Rethink Autism Inc
City-funded organization
Rethink Autism Inc, a Delaware corporation founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York City, provides applied behavior analysis (ABA) training tools and K-12 special education/behavior management software, and now operates under the brand RethinkFirst (its K-12 product line is branded RethinkEd). Its sole active NYC contract, with the Department of Education for "the rethink software program line," was awarded through DOE's pre-approved vendor listing, a no-bid method, and is worth $28 million, comprising 97% of contract value awarded without a fresh competitive bid ($27,868,050 across one contract). The company has held nine smaller, now-expired DOE contracts dating back to 2013 and received a $25,000 City Council Speaker's Initiative discretionary award for FY2027.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Goods
- City contracts (active)
- $27,868,050 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $28,718,050 · 30 since 2013, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $15,424,752
- Won without a fresh bid
- 97% of contract value · $27,868,050 · 1 contract
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $25,000 · 1 awards
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
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).
- to provide the rethink software program line. Department of Education · MA104020229277460 $27,868,050
- Special Education Professional Development Services Department of Education · MA104020189871796 · ended 2022 $150,000
- SOLE VENDOR-COMMODITIES Department of Education · CT104020223062310 · ended 2022 $25,000
- SOLE VENDOR-COMMODITIES Department of Education · CT104020223018413 · ended 2022 $25,000
- SOLE VENDOR-COMMODITIES Department of Education · CT104020223017049 · ended 2022 $25,000
- -COMMODITIES Department of Education · CT104020223008400 · ended 2022 $25,000
- CANCEL BALANCE Department of Education · CT104020223002045 · ended 2022 $25,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020213058794 · ended 2021 $25,000
- SOLE VENDOR-COMMODITIES Department of Education · CT104020213009417 · ended 2021 $25,000
- SOLE VENDOR-COMMODITIES Department of Education · CT104020213009145 · ended 2021 $25,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2027 $25,000
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
- Department of Defense EDUCATION/TRAINING- GENERAL · Department of Defense Education Activity · Contract $368,710
- Department of Defense EDUCATION/TRAINING- GENERAL · Department of Defense Education Activity · Contract $368,710
- Department of Defense EDUCATION/TRAINING- GENERAL · Department of Defense Education Activity · Contract $368,710