Teri Nichols Institutional Food Merchants LLC

City-funded organization

Teri Nichols Institutional Food Merchants LLC is a food distribution company that provides food products and distribution services to NYC public schools under contracts with the Department of Education; it holds $513,040 in active DOE contracts as of August 2026 for food service distribution and smaller condiment supply contracts with DCAS, nearly all awarded without competitive bidding.

Industry (per city contracts)
Standardized Services
City contracts (active)
$513,040 · 3 contracts
Awarded all-time
$417,266,524 · 23 since 2020, incl. expired
Paid to date
$296,968,339
Won without a fresh bid
99% of contract value · $414,093,173 · 6 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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