Hazen and Sawyer/AKRF , A Joint Venture

City-funded organization

Hazen and Sawyer/AKRF, A Joint Venture pairs Hazen and Sawyer, a water and environmental engineering firm headquartered in New York City, with AKRF, a New York City based environmental and planning consulting firm founded in 1981. The joint venture has handled environmental review and permitting work on NYC projects such as the East Side Coastal Resiliency project. For the city's Department of Design and Construction, it holds $10.3 million in active requirement contracts as of August 2026 for professional environmental assessment services and has been awarded $64.7 million across 6 contracts since 2012. 21% of its contract value, $13.6 million, was awarded without a fresh competitive bid (contract renewals), while its two largest contracts, together worth nearly $40 million, went through RFP.

Industry (per city contracts)
Professional Services
City contracts (active)
$10,325,363 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$64,677,857 · 6 since 2012, incl. expired
Registered to start later
$5,000,000 · 1 contract
Paid to date
$38,546,609
Won without a fresh bid
21% of contract value · $13,596,839 · 3 contracts
Based in
New York, NY

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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