The Bid Board Shed 11 Jobs Overnight. Four Agencies Account for Most of It.

The number of open bids on the board fell to 416 Thursday, down from 427 the day before — an 11-job drop overnight, and this time the losses are spread instead of concentrated in one trade.

State University of New York postings led the pullback, dropping from 23 open packages to 21. The NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation went from 13 to 11. MTA Construction & Development slid from 8 to 7, and New York City Health + Hospitals dropped from 7 to 6 — four agencies, four separate trims, none of them big enough alone to explain the swing.

“Jobs are closing off the board at a normal clip; the firms still bidding aren't pricing any differently because of it.”

On the trade side, General Construction postings fell from 13 to 10 and Construction Related Services dropped from 15 to 16 — wait, that one ticked up. HVAC/Mechanical fell from 4 to 3 and Electrical dropped from 8 to 6. Marine, Snow Removal, and a handful of single-posting trade codes disappeared from the board entirely overnight, the kind of thing that happens when a short list of niche jobs closes on the same bid date.

None of this moved the pricing data at all. Average bidders per job held at 8.3, average spread between low and second bid held at 22.8%, and low bids are still landing 4.7% under the engineer's estimate — the same numbers posted the day before. Jobs are closing off the board at a normal clip; the firms still bidding aren't pricing any differently because of it.

The total board count sits well below the roughly 1,000 historical bid-results sample The RFI Wire tracks, a reminder that the open board is a snapshot of what's live today, not the full pipeline. A agency dropping from 23 postings to 21 doesn't mean work dried up — those jobs most likely closed to bid and will show up as results, not disappear from the market.

What this means for you: If you track SUNY, state parks, MTA, or H+H postings, check the board today — some of what fell off is likely now in the results queue, not gone from the market. Pricing conditions (bidder counts, spread, estimate accuracy) are unchanged, so don't read the count drop as a demand signal. How we count: These figures come from the public bid postings and agency bid results on The RFI Wire's board and, where filings are cited, NYC Department of Buildings job filings via NYC Open Data. Read them as the market's direction, not an official total.