Books And Rattles Inc

City-funded organization

Books and Rattles Inc. runs a preschool at 63-08 69th Place in Middle Village, Queens, participating in New York City's 3-K and Pre-K for All programs, according to InsideSchools' school directory. Its city-funding relationship is entirely with the Department of Education: $44 million in registered contracts since 2007, none currently active, with $19 million paid to date. Its largest contract, "PRESCHOOL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES" ($27 million, ended 2012), is tagged Government/legal mandate; several later "UPK-BTF" awards are tagged RFP, while a separate "UPK-Universal Pre kindergarten Services" contract ($4.1 million, ended 2021) is tagged Negotiated contract. Overall, 72% of contract value was awarded without a fresh competitive bid ($32 million across 4 contracts).

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $44,294,994 awarded since 2007
Paid to date
$18,506,033
Won without a fresh bid
72% of contract value · $32,039,388 · 4 contracts

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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).

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