Kanta Electric Corp

City-funded organization

Kanta Electric Corp. is an electrical contracting firm, founded in 1991 per its New York Department of State filing, and headquartered in Woodside, Queens at 34-21 56th Street (per both its own site and its DOS registration), not Jackson Heights as listed in the node's Checkbook vendor address field. It is a certified minority and disadvantaged business enterprise doing electrical construction and infrastructure work. It has no active NYC contracts; it was awarded $29.2 million since 2004, all now expired, with the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, the Department of Environmental Protection, and the Department of Sanitation, and has been paid $29 million to date. All three of its registered contracts are tagged "Competitive sealed bid": a $16.4 million "ELECTRICAL UPGRADE PROJECT 215 E 161st St" with DCAS, an $8.2 million "SUBSTATION RECONSTRUCTION AT OAKWOOD BEACH WPCP ELECTRICAL" with DEP, and a $4.6 million "QUEENS COMMUNITY DISTRICT 14 GARAGE AND SALT SHED" with DSNY.

Industry (per city contracts)
Construction Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $29,206,811 awarded since 2004
Paid to date
$29,037,329
Based in
Jackson Heights, 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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