NYC-certified Minority-Owned Business Enterprise · NYCSCA Mentor Program

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R&A crew staging material below a scaffold on a stone building

A certified MBE that does the work itself.

R&A Construction Services is certified by New York City as a Minority-Owned Business Enterprise. General contractors bring us onto public bids to meet M/WBE participation goals, and our own crews and equipment do the work.

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Our certification

Everything a prime needs for the M/WBE section of a bid. Our certification letter is available on request.

Status
Active
Certification
Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE)
Certified by
NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS)
Valid through
April 30, 2030
Legal name
R&A Construction Services Inc.
NYC vendor (FMS) no.
VS00049658
Certified work
Masonry, concrete, carpentry, sidewalk shed, pipe scaffolding, fencing
Also
NYC School Construction Authority Mentor Program

What M/WBE certification means

M/WBE stands for Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise. New York City certifies businesses that are at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by minority group members or women, after reviewing ownership, finances and the work the firm actually performs.

Under Local Law 174 of 2019, city agencies set M/WBE participation goals on their contracts. When a construction contract carries a goal, the prime contractor has to show how a share of the contract value will go to certified firms, then report what it actually paid them.

Certification is not a label a company gives itself. Every certified firm is listed in the city’s public directory, where agencies and primes check it before counting the firm toward a goal.

Why it matters

For general contractors

A bid that falls short of its M/WBE goal can be found non-responsive unless you document good-faith efforts or win a waiver. A certified sub that can actually perform, with its own insurance, crews and equipment, lets you meet the goal without carrying a firm that only exists on paper.

For agencies and owners

Participation goals only mean something when the certified firm does real, visible work on the job. Our crews erect the shed, build the scaffold and lay the brick themselves, and that work is documented for compliance reporting.

For the city

Certified firms still win a small share of city spending. The NYC Comptroller found M/WBEs received just 5.3% of the value of new city contracts registered in fiscal year 2023, and 9.8% of the contracts that carried participation goals.

R&A scaffold on a public school facade with crews on several levels
Scaffold and shed on a public school renovation

Bringing R&A onto your bid

  1. Send us the scope. Drawings, specs and the bid date, or just the address and the trades you need covered.
  2. We price our trades. Sidewalk shed, scaffolding, masonry, concrete, carpentry or fencing, quoted in writing before your bid is due.
  3. We complete the M/WBE paperwork. Certification letter, signed quote and the participation forms the agency requires.
  4. We self-perform. Our own crews and equipment from our Brooklyn yard, with the payment documentation your compliance reporting needs.

Recent work as a subcontractor on NYC School Construction Authority projects includes High School 560M in Manhattan and Public School 39R on Staten Island.

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Sources: NYC Comptroller, Annual Report on M/WBE Procurement FY23 · NYC Business, M/WBE Certification Program · Online Directory of NYC Certified Businesses