Continental Press Inc

City-funded organization

Continental Press Inc is a family-owned educational publisher founded in 1937 by Horace E. Raffensperger and headquartered in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, producing PreK-12 supplemental print and digital materials for reading, math, ESL, and state test preparation. It supplies the NYC Department of Education with textbooks and ancillary materials under an active $4.45 million contract as of August 2026 awarded through the DOE's pre-approved vendor listing, part of $23 million in city awards since 2010. 97% of that contract value ($22.3 million across 3 contracts) was won without a fresh competitive bid, including both the current contract and a prior $16.8 million contract for the same purpose, each awarded through the DOE's pre-approved listing rather than a new competitive bid.

Industry (per city contracts)
Goods
City contracts (active)
$4,449,605 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$22,870,458 · 27 since 2010, incl. expired
Paid to date
$19,726,124
Won without a fresh bid
97% of contract value · $22,270,458 · 3 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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