B & H Foto & Electronics Corp
City-funded organization
B & H Foto & Electronics Corp is a Manhattan photo, video, and electronics retailer founded in 1973, operating its SuperStore on Ninth Avenue. It holds an active $74.2 million NYC Department of Education contract as of August 2026 (part of 214 contracts awarded since 2009) supplying audio-visual equipment and computer peripherals, with smaller contracts with CUNY, DoITT, and the Comptroller's office, per Checkbook NYC.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Goods
- City contracts (active)
- $74,220,798 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $83,206,711 · 214 since 2009, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $72,029,827
- Won without a fresh bid
- 1% of contract value · $1,121,850 · 35 contracts
Holds contracts at
- City University Construction Fund City agency
- City University of New York City agency
- DCAS Division of Municipal Supply Service City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications City agency
- Office of the Comptroller City agency
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).
- Audio Visual Equipment and Computer Peripherals Department of Education · MA104020239376547 $74,220,798
- Audio and Video Equipment Department of Education · MA104020149470347 · ended 2014 $3,000,000
- HARRY MAKRIS 1-646-664-2634 [email protected] City University Construction Fund · CT104320191417859 · ended 2019 $516,710
- HARRY MAKRIS 1-646-664-2634 [email protected] City University of New York · CT104220141413951 · ended 2014 $223,381
- HARRY MAKRIS 1-646-664-2634 [email protected] City University Construction Fund · CT104320161416846 · ended 2016 $163,814
- AUDIO & LIGHTING SYSTEM - WILLIAMSON THEATER - STATEN ISLAND City University of New York · CT104220131430152 · ended 2013 $108,616
- AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT FOR WEB CASTING Office of the Comptroller · CT101520131401368 · ended 2013 $93,218
- HARRY MAKRIS 1-646-664-2634 [email protected] City University Construction Fund · CT104320161425759 · ended 2016 $78,918
- VARIOUS AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT FOR MOTI Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications · CT185820151422639 · ended 2015 $75,000
- TO PROCURE AUDIO VISUAL SYSTEM FOR NAT'L BLACK THEATRE DCAS Division of Municipal Supply Service · CT185720155401306 · ended 2016 $74,254
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
- Department of Homeland Security VIDEO RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT · U.S. Secret Service · Contract $603,455
- Department of Agriculture MISCELLANEOUS OFFICE MACHINES · Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services · Contract $556,124
- Department of Defense PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES · Department of the Navy · Contract $171,692
- Department of Justice CAMERAS, STILL PICTURE · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Contract $135,209
- Department of State VIDEO RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT · Department of State · Contract $120,370
- U.S. Agency for Global Media PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES · U.S. Agency for Global Media · Contract $111,715
- Smithsonian Institution IT and Telecom - End User: Help Desk;Tier 1-2,Workspace,Print,Output,Productivity Tools (HW/Perp SW) · Smithsonian Institution · Contract $91,735
- Department of State BATTERIES, RECHARGEABLE · Department of State · Contract $89,568
- Department of Defense MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT · Defense Logistics Agency · Contract $89,452
- Department of Defense MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT · Defense Logistics Agency · Contract $88,887
- Department of Justice PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES · U.S. Marshals Service · Contract $88,674
- U.S. Agency for Global Media PHOTO/MAP/PRINT/PUBLICATION- FILM/VIDEO TAPE PRODUCTION · U.S. Agency for Global Media · Contract $86,860
- Department of Transportation ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLIES, BOARDS, CARDS, AND ASSOCIATED HARDWARE · Federal Aviation Administration · Contract $86,458
- Department of State VIDEO RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT · Department of State · Contract $83,558
- Department of Defense IT AND TELECOM - NETWORK: DIGITAL NETWORK PRODUCTS (HARDWARE AND PERPETUAL LICENSE SOFTWARE) · Department of the Air Force · Contract $82,611
- Department of Defense MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT · Defense Logistics Agency · Contract $81,897
- Department of Veterans Affairs INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU, COMPUTER), DIGITAL · Department of Veterans Affairs · Contract $76,525
- Department of Commerce VIDEO RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT · U.S. Patent and Trademark Office · Contract $72,439
- Department of Agriculture CAMERAS, MOTION PICTURE · Forest Service · Contract $71,953
- Department of Defense VIDEO RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT · Department of the Navy · Contract $71,193