Little Scholars Early Development Center LLC

City-funded organization

Little Scholars Early Development Center LLC operates as Little Scholars EDC, running three early childhood centers in the Bronx (Jennings Street, Davidson Avenue and Third Avenue, per its own site) that serve children from six weeks to age four, including NYC's 3-K and Pre-K for All programs. It has no active NYC contracts as of August 2026, but the Department of Education has awarded it $21.9 million since 2013. Its two largest contracts, both titled "UPK-BTF" ($11.4 million and $3.3 million), along with two earlier "UPK" contracts ($1.2 million and $0.7 million), were competitively awarded via RFP; 24% of its contract value ($5.3 million across 3 contracts), including a $2.4 million "UPK - Universal Pre-Kindergarten Services" contract awarded through innovative procurement and a $2.3 million "UPK - Universal Prekindergarten Services" renewal, was awarded without a fresh competitive bid. The city has paid it $18.1 million to date.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $21,924,914 awarded since 2013
Paid to date
$18,084,503
Won without a fresh bid
24% of contract value · $5,274,882 · 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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