Michael Stapleton Associates, LTD.

City-funded organization

Michael Stapleton Associates, Ltd., doing business as MSA Security (a subsidiary of Allied Universal), is a private security firm that provides Explosive Detection Canine (EDC) handler-and-dog teams to government and commercial clients. It holds $26.7 million in active NYC contracts as of August 2026 with the Department of Transportation (Staten Island Ferry terminal screening) and DCAS, and 89% of its $123.9 million in city awards since 2008 has been won without a fresh competitive bid, largely through intergovernmental/piggyback procurement of canine explosives-detection services.

Industry (per city contracts)
Goods
City contracts (active)
$26,726,070 · 2 contracts
Awarded all-time
$123,868,561 · 11 since 2008, incl. expired
Paid to date
$118,102,731
Won without a fresh bid
89% of contract value · $109,675,408 · 9 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).

Federal awards

Federal awards made directly to this organization in fiscal years 2023 through 2026. Each amount is what the federal government has OBLIGATED on that award as recorded on USAspending.gov as of 2026-08-31 — money committed, not money paid out. These are prime awards only: federal money this

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