Sam Tell & Son Inc
City-funded organization
Sam Tell & Son Inc. is a family-owned commercial kitchen and restaurant equipment supplier based in Farmingdale, NY, operating since 1956. It holds $32,793,199 in active NYC contracts as of August 2026, chiefly supplying cafeteria and kitchen equipment to the Department of Education and to DCAS's Division of Municipal Supply Service, out of $152,139,879 awarded since 2006; most of that value (79%) was competitively bid, though its current largest active contract, $27,179,885 for DOE cafeteria equipment, is a renewal awarded without a fresh bid.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Goods
- City contracts (active)
- $32,793,199 · 5 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $154,039,046 · 76 since 2006, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $102,907,999
- Won without a fresh bid
- 22% of contract value · $34,361,314 · 10 contracts
- Based in
- Farmingdale, NY (NY State)
Holds contracts at
- DCAS Division of Municipal Supply Service City agency
- 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 heavy duty cafeteria and kitchen equipment Department of Education · MA104020239378316 $27,179,885
- Heavy Duty Cafeteria and Kitchen Equipment Department of Education · MA104020259575931 $2,337,376
- Smallware products Department of Education · MA104020269674815 $1,797,815
- Bid 2500040 - Cambro Manufacturing Cafeteria Equipment (Bran DCAS Division of Municipal Supply Service · MA185720268800724 $970,436
- Heavy duty cafeteria and kitchen equipment Department of Education · MA104020239378315 $507,686
- To provide heavy duty cafeteria and kitchen equipment Department of Education · MA104020189872736 · ended 2022 $41,796,715
- Cafeteria Equipment Department of Education · MA104020119174166 · ended 2017 $23,574,405
- Smallware products Department of Education · MA104020219170505 · ended 2025 $7,303,882
- HEAVY DUTY CAFETERIA EQUIPMENT Department of Education · MA104020079700180 · ended 2010 $5,929,862
- Heavy Duty Cafeteria and Kitchen Equipment Department of Education · MA104020209079490 · ended 2024 $5,495,960