This Monthly Federal Contract Activity Report is a Historical Procurement Synopsis for the month of December 2019. This report titled “December 2019 Monthly Federal Contract Activity Report” is to shed some light on the Federal Government expenditures by looking at the total of contract action postings. This report looks at the How (Award IDV Type), What (NAICS and PSC), Where (State & Vendor City), When (Date Signed), To Whom (Vendor) and By Whom (Contracting Agency and Contracting Office) questions. This report uses the number of contract action postings and the Action Obligation value for December 2019 postings. I have taken data from two open source Federal Government Databases, the Federal Procurement Database System-Next Generation (FPDS-NG) and Contracting Opportunities at beta.sam.gov to provide this report. These two open source databases are structurally different in their field layout and search capabilities. Therefore, not all sections of this report will have both data types but all will have at least the FPDS-NG data.
In this Monthly Federal Contract Activity Report uses the total reported contract actions with a Signed Date range between 12/01/2019 to 12/31/2019 from a search that was conducted on January 2, 2020. Contract Actions are continually reported by the contracting entity and then posted to the FPDS-NG database. Therefore, the results/information in this report is as it appears within the FPDS-NG database as of January 2, 2020.
Activity Summary:
In December 2019, there was a total of 137,856 reported contract actions in FPDS-NG for a total value of $10,978,722,627.27 (as reported in the Action Obligation field). On an average value basis, this works out to $79,639.06 per contract action posted within December 2019. In comparison, November 2019 consisted of 127,271 reported contract actions for a total value of $7,518,618,310.99 with an average value of $59,075.66 per contract action. There was difference in average value of $3,460,104,316.28 for the month of December over November 2019. Subsequently, the average value, per contract action, was greater for December 2019 by $20,563.40 over November 2019. The average posting per day in December came to 4,447 (rounded to the nearest tenth) for a average value of $354,152,314.82 per day. The most active day was December 19, 2019 with 9,343 contract action posts for a value of $929,166,009.89
Contract Opportunities, beta.sam.gov, posted a total of 17,693 procurement postings in December 2019 for all opportunity types. This was an increase from November 2019 total of 15,734 by 1,959 postings. The average daily Contract Opportunities postings came to 571 (rounded to the nearest tenth) opportunities per day. The most active day was December 17, 2019 with 1,456 postings.
Most Commonly Occurring Data points within the Month:
The following sections are the Top Ten most commonly occurring results of all contract action postings. The Top Ten lists are only a portion of total contract action postings within the FPDS-NG database. Looking at each section it appears that December 2019 was for Office Supplies and Tool related Federal Government procurements.
Award/ IDV Type (How?)
The Federal Government released the most contract actions using the Delivery Order (Task Order) Award/ IDV Type to procure December 2019 services/products. The total contract actions came to 54,396 for a value of $4,521,608,856.68 compared with November 2019 that posted 49,937 for a value of $3,388,721,056.73. December 2019 was more active in terms of total postings and value with 4,459 more contract action postings for $1,132,887,799.95 over November 2019. The second most commonly used type was the BPA Call Blanket Purchase Agreement type at 47,496 for a value of $743,051,243.
Looking at the Top Ten information the top two Award/ IDV Type consisted of the bulk of postings for the month. These two Award/IDV Types were the Federal Government’s preferred method to procure its services or products/goods. The combined total of actions came to 101,892 contract actions for a value of $5,264,660,100.08 with is the bulk of the total value from the two types coming from the DO Delivery Order Award/IDV Type. Looking at the total posted actions, the Delivery Order (Task Order) and BPA Call Blanket Purchase Agreement types consisted of 47.9% of the total value of $10,978,722,627.27 and 73.9% of all posted contract actions (137,856).
What is interesting on the total expenditures side is the DCA Definitive Contract Award/IDV Type. In the list it comes in 5th in terms of total posted contract actions (5,369) but has the highest value at $4,596,394,038.49. This comes to an average value of $856,098.72 per contract action whereas the average value per contract action for the DO Delivery Order, the most reported contract posting type, comes to $83,123.92. The DCA Definitive Contract Award/IDV Type averaged $772,974.80 per contract action over the DO Delivery Order Award/IDV Type.
| Award/IDV Type | Count of Award/IDV Type | Sum of Action Obligation ($) |
|---|---|---|
| DO Delivery Order | 54,396 | $4,521,608,856.68 |
| BPA Call Blanket Purchase Agreement | 47,496 | $743,051,243.40 |
| PO Purchase Order | 17,857 | $347,849,952.34 |
| FSS Federal Supply Schedule | 7,838 | $0.00 |
| DCA Definitive Contract | 5,369 | $4,596,394,038.49 |
| IDC Indefinite Delivery Contract | 2,759 | $701,452,852.72 |
| BPA Blanket Purchase Agreement | 1,155 | $997,642.10 |
| Grant For Research | 556 | $47,206,533.86 |
| BOA Basic Ordering Agreement | 220 | $0.00 |
| Cooperative Agreement | 107 | $15,780,638.00 |
| GWAC Government Wide Acquisition Contract | 53 | $257,047.19 |
| Training Grant | 26 | $163,043.35 |
| Other Transaction Award Other Transaction Agreement | 24 | $3,960,779.14 |
| Grand Total | 137,856 | $10,978,722,627.27 |
As seen in the pie chart, the DO Delivery Order consisted of 40% (54,396) of all posted contract actions among the Top Ten list followed by the BPA Call Blanket Purchase Agreement came to 34%. (47,496). This indicate that the Federal Government continues to use existing contracts to purchase services or goods/supplies for the month of December 2019, not new procurements or individual orders, since the top two Award/IDV Types were the same as in November 2019. The highest and first individual and/or new purchases, as represented by Purchase Orders Award/IDV type, consisted of 13% (17857) of all posted contract actions within the Top Ten list. Even if one adds this percentage (13%) with the Federal Supply Schedule percentage (6%) and DCA Definitive Contract percentage (4%), the total comes to 23% of the total monthly postings.
NAICS (What?)
For the month of December 2019, the most reported NAICS, as determined by the number of posted contract actions, was 453210 (Office Supplies and Stationary Stores) with 13,667 contract actions for a value of $5,615,386.87. This was an increase of 1,076 and $333,562.53 additional value over November 2019 where the Federal Government reported 12,591 for $5,281,824.38. However, as seen in the following Top Ten list, this doesn’t mean that the Government spent the most money on Office Supplies related contracts. Also, like November 2019, the largest expenditure in December belongs to the ninth most posted NAICS under 541519, Other Computer Related Services, for a total value of $537,748,775.72 (3,046 postings). For a comparison, November total value was $314,098,527.98 (2,518 postings). NAICS 541519 value consisted of 52.2% value of the Top Ten NAICS Code. Overall and in terms of total posted contract actions, The Top Ten NAICS Codes in the list accounted for 44.7 % of all reported contract actions, slight down from November’s percentage of 46.4%.
| NAICS | Count of NAICS | Sum of Action Obligation ($) | Contract Opportunities Postings (Total) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 453210 | 13,667 | $5,615,386.87 | 3 |
| 444130 | 12,160 | $7,302,967.56 | 4 |
| 339940 | 6,170 | $2,629,011.44 | 1 |
| 444110 | 5,931 | $12,271,175.53 | 0 |
| 423710 | 5,355 | $2,301,013.00 | 2 |
| 333319 (2007 Code) | 4,425 | $3,627,650.57 | 0 |
| 322121 | 4,131 | $14,564,922.03 | 1 |
| 332216 | 4,041 | $1,441,337.07 | 1 |
| 541519 | 3,046 | $537,748,775.72 | 120 |
| 541611 | 2,692 | $443,186,462.97 | 86 |
| Grand Total | 61,618 | $1,030,688,702.76 | 218 |
As seen in the pie chart, the NAICS 453210 consisted of 22% of all posted contract actions within the Top Ten list followed by the NAICS 444130 at 20%. These two NAICS Codes combined accounted for 42% of all contract actions posted within the month of December 2019. Again, these NAICS Codes, in general, are product related purchases (Office Supplies and Tools). The generally recognized services based NAICS 541519 comes in at 5% of all posted contract actions for the month at 3,046 postings.
There was a total of 218 FedBizOpps opportunities posted with the Top Ten NAICS within December which is a increase of 57 opportunity over November (161 postings). As you see, the total FedBizOpps postings does not correlate with the FPDS-NG rankings. For example, the top NAICS Code 453210 had 3 Contract Opportunity postings (beta.sam.gov) in December while it accounted for the most contract action postings within the FPDS-NG database. The largest total amount of Contract Opportunity postings was NAICS 541519 at 120 postings ended up ranking ninth in the FPDS-NG list.
With these two types, FPDS-NG and FedBizOpps, searches each bring a different result. The FPDS-NG database indicates that Office Supplies related procurements were most prevalent in terms of postings while the FedBizOpps postings point toward Computer related services type procurements. This is due to how the databases are searched as well as how the information is posted by the contracting activity.
PSC (What?)
PSC or Product Service Code is a broader classification system that the Federal Government uses in their Federal Procurement databases as compared with the NAICS Code. This can lead to a different Top Ten list to what was provided in the prior NAICS section. Taken individually, PSC Code 7510 was the largest code in terms of the total number of contract actions posted at 29,110 with a value of $15,739,795.78. This was an increase over November (28,024 postings for $15,271,286.29) by 1,086 postings and increase in total value by $468,509.49. For the month of December, the PSC Code does match with the NAICS. PSC Code 7510 is for Office Supplies. The second most reported PSC Code was 5120 which is for Hand Tools, Nonedged, Nonpowered. This falls in line with NAICS 444130 (second most reported NAICS) which is for Hardware Stores. Although not a one to one match, the PSC type is similar in nature to NAICS 444130. The Top Ten PSC Codes in the list accounted for 55.5% of all posted contract actions, whereas November’s Top Ten PSC Code accounted for 57.9%.
Looking at the Top Ten list, PSC R499, is the largest by value at $555,883,202.26. This was an increase over November’s total of $359,113,453.25 by $196,769,749.01. PSC R499 is described as Support- Professional: Other which is a service classification type. With only 2,827 contract action postings the average value of the contract action postings come to $196,633.61 while the average value of the most posted PSC 7510 comes to $542.42. Supplies and Tools clearly dominated the Top Ten list for December with only 3 PSC Codes (R499, R706, and D399) not being part of the Office Supplies and Tools related postings. PSC R499, R706, and D399 combined value was $1,116,341,081.27 which is 87.1% of value of the Top Ten list’s total value which come to 10% of total contract postings in the FPDS-NG database. This was an increase of 1% over November 2019 which came in at 9% for a value of $656,125,758.38.
| PSC | Count of PSC | Sum of Action Obligation ($) | Contract Opportunities Postings (Total) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7510 | 29,110 | $15,739,795.78 | 2 |
| 5120 | 26,558 | $22,653,277.16 | 4 |
| 7910 | 4,649 | $1,320,928.48 | 1 |
| R499 | 2,827 | $555,883,202.26 | 135 |
| R706 | 2,408 | $45,777,473.72 | 20 |
| D399 | 2,389 | $514,680,405.29 | 31 |
| 7110 | 2,362 | $12,696,147.86 | 21 |
| 5180 | 2,109 | $625,961.11 | 6 |
| 6515 | 2,086 | $98,206,730.90 | 110 |
| 9310 | 2,084 | $13,475,364.05 | 2 |
| Grand Total | 76,582 | $1,281,059,286.61 | 332 |
December 2019 Top Ten list was dominated by two PSC Codes, 7510 and 5120 (see pie chart). These two codes combined for 72% of the contract actions from the PSC Codes within the Top Ten list, as referenced in the following pie chart. This was a decrease of 1% from November 2019 where the percentage came in at 73%. The first service-related PSC Code is R499 which accounts for 4% of all contract postings for the month but comes to the largest dollar value as seen in the listed Top Ten chart in this section (an increase of 1% over November’s total of #%).
Just as with the NAICS section, the total Contract Opportunity (beta.sam.gov) postings does not correlate with the FPDS-NG rankings. For example, the top PSC Code 7510 had 2 Contract Opportunity postings in November while it accounted for the most contract action postings within the FPDS-NG database. The largest total amount of Contract Opportunity postings was PSC R499 at 135 postings (an increase of 46 opportunities over November’s 89 postings) which was the fourth most reported PSC Type in terms of contract actions within the FPDS-NG database.
State (Where?)
The Washington, DC region (DC, Maryland, and Virginia) reigns supreme again in December 2019 with three out of 10 of the Top Ten list just as the region did in November 2010. Virginia had the most posted contract actions with 23,789 (20,890 in November) which was more than double Illinois that had the second most postings at 9,977 (9,866 in November). Taking the three Washington, DC Metro area States/localities the total posted contract actions was 38,338 (34,605 in November) which accounted for 40.4% (39.7% in November) of the contract actions within the Top Ten list. Taking this further, the three states combined for 27.8% of all posted contract actions in total. The Top Ten Vendor State list accounted for 68.8% (68.3% in November) of all reported contract actions.
On the value side of the monthly postings, Virginia also accounted for the most expenditures during December with a value of $2,659,290,835.32 (November consisted of $1,840,961,541.43) which was 41.4% of all expenditures for the states within the Top Ten List. In comparison, this was larger in terms of total value over November’s $1,840,961,541.43 expenditures but a smaller percentage of the Top Ten States expenditures with November percentage coming in at 45.1% to December’s 41.4%. Taken nationally, Virginia again brought in nearly a quarter (24.2%) of all reported expenditures that came to $10,978,722,627.27. This was a slight decrease of November’s 24.4% of the total value of all posted contract actions that came to $7,518,618,310.99. Combined, the Washington Metro Area took in $4,185,036,618.94 worth of contract actions in December 2019 that represents 38.1% value of all contract actions the Federal Government posted within the month of November. November’s Washington Metro Area came in as $2,518,095,947.68 worth of contract actions representing 33.5% value of all contract actions the Federal Government posted within the month of November. This shows that the Washington Metro Area took in a greater percentage of expenditure value in December from November.
| Vendor State | Count of Vendor State | Sum of Action Obligation ($) | Contract Opportunities Postings (Total) |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 23,789 | $2,659,290,835.32 | 433 |
| IL | 9,977 | $286,192,017.50 | 86 |
| MD | 8,699 | $1,254,193,021.58 | 317 |
| MA | 8,406 | $387,577,885.07 | 59 |
| NC | 8,159 | $140,169,376.75 | 153 |
| CA | 8,141 | $997,059,225.93 | 389 |
| MI | 7,925 | $71,108,698.22 | 46 |
| NY | 7,719 | $263,601,299.76 | 105 |
| GA | 6,119 | $85,491,595.36 | 122 |
| DC | 5,850 | $271,552,762.04 | 223 |
| Grand Total | 94,784 | $6,416,236,717.53 | 1,933 |
For the contract actions within the pie chart, Virginia accounted for 25% of all contract actions posted within the Top Ten list entries, an increase of 1% over November 2019 total of 24%. This was followed by Illinois with 11 % and Maryland was third with 9% of contract actions for the Top Ten entries (both matching the percentage within November). Washington, DC (the Nation’s Capital) came in at 6% of the contract postings. Combined the Washington, DC region as a whole accounted for 40% of all posted contract actions out of the Top Ten list (an increase of 1% from November’s 39%).
Contract Opportunities, beta.sam.gov, postings in December 2019 matched the FPDS-NG activity with Virginia with the most Contract Opportunities postings (433). This was in contrast with November’s postings since the sixth most FPDS postings came from California which the most Contract Opportunities postings with 251. This beat out Maryland by one posting which came in at 251. In December, California’s postings raised to 389 but did not match the number of postings from Virginia. Maryland came in third with 317 followed by Washington, DC that came in fourth for the month with 223 postings. In total, the Washington Metro area consisted of 50.3% of all Contract Opportunities postings.
Vendor City (Where?)
Breaking down the location to a more specific area in this section. The Federal Government posted the greatest number of contract actions within Alexandria, Virginia with 14,097 postings for a total of $100,319,783.65 (November consisted of 12,752 for $70,861,511.25). Alexandria saw an increase of 1,345 contract actions that resulted in a increase in value of $29,458,272.40 over the previous month. Durham (NC) followed with 6,914 (an increase of 83 from 6,831 postings in November) for $16,155,956.84 (an increase from 10,621,499.49). This equates to 83 additional contract actions for a total of $5,534,457.35 for Durham, NC. In addition to Alexandria, VA, Washington and Columbia (MD), also located within the Washington, DC Metro Area. Alexandria accounted for 10.22% of all posted contract actions for the month and accounted for .9% of all expenditures for the month. Taking a combined approach, the three Washington region vendor cities totaled 24,409 (up from 22,424 in November) contract actions for a total of $414,372,184.10 (an increase of $83,949,486.13 over Novembers total of $330,422,697.97). These three cities accounted for 89.1% of December expenditures for the Top Ten list entries. The Top Ten Vendor City in the list accounted for 39.3% of all reported contract actions and was 4.2% of total expenditures (November was 41.4% and 4.7% respectively).
| Vendor City | Count of Vendor City | Sum of Action Obligation ($) |
|---|---|---|
| ALEXANDRIA | 14,097 | $100,319,783.65 |
| DURHAM | 6,914 | $16,155,956.84 |
| LAKE FOREST | 6,037 | $23,203,483.20 |
| WASHINGTON | 5,864 | $272,257,653.38 |
| WARREN | 5,265 | $1,816,215.90 |
| COLUMBIA | 4,448 | $41,794,747.07 |
| NORWELL | 3,595 | $2,445,296.75 |
| GAINESVILLE | 2,952 | $3,598,828.38 |
| KENOSHA | 2,782 | $728,772.46 |
| MELVILLE | 2,264 | $2,517,121.59 |
| Grand Total | 54,218 | $464,837,859.22 |
The Top Ten pie chart lists that Alexandria contained 26% (up from 24% in November) of the contract action postings that made up the Top Ten list. Of these results, the pie chart indicates that three vendor cities make up half (50%) of the contract action postings. These cities are Alexandria (26%), Durham (13%) and Lake Forest (11%). The seven other cities, starting with Washington, DC, made up the other 50% of postings within the Top Ten list. The range for these entries are 11% down to 4%.
Date Signed (When?)
This section contains all 30 days in order to view the trend of postings on each day within December 2019. As indicated, the most voluminous date was December 19, 2019 with 9,343 contract actions that totaled $929,166,009.89. The second busiest date was December, 11 2019 with 8,799 postings for a total of 567,785,314.38. December 19, 2019 in the list accounted for 6.7% of all reported contract actions for the month. The day’s posting value of $929,166,009.89 also represents 8.4% of the total expenditures for the month.
The most expensive day was not the busiest posting day in terms of total contract actions. The day that had the highest value was December 20, 2019 with 8,540 postings for a value of $1,774,898,811.49 represents 16.1% of the month’s total expenditure of $10,978,722,627.27. On average, the contract actions posted on December 20, 2019 came to $207,833.58. Contract actions posted on December 20, 2019 had a higher average value compared to the monthly average of $79,639.06 per contract posting.
| Date | Count of Date Signed | Sum of Action Obligation ($) | Total Contracting Opportunities (Posted Date) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/01/19 | 508 | $19,663,315.51 | 503 |
| 12/02/19 | 4,305 | $227,562,716.65 | 775 |
| 12/03/19 | 6,435 | $305,853,241.67 | 1,004 |
| 12/04/19 | 6,962 | $330,610,963.10 | 1,236 |
| 12/05/19 | 7,528 | $499,232,508.06 | 917 |
| 12/06/19 | 6,634 | $283,596,817.75 | 680 |
| 12/07/19 | 1,793 | $6,390,836.32 | 22 |
| 12/08/19 | 883 | $4,083,721.98 | 246 |
| 12/09/19 | 5,437 | $306,245,755.55 | 799 |
| 12/10/19 | 7,991 | $372,253,951.68 | 834 |
| 12/11/19 | 8,799 | $567,785,314.38 | 879 |
| 12/12/19 | 7,888 | $352,422,102.32 | 1,174 |
| 12/13/19 | 6,780 | $596,623,553.10 | 600 |
| 12/14/19 | 2,427 | $16,917,473.33 | 12 |
| 12/15/19 | 816 | $10,313,050.01 | 199 |
| 12/16/19 | 5,569 | $645,858,869.80 | 856 |
| 12/17/19 | 7,365 | $741,225,635.20 | 1,456 |
| 12/18/19 | 8,159 | $1,073,527,897.14 | 906 |
| 12/19/19 | 9,343 | $929,166,009.89 | 1,187 |
| 12/20/19 | 8,540 | $1,774,898,811.49 | 842 |
| 12/21/19 | 2,324 | $7,612,415.15 | 42 |
| 12/22/19 | 768 | $9,516,936.34 | 139 |
| 12/23/19 | 4,374 | $663,374,191.49 | 754 |
| 12/24/19 | 1,601 | $24,815,844.16 | 43 |
| 12/25/19 | 270 | $4,589,662.86 | 29 |
| 12/26/19 | 1,163 | $185,850,735.77 | 335 |
| 12/27/19 | 3,437 | $146,385,203.78 | 292 |
| 12/28/19 | 1,631 | $19,463,971.50 | 29 |
| 12/29/19 | 350 | $7,970,362.79 | 57 |
| 12/30/19 | 4,239 | $487,812,433.38 | 436 |
| 12/31/19 | 3,537 | $357,098,325.12 | 410 |
| Grand Total | 137,856 | $10,978,722,627.27 | 17,693 |
Vendor (To Whom?)
The most activity went to the National Industries for the Blind with 13,439 which was an increase of 1,259 over the 12,180 total contract actions posted in November. This number includes contract actions that add to as well as take away from the contract to which the posting is related. The total value of the 13,439 contract actions comes to $2,925,103.44. The average value per contract action comes to $217.66. This is total dollar value decrease of $348,399.31 from November which totaled $3,273,502.75 for an average value of $268.76. In terms of contract action posting activity, the National Industries for the Blind had over twice as much activity as the second-place company, W.W. Grainger, Inc. Despite the deference in postings W.W. Grainger brought in $12,315,334.91 in total ($9,166,097.33 in November). W.W. Grainger was awarded $9,390,231.47 more than the National Industries for the Blind in terms of value. W.W. Grainger average contract action value was $2,050 per contract action. This equates to W.W. Grainger average value is roughly 7.5 times more than National Industries for the Blind. The Top Ten Vendor Name in the list accounted for 34.2% (November was 36.3%) of all reported contract actions.
| Vendor Name | Count of Vendor Name | Sum of Action Obligation ($) |
|---|---|---|
| NATIONAL INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND | 13,439 | $2,925,103.44 |
| W.W. GRAINGER, INC. | 6,006 | $12,315,334.91 |
| L C INDUSTRIES INC. | 5,290 | $2,180,435.47 |
| WRIGHT TOOL COMPANY | 4,980 | $2,022,744.05 |
| OFFICE DEPOT, INC. | 4,066 | $2,954,887.63 |
| NOBLE SALES CO INC | 3,579 | $2,621,238.03 |
| IDSC HOLDINGS LLC | 2,780 | $683,001.46 |
| FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC | 2,453 | $410,924.53 |
| KIPPER TOOL COMPANY | 2,423 | $948,931.59 |
| DOCUMENT IMAGING DIMENSIONS INC. | 2,252 | $941,326.56 |
| Grand Total | 47,268 | $28,003,927.67 |
Within the Top Ten Vendor Names list, the National Industries for the Blind accounted for 28% of the contract action postings from the list as indicated in the following pie chart. W.W. Granger, Inc occupied the second largest slice with 13%. These two companies received 41% of all total contract actions within those from the Top Ten list as well as accounted for over half of the Top Ten value at $15,240,438.35 out of $28,003,927.67. The other entrants activity within the Top Ten list ranged from 11% to 5% postings from the remaining companies.
Contracting Agency (By Whom?)
The total of all reported contract actions for the top ten Contracting Agencies came to $3,701,769,725.32, an increase of $467,261,828.46 over November 2019’s total of $3,234,507,896.86. The Top Ten Contracting Agencies reporting contract actions totaled 116,519 out of the total of 137,856 reported contract actions for the month. November 2019 totals were 108,682 out of the total of 127,271 reported contract actions for the month. The 116,519 contract actions make up 84.5% of all reported contract actions. There is a total of 130 Contracting Agencies that posted contract actions in the month of December, therefore, the other 120 Contracting agencies account for 15.5% of all reported postings.
The Top Ten Contracting Agencies combined total value of $3,701,769,725.32 which accounts for 33.7% of all expenditures. As previously stated, the Top Ten Contracting Agency list accounted for 84.5% of all reported contract actions. By looking at the two percentages, total posted contract actions and total expenditures, these information pieces do not match. One would think that with 84.5% of the total contact actions that the expenditure value percentage of 33.7 would be commensurate or closer to the 84.5%. The answer to this is the Contracting Agency itself, the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS). Being part of the General Service Administration, the FAS is responsible for procuring many types of products/services. The Federal Acquisition Service with 93,152 contract actions has been awarded 85,230 more contract actions than the second most awards under Veterans Affairs. With this difference combined with the FAS average contract action award value of $6,671.62 it seems that November was a heavy product purchasing month (making an assumption that service-related procurements would be of higher value). In comparison with the Federal Acquisition Service, the Department of Veterans Affairs average contract actions value came to $109,901.32. There was a $103,229 value difference in average value between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Federal Acquisition Service.
Another outlier in the chart from the Federal Acquisition Service is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NASA had 2,042 posted contract actions but with the largest expenditure value of $1,155,580,530.34. This comes to an average contract action value of $565,906.23.
| Contracting Agency | Count of Contracting Agency | Sum of Action Obligation ($) | Contract Opportunities Postings (Total) |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE | 93,152 | $621,474,904.16 | 43 |
| VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF | 7,922 | $870,638,237.50 | 1,258 |
| STATE, DEPARTMENT OF | 2,697 | $263,816,925.69 | 83 |
| FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM / BUREAU OF PRISONS | 2,606 | $129,143,524.22 | 261 |
| PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE | 2,067 | $205,699,225.06 | 281 |
| NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | 2,042 | $1,155,580,530.34 | 145 |
| U.S. COAST GUARD | 1,917 | $220,355,461.10 | 326 |
| NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH | 1,566 | $185,204,040.61 | 116 |
| FOREST SERVICE | 1,321 | $23,325,154.48 | 114 |
| DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION | 1,229 | $26,531,722.16 | 18 |
| Grand Total | 116,519 | $3,701,769,725.32 | 2,645 |
Out of the Top Ten list, as indicated within the pie chart, the Federal Acquisition Service account for 80% of the total posted contract actions. The next largest was the Department of Veterans Affairs at 7% and the rest followed at 2% and 1% respectively. December continued to be a top-heavy month in terms of the total contract actions postings which also occurred in November 2019.
The Department of Veterans Affairs was the most active of the Top Ten Contracting Agencies with 1,258 Contracting Opportunities (sam.beta.gov) postings which was 24 more postings than the November 2019 total of 1,234. Unlike November 2019 (Bureau of Prisons), the next active Contracting Agency was the United States Coast Guard with 326 postings. The Federal Acquisition Service had a total of 43 Contracting Agency postings.
Contracting Office (By Whom?)
The previous section provided information on the parent Agency to the following Contracting Office list. As seen in the prior section, the Federal Acquisition Service posted the most amount of contract actions. The following list shows 8 out of the 10 Contracting Offices belongs to the Federal Acquisition Service with the addition of the GSA/FAS Automotive Center in December as compared with the November. The last 2 results are from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Department of State (listed in order).
The combined total of FAS Offices postings came to 91,745, an increase from 84,998, with a value of $73,247,045.16 (out of the Top Ten total value of $418,463,221.78) which comes to 17.5% of the Top Ten List. This means that the last two Contracting Offices, NASA Shared Services Center and Acquisitions – AQM Momentum (Department of State) received the 82.4% monthly value at $345,216,176.62. Expanding this to a larger comparison, the Top Ten Contracting Office in the list accounted for 3.8% of all reported contract actions during December 2019.
| Contracting Office Name | Count of Contracting Office Name | Sum of Action Obligation ($) |
|---|---|---|
| GSA/FAS ADMIN SVCS ACQUISITION BR(2 | 30,881 | $12,259,166.94 |
| GSA/FAS SCIENTFC,TEMP SVCS,ADINT | 20,912 | $9,658,599.47 |
| GSA/FAS HEARTLAND ACQUISITION CENTE | 17,221 | $6,711,868.32 |
| GSA/FAS CENTER OF INNOVATIVE ACQUIS | 12,516 | $18,825,689.15 |
| GSA/FAS FURNITURE SYSTEMS MGT DIV | 3,443 | $2,932,578.14 |
| GSA/FAS CENTER FOR IT SCHEDULE PROG | 2,539 | $0.00 |
| GSA/FAS/PSHC/PROF SRVCS SCHED-PSS | 2,183 | $0.00 |
| GSA/FAS AUTOMOTIVE CENTER | 2,050 | $22,859,143.14 |
| NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER | 988 | $111,704,551.97 |
| ACQUISITIONS - AQM MOMENTUM | 893 | $233,511,624.65 |
| Grand Total | 93,626 | $418,463,221.78 |
The pie chart indicates that the GSA/FAS Admin Svcs Acquisition BR(2, New York, NY) accounted for 33% of all contract postings within the Top Ten list. The second largest slice at 22% belonged to the GSA/FAS SCIENTFC, TEMP SVCS, ADINT followed by GSA/FAS HEARTLAND ACQUISITION CENTER at 19%. Looking at the chart, the top two Contracting Offices released 55% of the months contract action postings. The next two offices released 32% and the rest combined for 11% of the monthly postings. The pie chart shows who was most active in terms of contract.
Contract ID (Bonus)
Now for the individual contracts that were released in December 2019. Just as with the other sections, the list is based off the total contract actions posted for the month, not by value. This makes Contract 75N92A20F00001, BPA Call number, the most posted contract with 27 contract action postings. GS35F0119Y, a GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), comes in second with 18 postings. GS35F0119Y belongs to Cara Soft Technology Corporation. 75N92A20F00001 is a BPA Call number that is associated with multiple contract numbers and companies within the Hotels marketplace. The Top Ten Contract ID in the list accounted for .6% (six tenths of a percent) of all reported contract actions. As for the rest of the Top Ten contract in the list, there were 5 from one of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies which are identified by the contract number starting with the number 75 and HHSM500T0001. GS00Q17NSD3009 is out of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and DTFA0196C03008ACALL0005 is out of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
| Contract ID | Count of Contract ID | Sum of Action Obligation ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 75N92A20F00001 | 27 | $369,405.54 |
| GS35F0119Y | 18 | $0.00 |
| 75N93020F00001 | 16 | $1,221,325.51 |
| HHSM500T0002 | 15 | $39,831,818.00 |
| GS35F0265X | 14 | $0.00 |
| 75N90020F00001 | 14 | $2,707,204.20 |
| 75N98020F00001 | 13 | $3,462,860.83 |
| HHSM500T0001 | 13 | -$564,648.43 |
| GS00Q17NSD3009 | 13 | $0.00 |
| 75N99020F00001 | 13 | $3,497,546.10 |
| DTFA0196C03008ACALL0005 | 13 | $16,435,432.00 |
| Grand Total | 169 | $66,960,943.75 |
December 2019 is the third month within the first quarter of Government Fiscal Year 2020. As previously stated, the report is based on data pulled from FPDS-NG on January 2, 2020.
In this report, I have decided to use the Action Obligation field for any value totals from the FPDS-NG database. Being different from the Base and All Options value field, the Action Obligation field is tied to the individual contract action posting whereas the Base and All Options value is the posted contract total. By using the Action Obligation value, this keeps the measurements congruent between the various sections of this report. When looking at the Base and All Options value within an individual FPDS-NG entry on FPDS-NG.gov, the value may be larger than the Action Obligation values posted within the contract actions. The difference in these values stem from the use of the two fields. First, as previously mentioned, the Base and All Options field is to report the total value of the contract not necessarily for the individual action value. Secondly, the Action Obligation may be listed as $0 which means the contract action doesn’t add to the overall value of the contract but is entered into the FPDS-NG for another reason or takes away value with a negative value entry. Thus, it is the latter that affects each section of this report.
The specific related Contract Opportunity postings provided in the various report sections where the information was available and where the search fields used the data in a similar method. The Contract Opportunities and FPDS-NG database, while having similar types of data, are two structurally different databases and searches that use the data in different manners.
Information used to write report:
December 2019 Report Data: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1EdToQzv_bk71kcMzZiOVRqrSXPWy5r8G
Note: the link is an uploaded Microsoft Excel file to Google Drive. Therefore, the formatting will be different than the Microsoft Excel file since Google will use Google Sheets to display the information.
