MTA - NYC Transit is looking for a contractor to handle concrete breaking work under a two-year contract, with bids due November 18. The solicitation is listed as CR#2140017.
This isn't your typical paving or structural bid — it's an equipment-and-labor contract. Based on how NYCT has structured this kind of work before, the contractor supplies the concrete breaking equipment along with an operating engineer, rather than just material or just labor. No specific location, trade category, or estimated dollar value is listed in the facts for this solicitation.
What this tells you about NYC Transit: the agency is buying capacity, not a single job. A two-year term means they expect ongoing need for concrete breaking across the system rather than a one-time demolition. Past specs for this kind of work have called for a hammer able to break concrete at a rate of at least 600 blows per minute, rated at 1000 ft. lbs. of force or more, and units that can run for stretches up to 72 hours straight breaking up concrete track within the system. That's heavy-duty, continuous-duty equipment — not a rental jackhammer — and it points to work done in tight track-outage windows where the job has to move fast once crews get access.
No M/WBE goal or subcontracting detail is listed in the facts for this bid.
If your shop owns or can source that caliber of equipment and has operating engineers who can work inside an active transit system, this is worth a close look. A smart move this week: confirm your equipment meets the performance specs NYCT has used on past concrete breaking work, and get your bid in before the November 18 deadline. A two-year contract like this means steady, repeat work rather than chasing a new bid every few months.
On the record: Two-Year Concrete Breaking Contract, issued by MTA - NYC Transit (NYCT). Solicitation CR#2140017. Bids are due November 18, 2026. The listing on NY State Contract Reporter: https://www.nyscr.ny.gov/Ads/Details/2140017. Full record on The RFI Wire's board: https://therfiwire.com/rfi/RFI-003460.html.