to Low-Income New Yorkers and Related Recommendations 2025-09-04
- DOI's Examination of Compliance Risks at City-Funded Homeless Shelter Providers and the City's Oversight of Shelter Providers 2024-10-17
- Investigation into Two Allegations Concerning Data Maintenance and Reporting at the Department of Homeless Services PATH Intake Center 2024-01-09
- DOI Report On HRA’s Special One-Time Assistance Program's Placements Outside of New York City 2019-12-05