Federal Contract Awards by Extent of Competition
Table shows amounts in billions of dollars, and is sorted by competition category Switch to percentages or re-sort using column headers | ![]() ![]() |
Competition category | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 | FY 2003 | FY 2004 | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2007 | FY 2008 | FY 2009 | FY 2000-2009 | FY 2009 Rank |
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Competed after exclusion of sources | $20.192 | $24.544 | $29.162 | $35.346 | $48.964 | $66.101 | $76.834 | $89.974 | $95.907 | $25.373 | $512.397 | 3 |
Follow-on to previous contract | $6.903 | $8.924 | $6.622 | $12.910 | $8.692 | $12.459 | $12.594 | $12.180 | $6.999 | $2.340 | $90.623 | 7 |
Full and open competition | $92.973 | $97.585 | $117.201 | $131.949 | $118.012 | $130.636 | $137.356 | $148.358 | $186.634 | $45.216 | $1,205.919 | 2 |
Full and open competition, but only one bid | $17.633 | $15.012 | $17.186 | $20.854 | $38.890 | $39.873 | $40.412 | $45.071 | $45.907 | $12.807 | $293.645 | 4 |
Not available for competition | $17.615 | $15.634 | $24.066 | $19.717 | $15.619 | $20.092 | $22.901 | $22.585 | $24.351 | $7.033 | $189.613 | 6 |
Not competed | $48.618 | $57.166 | $64.566 | $75.485 | $106.926 | $101.173 | $112.581 | $116.157 | $134.897 | $46.150 | $863.719 | 1 |
Unknown | $4.380 | $0.366 | $0.176 | $1.568 | $6.125 | $14.814 | $20.753 | $22.654 | $23.203 | $7.403 | $101.443 | 5 |
Total | $208.314 | $219.231 | $258.980 | $297.828 | $343.228 | $385.148 | $423.430 | $456.979 | $517.898 | $146.322 | $3,257.358 | -- |
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