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Contracts data was last updated on November 31, 2008 for all 24 CFO Act agencies at this time.

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Contracts for Ores, minerals, and their primary products
(FY 2008)

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Summary


Fiscal Year: 2008
Total dollars: $1,394,748,060
The amount for this search is 0.4% of all awarded dollars for the fiscal year.
Total number of contractors: 286
Total number of transactions: 1,260
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Extent of Competition Competition categories help link

Pie chart: in table form below
Available for everyone for competition$1,140,089,917
Everyone could compete, but only one bid or offer was recieved$110,606,343
Competition within a limited pool$29,467,304
Actions necessary to continue existing competitive contracts for continuity (until the next one could be competed)$2,515,056
Available only for groups such as disabled persons, prisoners, and regulated utilities$627,754
Not competed for an allowable reason$48,184,389
Not identified, soon to be addressed$63,257,297

Top 5 Known Congressional Districts where Work is Performed Known congressional district help link

California 30 (Henry A. Waxman)$570,245,737
New York 14 (Carolyn B. Maloney)$237,532,725
Illinois 12 (Jerry F. Costello)$201,852,086
Idaho 1 (C. L. "Butch" Otter / Bill Sali)$201,605,498
Tennessee 1 (William L. Jenkins / Dave Davis)$48,738,024

Top 5 Products or Services Sold

Precious Metals Primary Forms$1,096,135,080
Nonferrous Base Metal Refinery and Intermediate Forms$276,269,087
Iron and Steel Primary and Semifinished Products$16,715,238
Ores$2,447,148
Minerals, Natural and Synthetic$2,280,707

Top 5 Contracting Agencies Purchasing from Contractor(s)

United States Mint$1,362,636,598
ARMY, Department of the (except Corps of Engineers Civil Program Financing)$14,612,807
AIR FORCE, Department of the (Headquarters, USAF)$5,567,460
NAVY, Department of the$3,757,234
U.S. Coast Guard$3,505,282

Top 10 Contractors

Afinsa Bienes Tangibles SA$573,328,671
MITSUI & CO., LTD.$237,532,725
Olin Corporation$202,004,541
Sunshine Minting, Inc.$201,567,021
Jarden Zinc Products, Inc.$48,720,290
GOLD CORPORATION$33,992,630
Cookson Group PLC$31,338,218
Poongsan Holdings Corporation$24,483,700
Auramet Trading LLC$9,668,803
Hill & Associates, Inc., J. K.$5,510,761

Trend

Bar chart: in table form below

2000$503,706,188
2001$192,286,371
2002$144,081,314
2003$219,911,479
2004$467,314,572
2005$603,118,693
2006$1,173,425,499
2007$1,431,903,969
2008$1,394,748,060
2009 1Q * Partial year help link$250
*Note: FY 2009 only includes data for the first quarter.


*END OF REPORT*

This search was done on January 18, 2009.

The contracts database is compiled from the FPDS-NG system. For timeliness details, please see the Data Quality tab.

Note: The numbers in this table can change after each data load. Transactions included in a data load can impact numbers for the current and previous fiscal years.

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