The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation has put out a bid for modifications to the Canoe Point breakwater in Fineview, New York. Bids are due November 13.
The solicitation number is CR#2140217. Beyond the project name, location, and due date, the posting does not give a trade classification, an estimated value, or a plan-holders count.
This is a narrow, specific scope — a breakwater, not a building. That tells a contractor something right away: this is marine or heavy-civil work, the kind of job that needs a shop comfortable working in or near water, not a general building contractor looking to round out a slow month.
State parks agencies tend to run smaller, site-specific contracts rather than big campus overhauls, and this looks like one of those. For a marine construction or heavy-civil outfit already doing work for state parks or similar waterfront owners, it's worth a look precisely because the field of bidders on a specialized job like this is usually thin.
A contractor interested in this work should pull the actual solicitation under CR#2140217 to find the scope, the trade requirements, and the estimated value, since none of that is in the posting summary. Bids are due November 13 — that doesn't leave much runway, so get the documents this week.
On the record: Canoe Point Breakwater Modifications, issued by Parks Recreation & Historic Preservation, NYS Office of. Solicitation CR#2140217. Bids are due November 13, 2026. The listing on NY State Contract Reporter: https://www.nyscr.ny.gov/Ads/Details/2140217. Full record on The RFI Wire's board: https://therfiwire.com/rfi/RFI-005013.html.