Procurement Bids in New York

There are 5,475 open procurement opportunities in New York from 22 state, county, city, school, hospital, and university agencies as of August 28, 2026. 100 of them close within the next seven days.

The top agencies posting bids in New York right now are NYC City Record Online, New York State Contract Reporter, NY State University Construction Fund, NY Local Development Corp Procurement, NY State Authorities. Each maintains its own vendor portal and posting schedule.

Register on New York State Contract Reporter (NYSCR) (https://www.nyscr.ny.gov/) for state-level opportunities. NYSCR is the official notification system; SFS Vendor Registration is required for many state agency contracts. For federal contracts, register on SAM.gov (free; assigns a UEI). For local agencies, registration is on the platform they use — Bonfire, PlanetBids, BidNet Direct, DemandStar — typically one registration per platform covers all agencies using it.

The most-active industries in New York government procurement right now are Construction, Professional Services, Facilities & Maintenance. Browse each by industry to see current opportunities filtered to New York.

New York operates the following preference and set-aside programs: New York Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB). Each has its own certification process; check the state procurement office for eligibility details.

New York procurement is governed by New York State Finance Law Article 11. This includes bid solicitation, contract award, and vendor protest procedures. The state procurement office publishes implementing regulations and manuals.

Save a search on ProcureTap filtered to New York to receive email alerts when new bids match your criteria. You can also subscribe to the state's official portal notifications. Larger agencies (state DOT, department of general services) publish quarterly forecasts of upcoming solicitations.

Every six hours. ProcureTap re-scrapes the New York state procurement portal plus every county, city, school district, hospital, and university procurement system in the state on a six-hour cadence, so new postings appear here within hours of being published.

New York generally does not restrict bidding to in-state vendors, but many agencies offer local-preference points or ties-broken-in-favor-of-local scoring, and some contracts under specific dollar thresholds may be limited to registered New York vendors or certified New York small businesses. Read each solicitation's evaluation criteria carefully.

For state-agency contracts, register on the Statewide Financial System (SFS) at sfs.ny.gov. For solicitation notifications, register on the New York State Contract Reporter (NYSCR) at nyscr.ny.gov — it publishes all state solicitations over $50,000. For NYC agencies, register on PASSPort at nyc.gov/passport. For MWBE certification, apply through Empire State Development (esd.ny.gov/mwbe). Local governments, school districts, and public authorities generally require additional registrations on their own platforms (Bonfire, PlanetBids, etc.).

NYSCR is the official statewide notification system for New York State agency solicitations over $50,000, mandated by State Finance Law §139-j. Every executive agency, most public authorities (MTA, PANYNJ, DASNY), and many local governments post RFPs, IFBs, and RFQs there. Registration is free. NYSCR does not host bid submission — vendors respond through each agency's designated system (SFS eProcurement, MTA Business Opportunities, PANYNJ Solicitations, etc.).

New York State targets 30% MWBE participation across executive-branch procurement — one of the highest goals in the country. Primes on state contracts over $25,000 must submit a Utilization Plan showing certified MBE and WBE subcontractors, or apply for a waiver. SDVOB (Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business) carries a 6% additional goal. Certification is through Empire State Development (state) or MOCS (NYC). Non-compliance can void awards or reduce evaluation scores.

The Wicks Law (State Finance Law §135) requires separate prime contracts on New York State public building construction over $1.5M in New York City, $1.5M in Nassau/Suffolk/Westchester, and $500K elsewhere. Four separate primes are required: general construction, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical. General contractors on Wicks projects do not bid the trade portions. Wicks does not apply to highway/bridge work, private construction, or below-threshold projects. Multiple agency exemptions exist.

No. New York does not restrict most bidding to in-state vendors. Out-of-state firms can bid on state, MTA, PANYNJ, and other agency solicitations without special registration beyond the standard SFS or agency-specific system. Some construction and public works contracts under specific dollar thresholds carry local-preference language, and MWBE certification is granted only to firms doing business in New York — but generally the state is open to out-of-state bidders.

OGS centralized contracts (office supplies, IT products, professional services) run from $10K RFQs to $500M IDIQs. NYSDOT construction lettings average $2M–$50M per project. MTA capital contracts range from $1M subs up to multi-billion prime primes (signals modernization, station work, rolling stock). SUNY campus procurement runs mostly $10K–$5M. NYC DDC construction contracts average $500K–$25M. State health and human services contracts (Medicaid IT modernization, waiver-program admin) can exceed $500M.

ProcureTap re-scrapes NYSCR plus every executive agency, MTA, PANYNJ, DASNY, SUNY campus, NYC agency, county, city, school district, and public university procurement system on a 6-hour cadence — so New York bids appear within hours of publication. New postings from all sources feed into the state page automatically.