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 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).

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

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