Upcoming Procurement Opportunities

New York City Economic Development Corporation (“NYCEDC”) is seeking design, engineering, construction, and construction management firms interested in providing services for various projects listed below (the “Projects”). NYCEDC intends to issue Requests for Qualifications (“RFQs”), Requests for Proposals (“RFPs”), and Invitations for Bids (“IFBs”), as further described below, from interested firms. This Notice is being issued solely for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation.

The projects are to include design, construction, construction management, and resident engineering services for infrastructure, streetscapes, waterfront improvements, new buildings, building renovations, and other work as described below.

NYCEDC intends to issue solicitations for the Projects on or about the dates listed below. Each solicitation will provide full details of specific submission requirements for each Project.

NYCEDC reserves the sole right, without incurring any liability, to change any aspect of the proposed Projects described below, including the right to not proceed with any solicitation, and/or the right to proceed in a different manner or on a different timeline than as described below.

Q2 2025

Fifth Avenue Public Realm - Design Services

Aerial rendering of a bustling Fifth Avenue featuring dedicated bus lanes, busy sidewalks, and planted trees, surrounded by tall buildings.

Proposed streetscape design of Fifth Avenue facing south

NYCEDC intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) in the second quarter of 2025 for design and engineering services for the Fifth Avenue Public Realm project, which spans approximately 20 blocks, from 40th Street to 61st Street. The project will prioritize pedestrians with wider sidewalks, safe and secure pedestrian crossings and a cohesive streetscape palette including special pavements, new street trees, seating, lighting and plantings. Learn more about Fifth Avenue Public Realm.

QueensWay Metropolitan Hub and Forest Park Pass – Construction Management Services

A path leads under an old, graffitied bridge in Forest Park, surrounded by dense, green woodland. Sunlight filters through the trees, casting dappled shadows on the ground. Rusty, abandoned train tracks run alongside the path.

Project site for QueensWay Metropolitan Hub and Forest Park Pass

NYCEDC intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) in the second quarter of 2025 for construction management services for Phase 1 (Metropolitan Hub) and Phase 2 (Forest Park Pass) of the QueensWay. The QueensWay project proposes converting the former LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch into a linear public park. The Metropolitan Hub and Forest Park Pass phases will extend from Metropolitan Avenue to Park Lane in the Glendale and Woodhaven sections of Queens. Learn more about QueensWay.

Seaport Coastal Resilience – Construction Management Services

Map of NYC showing a preliminary flood alignment plan with fixed and deployable barriers. Height of interventions is color-coded, and two zoomed-in sections illustrate barrier types.

Preliminary Flood Alignment Plan for Seaport Coastal Resilience

NYCEDC intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) in the second quarter of 2025 for construction management services for the Seaport Coastal Resilience Project. The Seaport Coastal Resilience Project will rehabilitate, reconstruct, and improve the Seaport District waterfront esplanade between the Southern Tie-In to the Brooklyn-Montgomery Resiliency Project and the Southern edges of the Seaport District, as well as the reconstruction and design of the New Market Pier. This work intends to raise the shoreline above 2050s Coastal Flooding and 2100 Sea Level Rise levels. Learn more about Seaport Coastal Resilience.

West New Brighton Library – Design Services

A brick building with a central entrance featuring a small porch and steps, flanked by metal railings. An American flag flies above the entrance. There are trees in the background and patches of snow on the ground.

West New Brighton branch of The New York Public Library

NYCEDC intends to issue a request for proposals (RFP) in the second quarter of 2025 for design services to renovate an existing branch of the New York Public Library in the West New Brighton section of Staten Island. Learn more about West New Brighton Library.

Q4 2025

Fifth Avenue Public Realm - Construction Management Services

Aerial rendering of NYC Fifth Avenue with multiple lanes, pedestrians, trees, benches, and vehicles, including buses and taxis. Buildings line both sides of the street.

Proposed streetscape and street furniture design of a typical block on Fifth Avenue

NYCEDC intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) in the fourth quarter of 2025 for construction management services for the Fifth Avenue Public Realm project, which spans approximately 20 blocks, from 40th Street to 61st Street. The project will prioritize pedestrians with wider sidewalks, safe and secure pedestrian crossings and a cohesive streetscape palette including special pavements, new street trees, seating, lighting and plantings. Learn more about Fifth Avenue Public Realm.