NYC MWBE RFP & Government Contract Opportunities | August 2026 • Week 3 | Lanmark Faces Its Own Rival, SUNY ESF Grows a Third Door, Federal Lane Consolidates to Small Business | 190+ Active Bids Across NYC, NYS & Federal

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Issue #38 closed with a new and sharper pattern: Lanmark Group, Inc. — already tracked for running MBE/WBE/SDVOB subcontractor solicitations across unrelated DASNY and DDC projects — had opened a competing door on Vernon Construction & Development LLC's own Namm Building pick. We closed that issue by asking whether the behavior would become reciprocal.

It did — on a different project, from a different firm, two days later.

CUBE Construction Services LLC posted its own subcontractor solicitation for the DDC Washington Irving Branch Library Renovation — the exact scope Lanmark itself posted August 10 (CR#2137928, due August 26). CUBE's door (CR#2138025) is due on the same August 26 date. Lanmark, the firm that spent two issues opening doors on other primes' picks, now has one opened on its own.

Separately, SUNY ESF's Illick Hall & Baker Hall West Wing renovation — already a two-door project as of Issue #38 (Bette & Cring, LLC vs. Bellows Construction Specialties, LLC) — grew a third: Northland Associates, Inc. posted its own MWBE/SDVOB solicitation for the identical scope (CR#2138051, issued August 13, due August 26, same as the other two). Northland is also the firm behind the still-unresolved Kunsela Hall listing from Issue #38 — meaning Northland is now running two simultaneous solicitations of its own, on two different SUNY campuses.

On the Namm Building thread: Vernon Construction's original door (CR#2137600) closes today, August 17; Lanmark's competing door (CR#2137926) remains open through August 20. No third firm has entered.

The Kunsela Hall duplicate flagged in Issue #38 — Northland Associates ("Utica, NY") vs. Beebe Construction Services via SUCF ("Marcy, NY") — remains unresolved, with no new posting to clarify it this cycle.

On the federal side, this cycle's SAM.gov pull returned a notably narrower lane: every listing retrieved this cycle carries a Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5) — no 8(a) or WOSB set-asides surfaced. The Army's NJ/NY recruiting-station graphic upgrades listing, flagged in Issue #38 with an August 18 deadline, has been extended again — now due September 2, continuing the extension pattern we flagged in the last issue. FEMA's GPATS BPA closed as scheduled on August 13.

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🟢 85625P0005-RFP CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION — Department of Citywide Administrative Services CR#: 85625P0005 | Agency: NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services | Issue Date: August 17, 2026 | Due Date: October 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | Type: Competitive Sealed Proposal | Category: Miscellaneous Professional Services Freshest pick this cycle — released the morning this issue went out, longest runway on PASSPort DCAS is soliciting professional services related to civil service examinations. For MWBE-certified professional services firms, this is nearly an eight-week window on a citywide administrative scope. Pull from PASSPort under CR# 85625P0005 and confirm DCAS vendor registration before responding.

🟢 85027B0007-EC-SEH27 RECONSTRUCTION OF EXISTING SEWERS, THE BRONX — Department of Design and Construction CR#: 85027B0007 | Agency: NYC Department of Design and Construction | Issue Date: August 14, 2026 | Due Date: September 14, 2026, 11:00 AM | Type: Competitive Sealed Bid | Category: Utilities (Sewers/Water Mains/Gas) Services Strongest infrastructure pick this cycle DDC is soliciting sewer reconstruction work in the Bronx under its Infrastructure program. For MWBE-certified civil engineering and utility contractors, this is a clean four-week runway. Pull from PASSPort under CR# 85027B0007 and confirm DDC vendor registration before responding.

🟡 85026B0110-ACEDCA215 BROOKLYN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM HVAC UPGRADE — Department of Design and Construction CR#: 85026B0110 | Agency: NYC Department of Design and Construction | Issue Date: August 14, 2026 | Due Date: September 16, 2026, 2:00 PM | Type: Competitive Sealed Bid | Category: HVAC Services DDC is soliciting HVAC upgrade work at the Brooklyn Children's Museum under its Public Buildings program. For MWBE-certified HVAC and mechanical contractors, this is a four-and-a-half-week window. Pull from PASSPort under CR# 85026B0110.

🟡 85027B0008-HH112CGIU KEENER BUILDING - CHARLES GAY ANNEX FIRE ALARM & EMERGENCY LIGHTING UPGRADE — Department of Design and Construction CR#: 85027B0008 | Agency: NYC Department of Design and Construction | Issue Date: August 14, 2026 | Due Date: September 10, 2026, 2:00 PM | Type: Competitive Sealed Bid | Category: Electrical Services Tightest window among this cycle's new PASSPort picks DDC is soliciting fire alarm and emergency lighting upgrade work at the Keener Building's Charles Gay Annex. For MWBE-certified electrical contractors, this is under a four-week window. Pull from PASSPort under CR# 85027B0008.

⏳ Carried forward — 82627P0001-BEDC HVR-200 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES-02 (DEP), due September 9. 84126P0011-PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES, EAST RIVER BRIDGES CAPITAL PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT STUDY (DOT), due September 11. 84127Y0866-RFI FOR E-BIKE BATTERY CABINETS IN NYC (DOT), due September 8. 85625B0010-CSB 2 LAFAYETTE ST. ELEVATOR MODERNIZATION (DCAS) — closes fastest, due August 19. All four flagged in Issue #38; still open as of this issue.

🔴 Washington Irving Branch Library Renovation — CUBE Construction Opens a Door on Lanmark's Own Pick CR#: 2137928 (Lanmark Group, Inc., Door One) | CR#: 2138025 (CUBE Construction Services LLC, Door Two) | Issue Date: August 10, 2026 / August 12, 2026 | Due Dates: August 26, 2026 (both) | Location: 360 Irving Avenue, Brooklyn, NY | Category: Construction Vertical | Ad type: Contractor Ads MWBE/SDVOB-designated — the reciprocity question from Issue #38 is answered Lanmark posted this scope August 10 as one of its three simultaneous solicitations. Two days later, CUBE Construction Services posted its own solicitation for the identical renovation, same building, same August 26 due date. Lanmark — the firm we've tracked for opening doors on other primes' picks — now has a rival on its own. Pull CR# 2137928 and CR# 2138025 from NYSCR.

🔴 SUNY ESF Illick Hall & Baker Hall West Wing — Third Door Opens CR#: 2137848 (Bette & Cring, LLC, Door One) | CR#: 2137840 (Bellows Construction Specialties, LLC, Door Two) | CR#: 2138051 (Northland Associates, Inc., Door Three) | Issue Date: August 7, 2026 (both) / August 13, 2026 | Due Date: August 26, 2026 (all three) | Location: SUNY ESF, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY | Category: Construction Vertical | Ad type: Contractor Ads MWBE/SDVOB-designated — a two-door project from Issue #38 becomes three Northland Associates posted its own solicitation for the identical Illick Hall/Baker Hall West Wing scope, same August 26 deadline as the two doors flagged last cycle. This is the fastest a multi-door project has grown a third door in a single cycle since we began tracking the pattern. Pull CR# 2137848, CR# 2137840, and CR# 2138051 from NYSCR.

🔴 Namm Building Hot Water Perimeter Heating — Vernon's Door Closes Today CR#: 2137600 (Vernon Construction & Development LLC, Door One) | CR#: 2137926 (Lanmark Group, Inc., Door Two) | Issue Date: July 30, 2026 / August 10, 2026 | Due Dates: August 17, 2026 (today) / August 20, 2026 | Location: 300 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY (NYC College of Technology) | Category: Construction Vertical | Ad type: Contractor Ads MWBE/SDVOB-designated — status update on last cycle's flagged competition Vernon Construction's original door closes today. No third firm has entered this scope. Lanmark's competing door remains open through August 20 — the outcome of this contest is likely to be visible before Issue #40. Pull CR# 2137600 and CR# 2137926 from NYSCR.

🔴 Northland Associates, Inc. — Two Simultaneous Solicitations Across Two Campuses CR#: 2137894 (SUNY Polytechnic — Kunsela Hall) | CR#: 2138051 (SUNY ESF — Illick Hall/Baker Hall) | Issue Date: August 7, 2026 / August 13, 2026 | Due Dates: August 19, 2026 / August 26, 2026 | Location: Utica, NY / Syracuse, NY | Category: Construction Vertical | Ad type: Contractor Ads MWBE/SDVOB-designated — a second firm shows an emerging multi-prime pattern Northland Associates — already flagged for the unconfirmed Kunsela Hall location discrepancy — has now posted a second, unrelated MWBE/SDVOB solicitation this cycle at a different SUNY campus. Worth tracking whether this becomes a recurring pattern the way Lanmark's has. Pull CR# 2137894 and CR# 2138051 from NYSCR.

🟡 SUNY Polytechnic — Kunsela Hall Renovation — Duplicate Still Unconfirmed CR#: 2137894 (Northland Associates, Inc.) | CR#: 2137855 (Beebe Construction Services, Inc., via SUCF) | Issue Date: August 7, 2026 / August 10, 2026 | Due Date: August 19, 2026 (both) | Location: Utica, NY / Marcy, NY | Category: Construction Vertical | Ad type: Contractor Ads Not confirmed MWBE-designated — carried forward, no new posting to resolve it No third posting or clarification surfaced this cycle. Same building, same due date, still two different location labels. Confirm directly with SUCF before committing capacity ahead of the August 19 deadline. Pull CR# 2137894 and CR# 2137855 from NYSCR.

🔴 KITEWORKS SOLUTIONS — NYS Insurance Fund CR#: 2138158 | Agency: Insurance Fund - NYS | Division: Procurement Unit | Issue Date: August 17, 2026 | Due Date: September 8, 2026 | Location: N/A | Category: Information Technology | Ad type: MWBE or SDVOB Discretionary procurement between $50,000 to $1,500,000 MWBE/SDVOB-designated — freshest standalone discretionary pick this cycle NYSIF is soliciting Kiteworks secure file-sharing solutions under a discretionary MWBE/SDVOB lane, released the same day as this issue. Pull CR# 2138158 from NYSCR.

🟡 MTA C&D Contract VN-9A, Finger Joints and Miscellaneous Steel Repairs at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge CR#: 2138178 | Agency: MTA - NYC Transit (NYCT) | Issue Date: August 17, 2026 | Due Date: September 23, 2026 | Category: Construction Vertical: Building Construction; Rehabilitation & New Construction | Ad type: General Longest-runway construction pick this cycle NYCT is soliciting bridge repair work at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge — the general contract underlying the PMC (project management consultant) solicitation flagged in a prior issue. For MWBE-certified structural and steel contractors, this is a five-and-a-half-week window. Pull CR# 2138178 from NYSCR.

🟡 FY 26 Graphic Upgrades — New Jersey and New York Recruiting Stations — Total Small Business Set-Aside Notice ID: W912DS26QA020 | Last Published: August 14, 2026 | Due Date: September 2, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT | Set-Aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5) | NAICS: Graphic Design Services Deadline extended a second time — was August 18, now September 2 Flagged new in Issue #38 with an August 18 deadline, this listing has been pushed back over two weeks. Continues the extension pattern we flagged last cycle on the federal lane. Pull Notice ID W912DS26QA020 from SAM.gov.

🟢 TEPS III for NRLFO Records Admin Assistant Service — Total Small Business Set-Aside Notice ID: 89233026QNR000056 | Last Published: August 13, 2026 | Due Date: August 28, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT | Set-Aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5) | NAICS: Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services New this cycle Department of Energy / NNSA is soliciting records administrative assistant support at the Naval Reactors Laboratory Field Office, directed to TEPS III BPA holders. For MWBE-certified administrative-services firms holding the underlying BPA, this is a clean two-week window. Pull Notice ID 89233026QNR000056 from SAM.gov.

🟢 TEPS III for NRLFO Audit I — Total Small Business Set-Aside Notice ID: 89233026QNR000057 | Last Published: August 13, 2026 | Due Date: August 28, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT | Set-Aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5) | NAICS: Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services New this cycle — companion listing to the Records Admin BPA call above Same office, same BPA restriction, same due date as the Records Admin listing. Pull Notice ID 89233026QNR000057 from SAM.gov.

🟢 Hospital Communications Support — Total Small Business Set-Aside Notice ID: RFQHT001426QE033 | Last Published: August 10, 2026 | Due Date: August 21, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT | Set-Aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5) | NAICS: Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services. Tightest federal window this cycle: a federal hospital-communications support solicitation under a Total Small Business set-aside. Pull Notice ID RFQHT001426QE033 from SAM.gov before it closes.

A note on this week's federal lane: FEMA's GPATS BPA (Notice ID 70FA2026R00000007) closed as scheduled on August 13. The Navy's Persistent Cyber Training Environment WOSB set-aside (Notice ID N0018926QL202, due August 25) and the Army's amended WOSB Marketing and Advertising Services set-aside (Notice ID W912LC-26-Q-0037, due August 21) did not resurface in this cycle's pull — confirm status directly on SAM.gov before assuming either has closed. Every listing that did surface this cycle carries a Total Small Business Set-Aside — no 8(a) or WOSB notices appeared in this pull, a narrower mix than Issue #38's.

Issue #39 draws from NYC PASSPort, the NY State Contract Reporter, and a fresh SAM.gov pull. Key eligibility reminders across all three layers:

NYC contracts require active PASSPort registration and NYC MWBE certification through NYC SBS for MWBE participation goals. Certification must be active — not pending or expired — at the time of submission.

NYS contracts require NYS MWBE certification through Empire State Development (ESD) — which is separate from NYC SBS certification. The MWBE/SDVOB-designated NYSCR contracts in this issue, including the Washington Irving two-door project, the SUNY ESF three-door project, the Namm Building second door, Northland Associates' two simultaneous solicitations, and KITEWORKS SOLUTIONS, are governed by NYS procurement rules. Confirm which certification layer applies before responding.

Federal contracts do not recognize NYC or NYS MWBE certification. This cycle's SAM.gov listings are exclusively Total Small Business Set-Asides — active SAM.gov registration is mandatory for any federal contract or subcontract pursuit. Two of the four listings this cycle (TEPS III) are further restricted to existing DOE/NNSA TEPS III BPA holders.

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SUNY ESF's Illick Hall/Baker Hall renovation grew from two doors to three in a single cycle. Northland Associates joined Bette & Cring and Bellows Construction Specialties, all due August 26. This is the fastest escalation of a multi-door project we've tracked — worth watching whether a fourth door appears before the deadline.

Northland Associates now shows the early shape of a second multi-prime pattern. Between the unresolved Kunsela Hall duplicate and the new Illick Hall/Baker Hall door, Northland has two simultaneous SUNY solicitations open this cycle — echoing, on a smaller scale, the pattern we first flagged with Lanmark in Issue #35.

Namm Building's outcome is close. Vernon's original door closes today; Lanmark's remains open three more days. No third firm entered either side this cycle — worth checking whether that holds through August 20.

The federal lane narrowed to a single set-aside type. Every listing in this cycle's SAM.gov pull carries a Total Small Business Set-Aside — no 8(a) or WOSB notices surfaced, a shift from Issue #38's mixed lane. Worth watching whether that's a pull artifact or a genuine narrowing.

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