# New York — all political subdivisions — Competitive bid thresholds for local government by US state — the dollar amount at which a city, county or school district must formally bid, with statutory citations

For New York, state and entity type is New York — all political subdivisions; entity type is all political subdivisions and districts, including soil conservation districts; spending category is public work (higher figure) and purchase contracts (lower figure); formal bid threshold (as stated in statute) is more than thirty-five thousand dollars; threshold (normalised) is $35,000 for public work; $20,000 for purchase contracts, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State and entity type:** New York — all political subdivisions _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** New York _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Entity type:** all political subdivisions and districts, including soil conservation districts _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Spending category:** public work (higher figure) and purchase contracts (lower figure) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Formal bid threshold (as stated in statute):** more than thirty-five thousand dollars _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Threshold (normalised):** $35,000 for public work; $20,000 for purchase contracts _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Informal quote tier:** none stated in this section _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Indexation:** no adjustment mechanism stated in this section _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statutory citation:** N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 103(1) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> all contracts for public work involving an expenditure of more than thirty-five thousand dollars and all purchase contracts involving an expenditure of more than twenty thousand dollars, shall be awarded by the appropriate officer, board or agency of a political subdivision or of any district therein including but not limited to a soil conservation district to the lowest responsible bidder

## Source

- https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/GMU/103?format=raw

Last verified: 2026-08-19. Review by: 2027-08-19.
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