Don Thomas Buses, Inc.

City-funded organization

Don Thomas Buses, Inc. is a New Rochelle, NY-based school bus company that has transported New York City students, including students with disabilities and pre-kindergarten pupils, for the Department of Education. It was awarded $198.4 million in city transportation contracts since 2006, all now expired, with 35% of that value ($68.5 million across 14 contracts) obtained without a fresh competitive bid through renewals and assignments.

Industry (per city contracts)
Standardized Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $198,422,044 awarded since 2006
Paid to date
$202,602,126
Won without a fresh bid
35% of contract value · $68,462,446 · 14 contracts
Based in
New Rochelle, NY (NY State)
Chairman / CEO
Liz Gamba
Common control
Commonly owned by Liz Gamba: 2 firms, $207M paid to date

Holds contracts at

Commonly controlled with (a shared owner name and a shared telephone and a shared address)

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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