N.Y.C. Charter § 326: Section 326. Public notice and comment on contract awards.

a. Prior to entering into any contract for goods, services or construction to be awarded by other than competitive sealed bidding or competitive sealed bids from prequalified vendors, the value of which exceeds one hundred thousand dollars, the agency shall give notice in the City Record that comments on the proposed contract may be submitted online for a period of time of not less than seven days, determined by the procurement policy board by rule, provided that such period of time shall commence no earlier than the date such notice is given. A description of the scope of work and key terms of the contract shall be included in such notice which shall at minimum include: (i) the agency name, (ii) the procurement identification number (PIN), (iii) a brief description of the goods, services, or construction to be procured, and method of source selection, (iv) the name and address of the proposed vendor and location of the proposed program, project, or worksite, and (v) the dollar amount of the proposed contract. The procurement policy board may by rule exempt from this public notice and comment requirement contracts to be let which do not differ materially in terms and conditions, as defined by the board, from contracts currently held by the city where the parties to such contracts are the same; provided, that under no circumstance may such exemption apply to any contract in value exceeding ten million dollars.

b. The requirements of this section shall not apply to any procurement (i) let pursuant to a finding of an emergency under section three hundred fifteen, (ii) required to be made on an accelerated basis due to markets which experience significant, short-term price fluctuations, as identified by rule of the board, or (iii) where public notice pursuant to this section would disclose litigation strategy or otherwise impair the conduct of litigation by the city.

(Am. 2024 N.Y. Laws Ch. 483, 11/22/2024, eff. 5/21/2025)