Five contractors bid Contract C80284 when MTA Construction & Development opened it on Nov. 25. The job covers rehabilitation, painting and structural repairs of the Stapleton Viaduct, seven Staten Island Railway bridges and seven SIR stations. FOS Development Corp. is the apparent low at an evaluated $75,679,947. That is not an award.

C80284 is bid A+B: the A is the gross sum construction price, and the B is the bidder's total for railroad-supplied services such as flagging and protection. FOS priced the A at $67,505,766 and the B at $8,174,181. The rest of the field, by evaluated total: C.A.C. Industries $85,697,536 ($73,125,000 A); J-Track LLC $88,019,201 ($74,748,165 A); Tully Construction $98,136,525.50 ($86,631,989.50 A); and Judlau Contracting $101,611,798 ($87,334,262 A).

FOS finished $10,017,589 under C.A.C., a 13.2% gap, and led on both halves of the bid. Its A was $5.6 million under C.A.C.'s, and its railroad-services B was $4.4 million lower. Judlau's high bid is 34.3% above the low, and the median is J-Track's $88.0 million. The notice listed the job at $50 million to $100 million, 100% MTA funded, with goals of 15% MBE, 15% WBE and 6% SDVOB and a 1,065-day term. As of Sept. 22, 36 firms were on the plan holders list.

According to the solicitation notice, the work breaks into four pieces. At the Garretson Avenue Bridge: structural steel repair, concrete crack and spall repair, waterproofing, deck-joint replacement and painting. At the SIR bridges: painting and steel and concrete repairs. On the Stapleton Viaduct: concrete repair, a waterproofing membrane and new deck joints. And a station component program at St. George, Stapleton, Grasmere, Old Town, Dongan Hills, Grant City and Oakwood Heights, running from platform replacement and stair work to control-house repairs, fire standpipe replacement, painting and drainage. The MTA's capital program carries the work as the SIR Stations and Structures Program.

Why this matters. This contract bundles bridge painting, viaduct deck work and seven stations on the Staten Island Railway into one prime. That opens a long list of sub scopes on one island, from painting and concrete to stairs, platforms, drainage and fire protection, all under railroad protection rules.

What to do next. Subs and suppliers should price to FOS's apparent low while the MTA reviews the bids. An apparent low is not an award, and on an A+B job the agency checks both halves of every bid. Station trades should look hard at the seven-station component list. The board listing is RFI-001902.

Update, Sept. 28, 2026: C&D's 2026 award list shows C80284 awarded on April 3, 2026, to C.A.C. Industries, Inc., the second-place bidder on the tab, for $73,125,000, which is C.A.C.'s A price. Neither the award list nor any other C&D record found says why the contract did not go to FOS. The MTA's capital project listing shows the SIR Stations and Structures Program starting construction in April 2026.