Big Birds Playhouse Corp.
City-funded organization
Big Bird's Playhouse Corp. is a Staten Island child care center and preschool at 1859 Richmond Avenue that has operated since 1991, offering infant and toddler day care alongside a free NYC Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) program for 3 and 4 year olds, per its own website. The city's Department of Education has awarded it $18.3 million in UPK contracts since 2009 (paid to date, $14.8 million), with 26% of that contract value (about $4.7 million) awarded without a fresh competitive bid.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $18,304,956 awarded since 2009
- Paid to date
- $14,838,947
- Won without a fresh bid
- 26% of contract value · $4,702,560 · 3 contracts
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education 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).
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · CT104020229251465 · ended 2026 $6,850,342
- UPK- Universal Prekindergarten Services Department of Education · CT104020189852137 · ended 2021 $3,204,960
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · CT104020229257635 · ended 2026 $2,529,730
- UPK-Universal Pre-Kindergarten Service Department of Education · CT104020159550046 · ended 2017 $1,857,602
- UPK - Universal Pre Kindergarten Services Department of Education · CT104020129252406 · ended 2014 $1,537,200
- Universal Prekindergarten Services 2009-2011 Department of Education · CT104020109056340 · ended 2011 $1,436,400
- UPK-Universal Pre-Kindergarten Services Department of Education · CT104020209059966 · ended 2021 $827,522
- UPK-Universal Pre-Kindergarten Service Department of Education · CT104020139354223 · ended 2013 $61,200