MTA-NYC Transit Construction & Development posted a bid for systems, finishes, entrances and ancillary buildings on Second Avenue Subway Phase II on October 29, with bids due November 10 at 2 p.m., under solicitation number 0000562121, according to the agency's posting.
This is the trade package that comes after tunneling: the systems that make a station function, the finish work that makes it usable, the entrances that get riders off the street and underground, and the ancillary buildings that house equipment along the line. Phase II extends the Second Avenue Subway north into Harlem, work the MTA has had moving in stages for years.
“This is the phase of work where electrical, HVAC, flooring and station-finish crews finally get their shot, after years that belonged almost entirely to tunneling contractors.”
No bid results or plan-holder counts are available yet; this is a new solicitation, not an update to a job already working through the MTA's pipeline. A bid date of November 10 at 2 p.m. is listed for this contract specifically — separate from the design-build Package 3 state-of-good-repair bid also due that same week, which is a different station program entirely.
For finish-trade contractors and MEP subs watching the Second Avenue Subway program, this is the package to chase: it's the phase of work where electrical, HVAC, flooring, and station-finish crews get their shot, after years of the program belonging almost entirely to heavy civil and tunneling contractors.