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Procurement Policy Board (PPB)
The Procurement Policy Board is authorized to promote and put into effect rules governing the procurement of goods,
services, and construction by the City of New York.
The Board
Guillermo Chacón - Chair
Wayne Lambert - Member
Vacant - Member
Charlette Hamamgian -
Member
Victor O. Olds - Member
Administrative
Procedures
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Archived Public Meetings / Public Hearings
December 4, 2025, PPB Public Meeting
Item No. 1
:
Design Build Services Procurement
Item No. 2
:
HHSA Revision and HHS Timelines
Recording
November 17, 2025, PPB Public Hearing
Item No. 1
:
HHS Accelerator
Recording
Public Comments
October 27, 2025, PPB Public Hearing
Item No. 1
:
Design Build
Public Comments
Recording
August 20, 2025, PPB Public Hearing
Item No. 1
:
PASSPort Questionnaires
Item No. 2
:
Performance Evaluations
Item No. 3
:
Further Public Notice and
Comment Reform
Item No. 4
:
Design-Build
Item No. 5
: Reserved
Item No. 6
:
HHSA
Revision and HHS Timelines
Recording
June 16, 2025, PPB Public Hearing
Recording
Item No. 1:
Comments - Agenda 1 PASSPort Questionnaires
Public Comments
Item No. 2:
Comments- Agenda 2 Performance Evaluations
Public Comments
May 8, 2025, PPB Public Meeting
Item No. 1:
Public Notice and
Comment Reform
Item No. 2:
Vendor
Protest
Item No. 3:
Public Notice and
Comment Reform Cleanup
Recording
May 1, 2025 PPB Public Hearing
Recording
Item No. 1:
Public Notice and Comment Reform
Public Comments
Item No. 2:
Vendor Protest
Public Comments
March 6, 2025 PPB Public Meeting
Item No. 1
:
Public
Comment
Item No. 2
:
Vendor
Protest
Item No. 3
:
Vendor
Disclosure
Item No. 4
:
Performance
Evaluation
Recording
November 21, 2024 PPB Public Meeting
Item No. 1
:
Multi-Award
Contract Reform
Item No. 1
:
Electronic
Bidding
Recording
November 12, 2024 PPB
Public Hearing
Recording
No comments received.
September 19, 2024 PPB Public Meeting
Item No. 1
:
Multi-Award
Reform
Item No. 2
:
Challenge-based
Procurement
Item No. 3
:
Electronic
Bidding
Item No. 4
:
Public Hearing
and Vote on Resolution to Adopt Administrative Procedures
Recording
August 28, 2024 PPB
Public Hearing
Recording
Public
Comments
August 14, 2024 PPB
Public Meeting
Recording
July 30, 2024 PPB
Public Hearing
Recording
No comments received.
June 4, 2024 PPB Public Meeting
Agenda Item No.
1
(PQL Initiatives)
Agenda Item No.
2
(Challenge-based procurement)
Agenda Item No.
3
(M/WBE NCSP Name Change)
Agenda Item No.
4
(Multi-Award Contract Reform)
Recording
May 28, 2024 PPB
Public Hearing
Recording
No comments received.
March 19, 2024 PPB Public Meeting
Agenda Item No.
1
(Sole Source)
Agenda Item No.
2
(PQL Initiatives)
Agenda Item No. 3
(Reports of Professional Standards for Agency Contracting
Officers)
Recording
February 26, 2024
PPB Public Hearing
Recording
No comments received
December 6, 2023 PPB Public Meeting
Agenda Item No.
1
(Consecutive Postings)
Agenda Item No.
2
(Sole Source)
Recording
November 1, 2023 PPB
Public Hearing
Recording
No comments received
September 13, 2023 PPB Public Meeting
Agenda Item No.
1
Agenda Item No. 2
(Reports of Professional Standards for Agency Contracting
Officers)
Recording
June 14,
2023 PPB Public Meeting
Recording
June 7,
2023 PPB Public Hearing
Recording
No comments received
April 27, 2023 PPB Public Meeting
Recording
April 14, 2023 PPB CAPA Public Hearing
Recording
Public
Comments
December 15, 2022 PPB Public Meeting
Recording
November 21, 2019 PPB Public Meeting
Transcript
November 12, 2019 PPB CAPA Public Hearing
Transcript
August 19, 2019 PPB Public Meeting
Transcript
September 27, 2018 PPB Public Meeting
Transcript
July 19, 2018 PPB CAPA Public Hearing
Transcript
May 1, 2018 PPB Public Meeting
Transcript
September 14, 2015 PPB CAPA Public Hearing
Transcript
July 21, 2015 PPB Public Meeting
Transcript
May 20, 2015 PPB Public Meeting
Transcript
October 24, 2013 PPB Public Meeting
Transcript
April 8, 2013 PPB Public Meeting
Transcript
PPB Rules
This copy of the
Rules
, while not
official, is, to the best of our knowledge, complete and accurate at the time of its printing. The underlying
purposes of these Rules are to simplify, clarify and modernize the law governing procurement by the City of New
York.
The underlying purposes of these Rules are to:
Simplify, clarify and modernize the law governing procurement by the City of New York;
Permit the continued development of procurement policies and practices;
Make as consistent as possible the uniform application of these policies throughout New York City
agencies;
Provide for increased public confidence in New York City's public procurement procedures;
Ensure the fair and equitable treatment of all persons who deal with the procurement system of the City of New
York;
Provide for increased efficiency, economy, and flexibility in City procurement activities and to maximize to the
fullest extent the purchasing power of the City;
Foster effective broad-based competition from all segments of the vendor community; including small businesses,
minority and women-owned and operated enterprises;
Safeguard the integrity of the procurement system and protect against corruption, waste, fraud, and abuse;
Ensure appropriate public access to contracting information; and
Foster equal employment opportunities in the policies and practices of contractors and subcontractors wishing to
do business with the City.
The official text to the Procurement Policy Board Rules can be found in The Rules of the City of New York, Volume 4,
which you can purchase from:
New York Legal Publishing
Corporation
120 Broadway
Menands, NY 12204
(518) 459-1100
(800) 541-2681
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Amendments
The following amendments have been adopted:
Rules Chapter and Section
: 1-01, 3-01, 3-17, 4-04, 4-07, 4-09
Title
:
Design-Build Services Procurement
Date Adopted
: 12/04/25
Rules Chapter and Section
: 2-08
Title
:
PASSPort Questionnaires
Date Adopted
: 8/20/25
Rules Chapter and Section
: 4-01
Title
:
Performance Evaluations
Date Adopted
: 8/20/25
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-07, 3-08, 4-04, 4-12
Title
:
Further Public Notice and Comment Reform
Date Adopted
: 8/20/25
Rules Chapter and Section
: 2-11
Title
:
Public Notice and Comment
Reform
Date Adopted
: 5/8/25
Rules Chapter and Section
: 2-10
Title
:
Vendor Protest
Date Adopted
: 5/8/25
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-02, 3-03
Title
:
Multi-Award
Reform
Date Adopted
: 11/21/24
Rules Chapter and Section
: 1-01, 1-05, 2-07, 3-02
Title
:
E-Bidding
Date Adopted
: 11/21/24
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-11
Title
:
Challenge-Based
Procurement
Date Adopted
: 9/19/24
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-08
Title
:
M/WBE Noncompetitive
Small Purchase Name Change
Date Adopted
: 8/14/24
Rules Chapter and Section
: 1-01, 3-10
Title
:
PQL
Initiatives
Date Adopted
: 6/4/24
Rules Chapter and Section
: 2-02, 2-08, 2-09, 3-05
Title
:
Sole
Source Requirements
Date Adopted
: 3/19/24
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-04, 3-05, 3-10, 3-11, 3-12, 3-13, 3-16
Title
:
Consecutive Postings
Requirements
Date Adopted
: 12/6/23
Rules Chapter and Section
: 1-02
Title
:
Updating
Subscriptions
Date Adopted
: 6/14/23
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-08
Title
:
M/WBE
Noncompetitive Small Purchase and Notice of Award
Date Adopted
: 4/27/23
Rules Chapter and Section
: 1-01; 3-02; 3-03; and 3-08
Title
:
Amendment of Rules Relating
to Bids, Proposals, and Purchases from M/WBEs
Date Adopted
:
11/21/19
Rules Chapter and Section
: 1-01; 2-08; 2-12; and 3-08
Title
:
MWBE
Noncompetitive Small Purchase Provisions
Date Adopted
: 09/27/18
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-06; 4-03; 3-04; 3-02; and 3-03
Title
:
Emergency
Procurements; Extension of time for Performance; Investment Services; Public Notice; and Best
Value
Date Adopted
: 10/21/15
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-08
Title
:
Micropurchases
10/21/15
Date Adopted
: 10/21/15
Rules Chapter and Section
: 2-07: 2-08; 3-03; 3-10; and 3-08
Title
:
Name and
address change for the Bureau of Contract Administration
Date
Adopted
: 10/21/15
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-05
Title
:
Sole Source
Procurement Threshold
Date Adopted
: 10/24/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 2-09
Title
:
Best Value in
Recommendation for Award
Date Adopted
: 10/24/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 1-01, 2-04, 2-08, 2-09, 3-01, 3-10, 3-16, 4-12
Title
:
HHS
Accelerator
Date Adopted
: 10/24/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 1-01, 3-15
Title
:
Investment
Managers
Date Adopted
: 10/24/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-08
Title
:
Micropurchases
Date Adopted
: 4/8/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-03
Title
:
Best Value Competitive Sealed
Proposals
Date Adopted
: 4/8/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-02
Title
:
Best
Value Competitive Sealed Bidding
Date Adopted
: 4/8/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-01
Title
:
Best Value
Method of Source Selection Policy
Date Adopted
: 4/8/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 2-11
Title
:
Best Value
Public Hearing Requirements
Date Adopted
: 4/8/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 2-07
Title
:
Responsiveness
Date Adopted
: 4/8/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 1-01
Title
:
Definitions
Date Adopted
: 4/8/13
Prompt Payment Interest Rate
Section 4-06 of the Procurement Policy Board Rules (Rules) requires City agencies to process contract payments
efficiently and expeditiously so as to assure timely contract payments to those suppliers doing business with the
City.
The Rules further require that when payments are made after the Required Payment Date ("RPD"), interest, unless
otherwise specified in the Rules, must be paid to the supplier.
The Comptroller and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) have jointly set the new Prompt Payment Interest Rate.
Current Prompt Payment Interest Rate:
July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025: 4.625%.
Previous Prompt Payment Interest
Rates
Reports
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Reports by the Board
2015
Procurement Training Institute Annual Report
2021
Professional Standards Annual Report
2022
Professional Standards Annual Report
2023
Professional Standards Annual Report
2024
Professional Standards Annual Report
2025
Professional Standards Annual Report
Reports to the Board
Innovation Procurement:
Interim and Final Reports on Town + Gown Program
Interim
Report on Innovative Procurement Method for DDC Construction Mentoring Program
Final
Report on Innovative Procurement Method for DDC Construction Mentoring Program
Final
Report for M/WBE Innovative Procurement Method
Local Law 169 of 2023
Report
Mayor's Office of Contract Services
311
Search all NYC.gov websites
Menu
Text-Size
Search
PPB
Prevailing & Living Wages
Project Labor Agreements
Apprenticeship Requirements
Food Policy Standards
Labor and Human Rights Disclosures
Legislative and Regulatory Reforms
Executive Order 42 of 2019
PPB
EPP
Share
Procurement Policy Board (PPB)
The Procurement Policy Board is authorized to promote and put into effect rules governing the procurement of goods,
services, and construction by the City of New York.
The Board
Guillermo Chacón - Chair
Wayne Lambert - Member
Vacant - Member
Charlette Hamamgian -
Member
Victor O. Olds - Member
Administrative
Procedures
Expand All
Collapse All
Archived Public Meetings / Public Hearings
December 4, 2025, PPB Public Meeting
Item No. 1
:
Design Build Services Procurement
Item No. 2
:
HHSA Revision and HHS Timelines
Recording
November 17, 2025, PPB Public Hearing
Item No. 1
:
HHS Accelerator
Recording
Public Comments
October 27, 2025, PPB Public Hearing
Item No. 1
:
Design Build
Public Comments
Recording
August 20, 2025, PPB Public Hearing
Item No. 1
:
PASSPort Questionnaires
Item No. 2
:
Performance Evaluations
Item No. 3
:
Further Public Notice and
Comment Reform
Item No. 4
:
Design-Build
Item No. 5
: Reserved
Item No. 6
:
HHSA
Revision and HHS Timelines
Recording
June 16, 2025, PPB Public Hearing
Recording
Item No. 1:
Comments - Agenda 1 PASSPort Questionnaires
Public Comments
Item No. 2:
Comments- Agenda 2 Performance Evaluations
Public Comments
May 8, 2025, PPB Public Meeting
Item No. 1:
Public Notice and
Comment Reform
Item No. 2:
Vendor
Protest
Item No. 3:
Public Notice and
Comment Reform Cleanup
Recording
May 1, 2025 PPB Public Hearing
Recording
Item No. 1:
Public Notice and Comment Reform
Public Comments
Item No. 2:
Vendor Protest
Public Comments
March 6, 2025 PPB Public Meeting
Item No. 1
:
Public
Comment
Item No. 2
:
Vendor
Protest
Item No. 3
:
Vendor
Disclosure
Item No. 4
:
Performance
Evaluation
Recording
November 21, 2024 PPB Public Meeting
Item No. 1
:
Multi-Award
Contract Reform
Item No. 1
:
Electronic
Bidding
Recording
November 12, 2024 PPB
Public Hearing
Recording
No comments received.
September 19, 2024 PPB Public Meeting
Item No. 1
:
Multi-Award
Reform
Item No. 2
:
Challenge-based
Procurement
Item No. 3
:
Electronic
Bidding
Item No. 4
:
Public Hearing
and Vote on Resolution to Adopt Administrative Procedures
Recording
August 28, 2024 PPB
Public Hearing
Recording
Public
Comments
August 14, 2024 PPB
Public Meeting
Recording
July 30, 2024 PPB
Public Hearing
Recording
No comments received.
June 4, 2024 PPB Public Meeting
Agenda Item No.
1
(PQL Initiatives)
Agenda Item No.
2
(Challenge-based procurement)
Agenda Item No.
3
(M/WBE NCSP Name Change)
Agenda Item No.
4
(Multi-Award Contract Reform)
Recording
May 28, 2024 PPB
Public Hearing
Recording
No comments received.
March 19, 2024 PPB Public Meeting
Agenda Item No.
1
(Sole Source)
Agenda Item No.
2
(PQL Initiatives)
Agenda Item No. 3
(Reports of Professional Standards for Agency Contracting
Officers)
Recording
February 26, 2024
PPB Public Hearing
Recording
No comments received
December 6, 2023 PPB Public Meeting
Agenda Item No.
1
(Consecutive Postings)
Agenda Item No.
2
(Sole Source)
Recording
November 1, 2023 PPB
Public Hearing
Recording
No comments received
September 13, 2023 PPB Public Meeting
Agenda Item No.
1
Agenda Item No. 2
(Reports of Professional Standards for Agency Contracting
Officers)
Recording
June 14,
2023 PPB Public Meeting
Recording
June 7,
2023 PPB Public Hearing
Recording
No comments received
April 27, 2023 PPB Public Meeting
Recording
April 14, 2023 PPB CAPA Public Hearing
Recording
Public
Comments
December 15, 2022 PPB Public Meeting
Recording
November 21, 2019 PPB Public Meeting
Transcript
November 12, 2019 PPB CAPA Public Hearing
Transcript
August 19, 2019 PPB Public Meeting
Transcript
September 27, 2018 PPB Public Meeting
Transcript
July 19, 2018 PPB CAPA Public Hearing
Transcript
May 1, 2018 PPB Public Meeting
Transcript
September 14, 2015 PPB CAPA Public Hearing
Transcript
July 21, 2015 PPB Public Meeting
Transcript
May 20, 2015 PPB Public Meeting
Transcript
October 24, 2013 PPB Public Meeting
Transcript
April 8, 2013 PPB Public Meeting
Transcript
PPB Rules
This copy of the
Rules
, while not
official, is, to the best of our knowledge, complete and accurate at the time of its printing. The underlying
purposes of these Rules are to simplify, clarify and modernize the law governing procurement by the City of New
York.
The underlying purposes of these Rules are to:
Simplify, clarify and modernize the law governing procurement by the City of New York;
Permit the continued development of procurement policies and practices;
Make as consistent as possible the uniform application of these policies throughout New York City
agencies;
Provide for increased public confidence in New York City's public procurement procedures;
Ensure the fair and equitable treatment of all persons who deal with the procurement system of the City of New
York;
Provide for increased efficiency, economy, and flexibility in City procurement activities and to maximize to the
fullest extent the purchasing power of the City;
Foster effective broad-based competition from all segments of the vendor community; including small businesses,
minority and women-owned and operated enterprises;
Safeguard the integrity of the procurement system and protect against corruption, waste, fraud, and abuse;
Ensure appropriate public access to contracting information; and
Foster equal employment opportunities in the policies and practices of contractors and subcontractors wishing to
do business with the City.
The official text to the Procurement Policy Board Rules can be found in The Rules of the City of New York, Volume 4,
which you can purchase from:
New York Legal Publishing
Corporation
120 Broadway
Menands, NY 12204
(518) 459-1100
(800) 541-2681
Expand All
Collapse All
Amendments
The following amendments have been adopted:
Rules Chapter and Section
: 1-01, 3-01, 3-17, 4-04, 4-07, 4-09
Title
:
Design-Build Services Procurement
Date Adopted
: 12/04/25
Rules Chapter and Section
: 2-08
Title
:
PASSPort Questionnaires
Date Adopted
: 8/20/25
Rules Chapter and Section
: 4-01
Title
:
Performance Evaluations
Date Adopted
: 8/20/25
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-07, 3-08, 4-04, 4-12
Title
:
Further Public Notice and Comment Reform
Date Adopted
: 8/20/25
Rules Chapter and Section
: 2-11
Title
:
Public Notice and Comment
Reform
Date Adopted
: 5/8/25
Rules Chapter and Section
: 2-10
Title
:
Vendor Protest
Date Adopted
: 5/8/25
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-02, 3-03
Title
:
Multi-Award
Reform
Date Adopted
: 11/21/24
Rules Chapter and Section
: 1-01, 1-05, 2-07, 3-02
Title
:
E-Bidding
Date Adopted
: 11/21/24
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-11
Title
:
Challenge-Based
Procurement
Date Adopted
: 9/19/24
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-08
Title
:
M/WBE Noncompetitive
Small Purchase Name Change
Date Adopted
: 8/14/24
Rules Chapter and Section
: 1-01, 3-10
Title
:
PQL
Initiatives
Date Adopted
: 6/4/24
Rules Chapter and Section
: 2-02, 2-08, 2-09, 3-05
Title
:
Sole
Source Requirements
Date Adopted
: 3/19/24
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-04, 3-05, 3-10, 3-11, 3-12, 3-13, 3-16
Title
:
Consecutive Postings
Requirements
Date Adopted
: 12/6/23
Rules Chapter and Section
: 1-02
Title
:
Updating
Subscriptions
Date Adopted
: 6/14/23
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-08
Title
:
M/WBE
Noncompetitive Small Purchase and Notice of Award
Date Adopted
: 4/27/23
Rules Chapter and Section
: 1-01; 3-02; 3-03; and 3-08
Title
:
Amendment of Rules Relating
to Bids, Proposals, and Purchases from M/WBEs
Date Adopted
:
11/21/19
Rules Chapter and Section
: 1-01; 2-08; 2-12; and 3-08
Title
:
MWBE
Noncompetitive Small Purchase Provisions
Date Adopted
: 09/27/18
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-06; 4-03; 3-04; 3-02; and 3-03
Title
:
Emergency
Procurements; Extension of time for Performance; Investment Services; Public Notice; and Best
Value
Date Adopted
: 10/21/15
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-08
Title
:
Micropurchases
10/21/15
Date Adopted
: 10/21/15
Rules Chapter and Section
: 2-07: 2-08; 3-03; 3-10; and 3-08
Title
:
Name and
address change for the Bureau of Contract Administration
Date
Adopted
: 10/21/15
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-05
Title
:
Sole Source
Procurement Threshold
Date Adopted
: 10/24/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 2-09
Title
:
Best Value in
Recommendation for Award
Date Adopted
: 10/24/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 1-01, 2-04, 2-08, 2-09, 3-01, 3-10, 3-16, 4-12
Title
:
HHS
Accelerator
Date Adopted
: 10/24/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 1-01, 3-15
Title
:
Investment
Managers
Date Adopted
: 10/24/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-08
Title
:
Micropurchases
Date Adopted
: 4/8/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-03
Title
:
Best Value Competitive Sealed
Proposals
Date Adopted
: 4/8/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-02
Title
:
Best
Value Competitive Sealed Bidding
Date Adopted
: 4/8/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 3-01
Title
:
Best Value
Method of Source Selection Policy
Date Adopted
: 4/8/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 2-11
Title
:
Best Value
Public Hearing Requirements
Date Adopted
: 4/8/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 2-07
Title
:
Responsiveness
Date Adopted
: 4/8/13
Rules Chapter and Section
: 1-01
Title
:
Definitions
Date Adopted
: 4/8/13
Prompt Payment Interest Rate
Section 4-06 of the Procurement Policy Board Rules (Rules) requires City agencies to process contract payments
efficiently and expeditiously so as to assure timely contract payments to those suppliers doing business with the
City.
The Rules further require that when payments are made after the Required Payment Date ("RPD"), interest, unless
otherwise specified in the Rules, must be paid to the supplier.
The Comptroller and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) have jointly set the new Prompt Payment Interest Rate.
Current Prompt Payment Interest Rate:
July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025: 4.625%.
Previous Prompt Payment Interest
Rates
Reports
Expand All
Collapse All
Reports by the Board
2015
Procurement Training Institute Annual Report
2021
Professional Standards Annual Report
2022
Professional Standards Annual Report
2023
Professional Standards Annual Report
2024
Professional Standards Annual Report
2025
Professional Standards Annual Report
Reports to the Board
Innovation Procurement:
Interim and Final Reports on Town + Gown Program
Interim
Report on Innovative Procurement Method for DDC Construction Mentoring Program
Final
Report on Innovative Procurement Method for DDC Construction Mentoring Program
Final
Report for M/WBE Innovative Procurement Method
Local Law 169 of 2023
Report