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Small Projects

The jobs too small for the big papers and too real to ignore. Where a lot of contractors actually make their money.

Not every job is a nine-figure capital program. Tenant fit-outs, facade repairs, boiler swaps, small SCA and NYCHA task orders — the bread-and-butter work that keeps a mid-size shop's lights on. If you're a two-to-twenty-person crew, this is your beat — the jobs sized for your bonding capacity, on your timeline.

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October 2026

New Jersey Just Put Five Small Jobs Out to Bid, All Due the Same DayA generator swap, a roof, a door job, and two term contracts all close Oct. 20 — good hunting if you're licensed to work in New Jersey.October 18, 2026
Six Small Historic Repair Jobs Close October 19 as Rebids Return to BrookhavenTwo Brookhaven church rebids, a county historical society, a dental school, and a developmental disabilities campus all want repair work priced by October 19 — small scopes with thin competition if you can move fast.October 17, 2026
HPD Hands Out About 25,000 Emergency Repair Jobs a Year, and Only Firms on Its List Can BidNone of this work is posted on a public bid board. If your shop does housing repair in the five boroughs, getting on HPD's list is how you get a shot at it.October 16, 2026
Four Westchester Towns Put Roofs, Fields, and Sewers Out to BidAll four hit their due dates within three days of each other, and none carry a posted estimate — so a small shop pricing municipal work this week has four live shots in one county.October 16, 2026
NJDOT Lets Two Term Contracts for 2027 Guiderail and Steel RepairCall-out repair work across more than a dozen New Jersey counties, due October 15 — prequalification and bonding come first, the work comes after the next crash.October 15, 2026
Riverhead Water District Put Five Annual Maintenance Contracts Out at OnceFive separate on-call contracts, all due the same day, all in Suffolk County — a year's worth of small emergency-repair work for whoever shows up prepared.October 15, 2026
The Thruway Authority Split One Equipment Job Into Three Regional BidsAll three are due October 14 and none lists a dollar value, but the county lists tell you exactly which one is yours.October 14, 2026
A Poughkeepsie Roof Job and a Queens School Job Both Close This WeekFour small bids land within a day of each other — one has moved its due date twice, two are missing basic numbers, and one has a priced alternate worth a second look.October 13, 2026
Four Water and Sitework Jobs Close Within a Day of Each OtherSuffolk sewer work, a Nassau water main, an Orangetown security fence, and a Dutchess County pedestrian bridge all come due October 12-13 — plus two VA set-aside service jobs due the 14th.October 12, 2026
One Queensborough Gym Job Spawns Four Bid Listings Before October 14DASNY opens prime bids October 14 on the RFK Hall gym and locker room job at CUNY Queensborough, and subs have been chasing pieces of it under three different listings for weeks.October 11, 2026
A Long Island City Elevator Swap Drew 71 Plan HoldersOGS bids a single elevator replacement at a state office building October 21, pulling more interest than most of its bigger trade packages that week.October 11, 2026
Nassau County Wants On-Call Help for 2027, Two Term Contracts at OnceThe county pushed its general construction on-call to October 13 and North Hempstead is separately shopping a boiler service term contract — both are the kind of standing work that pays the bills between big jobs.October 10, 2026
The Yonkers Armory Renovation Is Four Bids, Not One, and All Four Just MovedNew York pushed the general construction, electrical, HVAC, and plumbing contracts at the Yonkers Armory from October 7 to October 14 — check your calendar before you finalize a number.October 10, 2026
Pleasantville Wants Bids on a Collapsing Brook Wall by Nov. 13The Westchester village needs a retaining wall rebuilt along Nannahagan Brook before erosion reaches the water and gas lines running next to it.October 9, 2026
DOT Hires Engineer Before It Rebuilds a Corroding Queens BridgeA design contract for the Crocheron Park pedestrian bridge is out for bid now — the actual construction job comes later, separately.October 9, 2026
VA Flags SDVOSB-Only Bid For East Orange OR RepairsA pre-solicitation notice says the real bid package lands on SAM.gov around October 19, with only SBA-certified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses allowed to compete.October 9, 2026
State Parks Put a Bridge Deck Panel Job Out at Niagara FallsThe state wants a contractor to strip and replace the panels on two Mabey bridges without tearing down the actual structures.October 9, 2026
State Parks Put a Timber and Stone Donor Job Out to Bid at LetchworthThe agency is buying stone-clad columns and a heavy timber trellis for the Humphrey Nature Center, showing exactly how the state handles small public builds.October 9, 2026
Rhinebeck Wants a Plumber for As-Needed Village WorkThe Dutchess County village is looking for a local shop to handle its on-call plumbing repairs and supply the materials.October 9, 2026
The City Put Out a Fire Alarm Upgrade at a Manhattan Adult ShelterThe Department of Design and Construction needs an electrical contractor to replace the alarm and lighting systems at the Keener Building Annex.October 9, 2026
Freeport Trades An Old Handball Court For A New Basketball CourtBids for the Cow Meadow Park rebuild are due October 20, and the paperwork window closes four days earlier.October 9, 2026
State Parks Reissues Saratoga Spa Job With 441 Square Feet To PriceA re-issued quote request adds price lines for ceiling abatement and lead paint repair, due October 20.October 9, 2026
Philipstown Puts Out Another Culvert Job On East Mountain RoadBids for the East Mountain Road North culvert replacement are due October 19 at 11 a.m., paper documents only.October 9, 2026
Irvington Schools Re-Bid Sitework At Two Campuses This MonthSealed bids for site work at Irvington Middle School and Dows Lane Elementary are due October 13 at 11 a.m., sharp.October 9, 2026
Pocantico Hills Schools Bid Phase III Site And Electrical WorkBids are due October 13 at 3:30 p.m. for multiple prime contracts under the district's capital improvement project.October 9, 2026
Two VA Set-Asides Close Today, One Worth Up to $5 MillionBids for SDVOSB-only work in Montrose and Albany are due October 9 — and a third VA job on this board just got cancelled and reissued under a new number.October 9, 2026
Two States, Two Term Contracts, Same Bid Date: Oct. 8 Is a Loaded WednesdayA pair of NJDOT standing-army contracts, a Suffolk bridge rigging job, and three prime contractors still hunting subs all close today — and the small shops who chase this stuff need to know which ones.October 8, 2026
Two Thruway Bridge Jobs and a Schoharie County Bridge Close TodayA Rockland County superstructure replacement, a seven-county on-demand repair contract, and a Cobleskill bridge swap all close October 7 — with matching MWBE outreach postings for two of them.October 7, 2026
A Boiler, a Deaerator, an Elevator, and Airport Doors All Close TodayFour small building-systems bids — two upstate boiler jobs, an elevator sub-ask in Long Island City, and a three-year airport door contract at EWR — all close October 7.October 7, 2026
OPWDD's Finger Lakes Office Bids Two Kitchens and a Roof the Same WeekThree group-home renovation jobs under $150,000 went out October 7 — small enough for a single-crew contractor to actually win.October 7, 2026
Babylon Bids a Deer Park Avenue Facade Job Paid for With Federal Block Grant MoneyBids open October 15 at 10 a.m., and federal CDBG money on a storefront job means the wage and paperwork rules belong in your price.October 6, 2026
North Hempstead Wants a Boiler Shop That Can Answer in Four Hours, for Two YearsBids open October 14 at 11 a.m., the work is hourly across a long list of town sites, and the 2023 round's posted totals were $32,775.00 and $16,710.00.October 6, 2026
Mamaroneck Wants a Failing Road Edge Fixed in 30 Days, and It Isn't Asking for a BondPrices are due by email October 8 at 5 p.m., the work is time and materials with no guaranteed quantities, and no bond means a small site crew can play.October 6, 2026
Glen Cove and Oyster Bay Both Close Small Jobs October 7A city-wide carpentry term contract in Glen Cove and a pump-house repair job in Oyster Bay both close the same day — standing work for shops that build a year around small contracts.October 6, 2026
Dutchess County Runs Four Jobs Through One Door, All Due October 7A roof on the Public Defender's office and a countywide bridge-painting contract are two of four Dutchess County jobs closing the same morning — both on the Empire State Purchasing Group portal.October 6, 2026
Two Thin NY Postings, One Jersey Mega-Job to FlagA PATH fire-protection contract and a Greenburgh library courtyard job both close Monday with barely any scope attached — plus a $122 million Newark school bid worth a note for anyone who also works New Jersey.October 5, 2026
A Sewer Line, Four Generators, and a Rose Garden — All Due by TuesdaySix small repair and term contracts across New York and New Jersey close within 48 hours of each other, with one mandatory-visit trap and a cash-only plan room among them.October 4, 2026
A Mismatched Stair Bid and Five Other Small Jobs Closing This WeekFrom a Rochester stair job with the wrong plans attached to a Creedmoor electrical package, six small repair contracts across New York close October 5 through 7.October 3, 2026
One VA Ceiling Job, Two Listings, One Missed Deadline RiskA re-posted Brooklyn VA set-aside, a Rome Air Force suite job, and two unnamed subcontracting opportunities all close within a day of each other — here's what to check before you price any of them.October 2, 2026
You Can't Bid CUNY's Staten Island Flood Job Without Walking It by October 9Proposals are due December 18. The bid documents give two different job durations, and the low bidder still has to pass a references check.October 1, 2026
Term Contracts and a $1.5M Deposit: Four Bids Due the Same DayNJDOT is letting two statewide call-out contracts, NYSDOT has a Suffolk paving job with a seven-figure bid deposit, and Newburgh has a courtroom and a roof — all due October 1.October 1, 2026

September 2026

Two State Roofs, a BMCC Sewer, and a Date Nobody FixedFive smaller public jobs close this week — two roofs require a site visit you can't skip, and one bid date on DASNY's own site doesn't match its own notice.September 30, 2026
A Brookhaven Roof Job Can't Start Until Another Contract Clears the Site FirstBid #26037 opened five weeks ago. Today's addendum says the roofer still can't start until March — and lays out just how much this site can't stand still in the meantime.September 29, 2026
Six Small Jobs, One Deadline: Tuesday's Quiet Bid DayA pool liner in Lynbrook, traffic signals in Putnam County, a pickleball coating in Orange County — none of it makes headlines, all of it pays the overhead.September 29, 2026
Two Bridge Bid Dates, One Vehicular Gate, One Sidewalk ContractA Raritan River bridge job gets its second bid-date push in two weeks, while a small NJ Turnpike gate contract and a Manhattan sidewalk services deal round out this week's small-scope board.September 28, 2026
Stairs in New Rochelle, a Roof in Canandaigua: This Week's Small JobsA tennis-center pedestrian project with the takeoff already done, plus SCA, DEP, and OPWDD packages worth a look before September 30.September 27, 2026
Five School and Village Jobs Close the Same WeekNassau and Westchester packages worth chasing all land bids within 72 hours of each other, September 26-29.September 26, 2026
Six Small Jobs, One Monday: September 28 Bid DayFrom Millbrook windows to a Queens waterfront job, a cluster of small-shop-sized bids all close the same morning.September 25, 2026
Boilers, Roofs, Chimneys, and Two Elevator Contracts: Today's Small-Job BoardNine bids across NYPD, CUNY, White Plains, Batavia, Orange County, and Albany all close today — none with a published price tag, all worth a look for the right shop.September 24, 2026
Two Electrical Bids Close This Week, One With a Locked Bidder ListSuffolk County wants new transformers in Riverhead; DDC wants fire alarms upgraded in Manhattan — and only one of them will still take your bid if you missed the walkthrough.September 22, 2026
One Armory, Four Bid Packages, and 100 Firms Already CirclingOGS split the Yonkers Armory renovation into general, electrical, HVAC and plumbing contracts — and the plan-holder counts show which trades are getting the most attention.September 22, 2026
Two Boilers, Two Armory Trades, One Sub Bid WindowFour small packages worth a look this week — Brooklyn Navy Yard's boiler job, a two-contract Yonkers armory split, and a Rochester wall repair with an easy scope for a certified shop.September 21, 2026
An Electric Bus Pilot Skips the Depot RebuildSmart charging software is replacing the electrical upgrade contractors assumed was mandatory — and shrinking the job.September 20, 2026
Three Prime Contractors Are Shopping for Certified Subs This WeekRochester's river wall, a Bedford historic restoration, and a Buffalo park roof all want MWBE and SDVOB sub quotes before September 23.September 19, 2026
Three MEP Bids Open This Week. Miss the Walkthrough and You're Locked Out.Yonkers Armory splits HVAC and plumbing into separate state contracts while Suffolk County bids electrical work at Riverhead — but all three already held their mandatory pre-bids.September 19, 2026
One Job, Two Listings: Read Both Before You BidBrooklyn Navy Yard boilers and two upstate weapons-detection jobs are each showing up twice on the board — as a prime bid and a sub notice, with different deadlines.September 18, 2026
Four NYSDOT Jobs, One Bid Date: Sept. 17Graffiti removal, drainage, bridge painting, and sign structures all close today — and one of them needs no M/WBE goals at all.September 17, 2026
The Thruway's Oct. 14 TDS Job Is 162 Pavement Loops and 29 Counters, Not TollsThe bid documents for the New York Division contract show a brand-locked traffic-counter upgrade across 53 station entries on I-87, I-95 and I-287.September 16, 2026
One Door Closed at PS 171, Five MWBE Doors Open This WeekA locked pre-bid at an Astoria school job, and a cluster of MWBE sub opportunities all closing within 24 hours.September 16, 2026
From a Poughkeepsie Pump Station to a Brooklyn ADA Job, Bids Run Two-Day WindowsFrom a Poughkeepsie pump station to a Brooklyn courthouse ADA job, this week's small-scope board is stacked with two-day windows and one bid that's already been extended once.September 15, 2026
Three MWBE Subcontracting Calls Close This WeekAn elevator mod in Manhattan, a water main in Webster, and a library job with no address — all want subs by September 16.September 14, 2026
Two FEMA Bids, Same Building, Five Hours ApartHVAC and general construction packages at the same Navy base building close hours apart Monday — plus a BNL agreement that already locked its site-visit gate.September 13, 2026
Miss the Walkthrough, Lose the Job — Four Small Bids Prove ItFrom a Brooklyn VA ceiling job to a Suffolk County jail renovation, these small packages all share one rule: no sign-in, no bid.September 12, 2026
$3.1 Million in FEMA Work Closes Monday. Every Worker on Site Must Be a U.S. Citizen.FEMA has $3.1 million of work on Building C-54 at Naval Weapons Station Earle closing Monday: a $1.269M HVAC replacement and a $1.848M facility upgrade. Both 100 percent small-business set-asides. Every person on site has to be a U.S. citizen, and the background check has to clear before you start.September 11, 2026
A Red Hook Plant Just Became NYC's First NYSDOT-Approved Concrete SourceOne more truck route off the BQE — if the certification covers the mix your job spec calls for.September 11, 2026
Six Small Municipal Jobs Close This Week. Half of Them Are Re-Bids.Freeport's police station job comes back to market in two trade packages, Yonkers re-opens a pedestrian bridge repair to firms that already showed up, and Brookhaven splits a matched pair of church facade jobs across Long Island.September 11, 2026
The VA Swapped the Wage Sheet on This Brooklyn Ceiling Job. Quotes Close September 15Amendment 1 to solicitation 36C24226Q0853 threw out the wage determination the VA first attached. The exclusion list underneath it is what decides whether the job makes money.September 10, 2026
A 60-Day Stair Job in New Rochelle, With a Paving Item That Runs Out of Season on October 7New Rochelle printed its own quantities on the Pinebrook Tennis Center job — 310 cubic yards of excavation, 375 feet of curb, 13 yards of concrete. It also wrote a paving spec that shuts down a week after bids open, and it will not take a bid bond.September 9, 2026
Two Bids Close Today. Neither Is Open If You Skipped the WalkthroughElmhurst Hospital and a Peekskill parking garage both require pre-bid attendance to bid — plus what's still open at Lyons VA and P.S. 32.September 9, 2026
A 100-Ton Chiller in 30 Days, and It Has to Speak TraneThe Air National Guard wants a dead 50-ton unit off the pad at Stewart and a two-module 100-ton machine in its place. No bonds, no mandatory walkthrough, quotes close Friday morning, and the controls are the real spec.September 8, 2026
Roofing, Pumps, and a Water Main: Eight Small Jobs Close This WeekSix of eight bids on our board close by September 8, and a Bronx stair repair and a Scarsdale elevator contract are exactly the size a small shop can actually win.September 6, 2026
Miss the Walkthrough, Miss the Job: Two Small Bids Already Closed the DoorPeekskill and Patchogue-Medford locked bidders out weeks ago, while two Westchester paving jobs start charging $900 to $1,000 a day the moment you're late.September 6, 2026
The Private Sector Is Hunting for MWBE Contractors — Here's Every Door We Could FindGovernment work gets the headlines. But CVS, Verizon, JPMorganChase and the companies that maintain their buildings all run vendor programs looking for certified firms — and most contractors never apply, because the doors are unmarked. We checked more than 40 of them. These are the ones with a real way in.September 4, 2026
Two Campus MWBE Notices Due Today, One Culvert Job Due MondaySUNY Southampton and Queens College need MWBE and SDVOB subs lined up by day's end; Monroe County's Peck Road culvert gives you until Monday.September 4, 2026
CUNY Splits Elevator Work Into Two Contracts, Four HubsDue tomorrow: a library gut job in Bohemia and a roof in Larchmont. Due Friday: two CUNY elevator packages and a 300-year-old cottage in Scarsdale.September 3, 2026
This Week's Sub-Bid Windows: A Dam, a Student Center, and the ClockTwo primes need MWBE and SDVOB subs by September 2, a SUNY campus opens the same door by September 4, and three small direct bids close in between.September 2, 2026
Lanmark Group Is Chasing Subs Across Queens, Brooklyn, and ManhattanThree subcontractor calls, one contractor, one Tuesday — DASNY and DDC packages come due within a week of each other.September 2, 2026
NYCHA, DOE, and SUCF Want Boilers Fixed — No Nine-Figure Balance Sheet NeededNYCHA, DOE, and SUCF all want boilers, generators, or elevators fixed — and none of these jobs need a nine-figure balance sheet to bid.September 1, 2026
From Bedford to Brookhaven Lab, 29 Open Jobs Are Ready to BidThe desk's sweep of the project-packet pile: everything still biddable from Bedford to Brookhaven Lab, sorted by how fast you need to move.September 1, 2026
Two Garages, One Morning: Peekskill's Concrete Restoration DoubleheaderThe Nelson Avenue and James Street garages bid back-to-back September 9 under one shared addendum — with 30 percent M/WBE goals and roughly thirty plan holders each.September 1, 2026
Long Island Is Building a Library From Scratch — Four Contracts at OncePlainedge voters approved $16.9 million to tear down their 1968 library and build new. The four prime contracts bid September 10, with a registration rule that returns unregistered bids unopened.September 1, 2026
A $12 Million Sewer-Plant Job Where the Field Is Already SetWestchester County's sludge-thickener rehabilitation at the Yonkers treatment plant bids September 16 — but only firms that signed the August 25 attendance sheet can bid, and the county says it will reject everyone else.September 1, 2026
Seventy Elevators at Marcy, and the Clock Just Moved to WednesdayNYCHA's biggest single elevator package — 70 cabs across 27 buildings — got a bid extension to September 3. The plan-holder list already reads like a who's-who of the elevator trade.September 1, 2026

August 2026

The Job With No Owner on the Bid Lists Was Willowbrook's Boiler PipingA heating-piping replacement at OPWDD's Staten Island campus circulated on third-party lists with no agency attached. The actual RFQ explains why nobody could find it — and how this quiet state maintenance market actually works.August 31, 2026
The $4 Million School Job You Can't Bid — Unless You GraduatedPS 160's flood-elimination contract never touches the City Record: it's limited to SCA Mentor Program graduates. That restriction is the whole story — and the pitch for getting into the pipeline.August 31, 2026
Bohemia's Library Is Buying Study Rooms, a Passport Office and a November StartConnetquot Public Library's interior renovation bids September 4 as a single GC contract — five study rooms, three meeting rooms, expanded restrooms, prevailing wage.August 31, 2026
Two Transformer Rooms, One Superfund Record of DecisionDASNY — not OGS, whatever the bid lists say — wants PCB-contaminated slab and soil out of the Bronx Psychiatric Center's medical building, at $1.9 million to $2.1 million.August 31, 2026
The Yonkers Armory Job Is Four Contracts — and the Big One Got Left Off the ListsThe trade packages circulating on bid lists — plumbing, HVAC, electrical — are real. So is the $10 million to $15 million general construction contract the same lists didn't mention. All four bid September 23.August 31, 2026
Cold Spring Harbor's Parking Lot Bids September 9 — Not September 1A full lot rehabilitation at the Suffolk state park — paving, drainage and striping — with a due date some third-party listings have wrong by a week.August 31, 2026
State Parks Wants the Hulse House Complex Rebuilt at WildwoodBuilding rehabilitation and new construction inside a Suffolk County state park, bid through the Contract Reporter, opening by WebEx September 17.August 31, 2026
The Sallyport Floor Job Closed at Noon — Now Comes the AwardMDC Brooklyn's epoxy-flooring contract took quotes until midday Monday. Small-business flooring contractors who bid it are watching for a $100,000-to-$250,000 award; everyone else just learned what jail work looks like.August 31, 2026
A 7,000-Square-Foot Ceiling Job Where the Set-Aside Is the StoryThe Brooklyn VA wants damaged ceilings demolished, the plenum disinfected and new tile hung — $25,000 to $100,000, 30 days, and only service-disabled-veteran-owned firms can quote it.August 31, 2026
Six State Roof and Mechanical Jobs, All Due September 2From Staten Island to Rochester to Syracuse, half a dozen small state building packages hit the wire the same day — no big number attached to any of them, which is exactly the point.August 31, 2026
Doors, Boilers, and a Dam: One Week's Small Jobs Pile UpNine small-scope jobs — from prison boiler controls to a Bronx door swap — all hit the board within three days of each other, and two of them are the same dam looking for subs twice.August 31, 2026
Preferred Construction Wants Subs for Two Different Jobs, Same DayOne prime, two counties, one deadline — plus a Suffolk County correctional job drawing sub interest from two primes at once.August 29, 2026
Four HVAC Contracts Close Today, From Nassau to SaratogaFour small HVAC and mechanical contracts across New York State close today — here's what's actually in each one, and why a two- or three-man shop shouldn't skip past them.August 27, 2026
Half a Million Storefronts Hire Contractors — and Never Post a BidThe biggest facilities platforms publish their own numbers: hundreds of brands, six-figure location counts, tens of thousands of providers. The work is real. It just never touches a bid board.August 27, 2026