The New York State Department of Transportation posted a solicitation (CR#2138470) for design services covering drainage improvements at multiple flooding locations across the Bronx. Responses are due September 17, 2026, through DOT's Office of Contract Management.

This is an engineering and surveying contract — it pays for the plans, not the pipe. Any construction package that follows will be a separate solicitation down the line.

“This pays for the plans, not the pipe — the construction bid comes later.”

The ad doesn't name specific streets beyond 'various flooding locations, Bronx,' doesn't carry a budget figure, and doesn't set a construction timeline. This is day one of the paperwork, not a bid you can price yet.

Engineering and surveying firms should respond by September 17. Everybody else — mark the calendar and watch for the construction RFP that follows; drainage work in flood-prone Bronx corridors doesn't usually sit on the design desk long.