GVC LTD.
Lobbying client
GVC Ltd. is a family-owned school bus company based in the Bronx that has transported children with special needs, primarily early intervention and pre-kindergarten students, for more than 30 years, and holds approximately $419 million in New York City transportation contracts since 2006, none currently active. In June 2026, Con Edison and GVC announced completion of what they described as the largest electric school bus fleet in New York State, with 45 electric buses serving about 800 children weekly from a depot off Zerega Avenue. GVC filed 7 lobbying disclosures since 2024 through James F. Capalino & Associates and Nuevo Diaz and Associates, seeking procurement support for its electric bus charging infrastructure and a lease extension with city agencies.
- Council members lobbied
- None named (agencies/administration)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 7
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $116,500
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Standardized Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $419,006,412 awarded since 2006
- Paid to date
- $433,444,727
- Won without a fresh bid
- 40% of contract value · $167,775,783 · 18 contracts
- Based in
- Bronx, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- James F. Capalino & Associates, Inc. Lobbyist firm
- Nuevo Diaz and Associates LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Procurement - Charging stations for electric buses
- Procurement - Electric charging stations for school buses
- Procurement - In connection with seeking to assist the Client with their lease extension.
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- Transportation Services for Children with Disabilities Department of Education · MA104020149470079 · ended 2025 $188,076,280
- Pre-K pupil transportation Department of Education · MA104020199976255 · ended 2025 $123,642,592
- Pre-Kindergarten Transportation Services Department of Education · MA104020139370316 · ended 2017 $63,154,349
- Pre-K Pupil Transportation Department of Education · MA104020189872121 · ended 2018 $12,569,105
- Pre-K Transportation. Department of Education · CT104020119150181 · ended 2011 $4,480,432
- Pre-K Pupil Transporation Department of Education · CT104020129252327 · ended 2012 $4,352,622
- Pre-K Transportation. Department of Education · CT104020109056051 · ended 2011 $3,575,145
- Pre-K Pupil Transportation Department of Education · CT104020129252325 · ended 2012 $3,447,738
- PRE K TRANSPORTATION SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020099952886 · ended 2011 $2,276,659
- Pre-K Pupil Transportation Department of Education · CT104020129252326 · ended 2012 $2,245,198
Largest payments, by purpose
The organization's largest individual city payments (roughly $25,000 and up), grouped by purpose, to show what recent money was for. This is NOT a total — smaller payments aren't listed; see “Paid to date” above for the complete amount paid against its contracts. Fiscal years 2020 and later.
- El Bus Transportation Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 30 payments $2,502,375
- EI Bus Transportation. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 25 payments $2,077,874
- EI Bus Transportation - GVC LTD Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 · 13 payments $1,669,011
- EI Bus Transportation - GVC LTD Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2023 · 11 payments $1,061,695
- FY22 E.I. Transportation Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 11 payments $818,454
- OMB Approved - FY 21E.I. Bus Transportation Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 · 7 payments $586,276
- EI FY20 TRANSPORTATION SERVICES for Family & Child Health Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 · 10 payments $559,362
- El Bus Transportation Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 $266,541
- FY22 E.I. Transportation Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2023 $78,300
Federal awards
Federal awards made directly to this organization in fiscal years 2023 through 2026. Each amount is what the federal government has OBLIGATED on that award as recorded on USAspending.gov as of 2026-08-31 — money committed, not money paid out. These are prime awards only: federal money this
- Environmental Protection Agency 66.045 Clean School Bus Program · Environmental Protection Agency · Direct payment $6,625,000