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

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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