Bumblebees-R-Us Inc.
City-funded organization
Bumblebees-R-Us Inc. operates licensed child care and early education centers, seven in Brooklyn and one on Staten Island, offering infant through school age care plus 3-K For All and Pre-K For All programs and accepting ACS EarlyLearn, HRA, and union vouchers, per its own site. Its NYC government funding comes through the Department of Education and the Administration for Children's Services: it has been awarded $69 million in registered contracts since 2012 (none active as of August 2026), been paid $58 million to date, and its contract list includes several "UPK-BTF" awards with DOE and an "EarlyLearn Services" contract with ACS worth $10,026,385, all awarded via RFP. 27% of the contract value it has won ($19 million across 4 contracts) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $69,234,226 awarded since 2012
- Paid to date
- $58,300,343
- Won without a fresh bid
- 27% of contract value · $18,546,798 · 4 contracts
- Based in
- Brooklyn, NY
Holds contracts at
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
- 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 · CT104020229251050 · ended 2026 $11,475,341
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · CT104020229259446 · ended 2026 $10,992,125
- EarlyLearn Services Administration for Children's Services · CT106820131406836 · ended 2016 $10,026,385
- Decrease of funds and EarlyLearn Services transfer to DOE. Administration for Children's Services · CT106820171403649 · ended 2019 $9,420,635
- Assignment/Negotiated Acquisition Extensions for Early Learn Department of Education · CT104020209050390 · ended 2021 $7,538,020
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · CT104020229259636 · ended 2026 $4,670,110
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · CT104020229262160 · ended 2026 $4,456,476
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · CT104020229259971 · ended 2026 $3,002,457
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · CT104020229261473 · ended 2026 $2,075,883
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · CT104020229259131 · ended 2026 $2,014,490