Malcolm Pirnie Inc & Michael Baker JR Partners

City-funded organization

Malcolm Pirnie Inc & Michael Baker JR Partners was a joint venture pairing Malcolm Pirnie Inc, a century-old environmental and water engineering firm headquartered in White Plains, NY that was acquired by Arcadis in 2009, with Michael Baker Jr Inc, an engineering and consulting firm founded in 1940 in Rochester, PA (later Michael Baker International). The joint venture held two now-expired New York City Department of Environmental Protection contracts dating to 1981 tied to the Coney Island sewage treatment plant: "ART PROGRAM CONSULTANT DESIGN CONEY ISLAND SEWAGE TREATMENT" ($63 million) and "Constrctn Mgmt Srvce Settling Tank Odor Control Bldg Reconst" ($7 million), the latter tagged as an "Emergency" award. It has no active city contracts, was paid $70 million in total, with 10% of contract value awarded without a fresh competitive bid ($7,066,964 across 1 contract).

Industry (per city contracts)
Professional Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $69,618,110 awarded since 1981
Paid to date
$69,618,107
Won without a fresh bid
10% of contract value · $7,066,964 · 1 contract

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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