Bradford & Bigelow Inc

City-funded organization

Bradford & Bigelow Inc is a book manufacturer headquartered in Newburyport, Massachusetts, that prints, warehouses and distributes books for the K-12, higher-education, faith-based and homeschool markets. In New York City its business is entirely ballot printing: it holds $8.1 million in active contracts as of August 2026 with the Board of Elections and DCAS's Division of Municipal Supply Service, including jobs titled "Ballot printing in NY County" and "PROCURE BALLOTS FOR PRIMARY & GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR BOE." The vendor has been awarded $24 million across 7 registered city contracts since 2010; 54% of contract value ($13 million across 3 contracts) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid, while other DCAS paper-ballot contracts on record, including a $6.3 million and a $4.1 million award, were procured through competitive sealed bid.

Industry (per city contracts)
Goods
City contracts (active)
$8,094,580 · 2 contracts
Awarded all-time
$23,981,796 · 7 since 2010, incl. expired
Paid to date
$20,522,945
Won without a fresh bid
54% of contract value · $12,994,580 · 3 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).

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