The Department of Design and Construction registered a $13 million contract with Inter Contracting Corp. for citywide emergency reconstruction of water mains, according to NYC Comptroller's Checkbook NYC. The contract runs January 30, 2027 through January 29, 2028.
It was awarded through what Checkbook NYC lists as a PQVL competitive bid list — a prequalified vendor list, meaning only firms DDC has already vetted and approved could bid this job at all. Checkbook NYC does not list it as an M/WBE contract.
Emergency water main work is call-out, task-order style construction: DDC keeps a standing contractor on tap for breaks and failures across the five boroughs rather than bidding each repair individually. That structure means Inter Contracting Corp. is now the agency's go-to for a full year of unscheduled underground work, not a single job site.
For a contractor who isn't already on DDC's prequalified list for this trade, this contract is closed business. The move is to find out when DDC next opens its PQVL for water main and sewer emergency work and get qualified before the next cycle — citywide emergency contracts like this one rarely go back out to open competitive bid while the current term runs.