State Contract and Payment Actions in June

August 14, 2024

In June, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1,909 contracts for state agencies and public authorities valued at $7.3 billion and approved more than 1.8 million payments worth more than $14.1 billion. The office rejected 262 contracts and related transactions valued at $5.5 billion and nearly 3,100 payments valued at more than $7.2 million, primarily for mistakes, insufficient support for charges, and improper payments. More information on these contracts and payments is available at Open Book New York.

Major Contracts Approved

Office of Addiction Services and Supports

• $3.6 million with Dreamland Security Services Inc. for security guard services at the Kingsboro Addiction Treatment Center.
• $3 million with Opad Media Solutions LLC for problem gambling media buying services.
• $1 million with Tryfacta Inc. for food preparation services at the Bronx Addiction Treatment Center.

Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

• $5 million with Intellicene Inc. for service and maintenance of closed-circuit television and audio monitoring systems.
• $3.2 million with The Osborne Association to administer the inmate parenting program.
• $1.8 million with Iron Bow Technologies LLC for spirometry and telemedicine peripherals.
• $1.4 million with Amergis Healthcare Staffing Inc. for registered nursing services at the Collins Correctional Facility.

Office of General Services

• $60.8 million with 25 Tibbits Avenue LLC for lease space in Green Island, Albany County.
• $1.1 million with Carahsoft Technology Corp. for website development support.

Office of General Services - Design & Construction

• $13 million with Marvel Architects Landscape Urban Designers PLLC to provide design services for a new facility at the Harriman Campus in Albany County.
• $7.6 million with Upstate Companies I LLC to provide horse stables and a sheep barn at the New York State Fairgrounds in Onondaga County.
• $3.7 million with L.C. Whitford Co Inc. for a low-level outlet replacement at the Cuba Lake Dam in Allegany County.
• $2.8 million with J Anthony Enterprises Inc. to provide landscape and paving improvements at the Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center in Suffolk County.
• $2.6 million with Loduca Associates Inc. to provide a storage building at the St. Albans Veterans Home in Queens County.
• $2.2 million with Page Contracting Corp. to replace a roof and repair a cooling tower at the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building in New York County.

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

• $47.5 million with Mark Cerrone Inc. for Buffalo Harbor Site improvements including a spray pad, architectural fountain, and park buildings in Erie County.
• $7.1 million with Building Innovation Group Inc. for construction of a maintenance building at the Letchworth State Park in Livingston and Wyoming County.
• $3.3 million with JMR Excavation LLC for Black Diamond Trailhead improvements at the Taughannock Falls State Park in Tompkins County.

State University Construction Fund

• $2.6 million with J&K Plumbing and Heating Co. to upgrade the heating plant controls at SUNY Oneonta in Otsego County.
• $2.1 million with Jacobs Project Management Co. for construction management services at Farmingdale College in Suffolk County.
• $1.4 million with Quinlivan Pierik & Krause Architects/Engineers LLP to replace the storefront and exterior doors on various buildings at Binghamton University in Broome County.

Department of Transportation

• $41.9 million with National Railroad Passenger Corp. to provide construction support, professional services and engineering review work for the Livingston Avenue Bridge project in Albany County.
• $33.7 million with Economy Paving Co. for a bridge replacement on Route 11 over the Oneida River in Onondaga County.
• $17.3 million with Morano Brothers Corp. highway resurfacing on Route 100 in Greenburgh and Yonkers in Westchester County.
• $2.5 million with Brine Masters LLC for the purchase of salt brine makers
• $2.3 million with Binghamton Road Electric LLC for signal replacements at various locations in Endicott and Union in Broome County.

Major Payments Approved

Tax Refunds and Credits

• $402.6 million for 161,547 personal income tax refunds.
• $199.9 million for 33,728 corporate and other tax refunds.
• $46.2 million for 132,141 property tax credits.

Department of Civil Service

• $420.7 million to CaremarkPCS Health LLC to provide pharmacy benefit services for the Empire, Excelsior, and Student Employee Health plans.
• $38.5 million to Carelon Behavioral Health for the administration of the Empire Plan's mental health and substance use disorder program.

State Education Department

• $997.9 million in general aid to 642 school districts. ·
• $630.8 million in excess cost aid to 656 school districts for school-aged special education students.

Empire State Development Corporation

• $3.5 million to the Buffalo and Erie County Industrial Land Development Corp. for a portion of the infrastructure improvements at the former Bethlehem Steel plant in Lackawanna.
• $1.3 million to the Rochester Institute of Technology for working capital to support the Reducing Embodied-energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Institute in Monroe County.
• $1 million to Danisco USA Inc. for a portion of the construction, renovation, machinery, and equipment costs to expand its probiotics production facility in Rochester.

Office of General Services

• $16.6 million for hourly-based IT services, including $2.7 million to Knowledge Builders Inc., $2.4 million to MVP Consulting Plus Inc., $1.6 million to Computer Technology Services Inc., $1.4 million to I-Link Solutions Inc., $1.4 million to Panha Solutions Inc., $1 million to Sligo Software Solutions Inc., and $6.1 million to 19 other vendors.
• $1.7 million to Prismatic Development Corporation for renovations at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens County.

Department of Health

• $26.9 million to Maximus Inc. for assistance with the Health Benefit Exchange, including insurance enrollment and call center operations.
• $26.3 million to Maximus US Services Inc. for enrollment broker services for the Office of Health Insurance Programs.
• $5.7 million to One Brooklyn Health System Inc. for the Health Care Facility Transformation Program in Kings County.
• $5.3 million to Currier McCabe & Associates Inc. for the development, implementation, and operation of the Medicaid data warehouse and the Office of Health Insurance Programs Data Mart.

Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services

• $2.8 million to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for the Urban Area Security Initiative Program.

Department of Labor

• $206.7 million for payments under the Unemployment Insurance, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation programs.

Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance

• $8.7 million for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program.

Department of Transportation

• $6.6 million to El Sol Contracting/ES II Enterprises JV for bridge repairs and painting on the Gowanus Viaduct Expressway in Kings County.
• $3.4 million to the Albany County Airport Authority for the terminal expansion project at the Albany International Airport.
• $1.5 million to EE Cruz & Company Inc. to replace the Bronx River Parkway bridge in Bronx County.

Other Payment Rejections and Other Cost Recoveries

DiNapoli's office rejected tax refunds and credits valued at nearly $2.1 million. Auditors also recovered nearly $212,500 from vendors owing debts to the state and held nearly $184,000 in payments pending resolution of disputes between subcontractors and prime contractors.

Cumulatively through June for calendar year 2024, DiNapoli's office approved 10,696 contracts valued at $285.1 billion and approved nearly 17.4 million payments worth nearly $103.7 billion. The office rejected 1,347 contracts and related transactions valued at nearly $17 billion and nearly 24,500 payments valued at more than $108.3 million primarily due to errors, improprieties, or lack of documentation.