Sesame Sprout Inc

City-funded organization

Sesame Sprout Inc, per InsideSchools.org, operates a Pre-K for All site at 95-15 Horace Harding Expressway in Corona, Queens, participating in the New York City 3-K and/or Pre-K for All program. It has held $28.9 million in New York City Department of Education contracts since 2007, of which $13.8 million has been paid to date; none are active as of August 2026. Its largest award, a $15 million contract titled "PRESCHOOL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES" that ended in 2012, is coded in city records as a "Government/legal mandate." A $7.2 million "UPK-BTF" contract running through 2026 and two earlier "UPK-Universal Pre-Kindergarten Service" contracts worth $1.4 million each were awarded through RFP. The 65% of this vendor's contract value ($18.9 million across 4 contracts) awarded without a fresh competitive bid consists of the $15 million Government/legal mandate contract plus a $2.5 million and a $1.3 million contract, both coded "Renewal (not re-bid)," and an $84,654 contract coded "Negotiated contract."

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $28,931,157 awarded since 2007
Paid to date
$13,816,905
Won without a fresh bid
65% of contract value · $18,915,481 · 4 contracts

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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