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Federal Contract Awards by Extent of Competition

Table shows amounts in billions of dollars, and is sorted by FY 2008 dollars.
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Competition categoryFY 2000FY 2001FY 2002FY 2003FY 2004FY 2005FY 2006FY 2007FY 2008FY 2009 1Q * Partial year help link
(partial year)
FY 2000-2009FY 2008 Rank
Full and open competition$92.973$97.585$117.201$131.949$118.010$130.636$137.356$143.292$126.814$0.023$1,095.8401
Not competed$48.659$57.263$64.686$75.593$107.117$101.547$112.901$114.912$94.679$0.054$777.4112
Competed after exclusion of sources$20.399$24.651$29.298$35.446$49.150$66.364$76.917$88.990$66.892$0.017$458.1253
Full and open competition, but only one bid$17.817$15.303$17.479$21.143$39.345$40.736$41.197$44.403$37.343$0.011$274.7774
Unknown$4.472$0.411$0.242$1.738$6.500$15.221$20.770$21.780$19.467$0.069$90.6705
Not available for competition$17.618$15.664$24.067$19.736$15.626$20.110$22.954$22.181$16.578$0.024$174.5586
Follow-on to previous contract$6.903$8.924$6.622$12.910$8.692$12.463$12.599$12.140$6.635$0.002$87.8917
Total$208.841$219.802$259.595$298.514$344.441$387.076$424.695$447.698$368.409$0.201$2,959.273--

*Note: FY 2009 only includes data for part of first quarter.

Federal Contract Awards by Type of Competition

Table shows amounts in billions of dollars, and is sorted by FY 2008 dollars.
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Extent competedFY 2000FY 2001FY 2002FY 2003FY 2004FY 2005FY 2006FY 2007FY 2008FY 2009 1Q * Partial year help link
(partial year)
FY 2000-2009FY 2008 Rank
Full and Open Competition$114.662$120.503$142.678$162.057$169.904$182.049$189.435$208.791$173.366$0.014$1,463.4581
Not Competed$48.657$57.248$64.649$75.480$106.113$97.736$107.395$108.886$89.243$0.041$755.4502
Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources$16.527$16.951$21.141$26.014$32.304$46.798$52.350$50.891$39.671$0.013$302.6603
Competitive Delivery Order$0.000$0.078$0.148$0.437$4.104$7.717$11.780$15.897$17.017$0.020$57.2004
Not Available for Competition$17.618$15.664$24.067$19.736$15.626$20.110$22.954$22.181$16.578$0.024$174.5585
Follow On to Competed Action$6.903$8.924$6.622$12.910$8.692$12.463$12.599$12.140$6.635$0.002$87.8916
Non-Competitive Delivery Order$0.000$0.011$0.015$0.036$0.600$2.817$4.698$4.997$4.251$0.009$17.4337
Not Competed, under SAT (Simplified Acquisition Threshold)$0.002$0.004$0.022$0.077$0.404$0.994$0.807$1.029$1.185$0.003$4.5288
Competed under SAT (Simplified Acquisition Threshold)$0.000$0.007$0.011$0.030$0.194$1.172$1.904$1.106$0.996$0.004$5.4249
Invalid or blank Invalid or blank help link$4.472$0.411$0.242$1.738$6.500$15.221$20.770$21.780$19.467$0.069$90.670--
Total$208.841$219.802$259.595$298.514$344.441$387.076$424.695$447.698$368.409$0.201$2,959.273--

*Note: FY 2009 only includes data for part of first quarter.

Federal Contract Awards by Reason Not Competed

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Reason not competedFY 2000FY 2001FY 2002FY 2003FY 2004FY 2005FY 2006FY 2007FY 2008FY 2009 1Q * Partial year help link
(partial year)
FY 2000-2009FY 2008 Rank
Only One Source - Other$1.798$20.482$21.379$18.976$27.547$35.186$37.175$48.328$44.383$0.034$255.2881
Unique Source$2.159$23.937$27.178$32.777$44.824$37.642$44.784$46.072$30.809$0.004$290.1862
Follow-on Contract$2.114$8.918$8.445$10.192$11.113$8.834$16.415$16.027$13.644$0.006$95.7073
Authorized by Statute$0.430$5.325$6.366$10.506$9.236$13.115$13.263$14.455$11.015$0.004$83.7174
Particular Sources Mobilization, Essential R and D Capability or Expert Services$0.034$4.751$6.580$7.504$9.497$11.227$10.322$7.978$6.700$0.000$64.5935
Urgency$0.359$2.957$5.219$9.076$9.307$10.088$13.290$6.728$4.214$0.001$61.2396
Authorized for Resale$0.007$0.946$0.975$1.021$1.107$4.489$5.731$4.635$3.232$0.000$22.1417
International Agreement$0.061$2.576$4.809$4.990$2.302$2.345$2.500$3.979$2.926$0.000$26.4888
National Security$0.109$2.599$3.506$2.654$3.465$2.669$2.909$2.742$2.393$0.000$23.0459
Utilities$0.391$0.931$0.934$0.939$0.936$1.079$1.195$1.123$0.978$0.022$8.52910
Public Interest$2.725$4.889$5.076$9.306$5.728$5.362$4.701$1.617$0.780$0.000$40.18311
Non-Competitive 8(a)$0.946$5.188$6.516$4.979$2.125$1.136$0.772$0.852$0.590$0.000$23.10312
Patent/Data Rights$0.010$0.205$0.131$0.171$0.218$0.216$0.216$0.471$0.475$0.000$2.11113
Directed to JWOD Nonprofit Agency$0.210$0.586$2.682$0.540$0.197$0.233$0.216$0.253$0.400$0.003$5.32014
Simplified Acquisition Procedures Non-Competitive$0.000$0.006$0.063$0.083$0.949$0.772$0.516$0.381$0.342$0.001$3.11415
Non-Competitive Delivery Order$0.034$0.093$0.122$0.196$4.678$2.795$1.135$0.477$0.295$0.000$9.82516
Unsolicited Research Proposal$0.025$0.067$0.115$0.104$0.125$0.273$0.299$0.185$0.196$0.000$1.38917
Standardization$0.015$0.098$0.014$0.032$0.051$0.134$0.106$0.117$0.079$0.001$0.64718
Less than or equal to Micro Purchase Threshold$0.000$0.000$0.000$0.000$0.001$0.086$0.084$0.102$0.068$0.000$0.34119
UNICOR$0.041$0.032$0.038$0.054$0.091$0.084$0.063$0.045$0.050$0.000$0.49820
Buy Indian$0.000$0.004$0.004$0.004$0.046$0.007$-0.000 **$-0.000$0.000$0.000$0.066--
HUBZone Sole Source$0.000$0.000$0.000$0.000$0.009$0.002$0.000$0.000$0.000$0.000$0.012--
Minimum Guarantee$0.000$0.193$0.104$0.098$0.027$0.008$0.001$0.000$-0.000$0.000$0.43022
Follow-on Delivery Order Following Competitive Initial Order$0.007$0.414$0.056$0.096$3.461$0.706$0.233$0.053$-0.001$0.000$5.02523
Invalid or blank Invalid or blank help link$197.366$134.606$159.282$184.217$207.402$248.587$268.768$291.077$244.843$0.125$1,936.274--
Total$208.841$219.802$259.595$298.514$344.441$387.076$424.695$447.698$368.409$0.201$2,959.273--

*Note: FY 2009 only includes data for part of first quarter.
** Note: negative numbers represent deallocations.

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