Market Intelligence

Competition

Explore competition types and reason-not-competed pages built from FPDS Query. Use these pages to understand how federal awards are competed, where exceptions appear, and which markets rely on non-competitive procurement patterns.

Competition Pages

Each page summarizes a federal competition pattern or a reason-not-competed justification, with spending totals, award counts, average award size, and direct links into deeper analysis.

Competition

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Competed Under SAP Federal Contracts

Federal contract awards competed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures, including obligations, agencies, vendors, and yearly trends.

Obligations $264.08B
Awards 13,794,645
Avg Award $19.14K
Share 1.00%

Competition

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Competitive Delivery Order Federal Contracts

Federal contract awards categorized as competitive delivery orders, including obligations, agencies, vendors, and yearly trends.

Obligations $249.67B
Awards 2,622,953
Avg Award $95.19K
Share 1.00%

Competition

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Follow-On to Competed Action Federal Contracts

Federal contract awards categorized as follow-on to a previously competed action, including obligations, agencies, vendors, and yearly trends.

Obligations $53.31B
Awards 102,446
Avg Award $520.38K

Competition

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Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources Federal Contracts

Federal contract awards made through full and open competition after exclusion of sources, including obligations, agencies, vendors, and yearly trends.

Obligations $1.50T
Awards 11,133,885
Avg Award $134.44K
Share 9.00%

Competition

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Full and Open Competition Federal Contracts

Federal contract awards made through full and open competition, including obligations, agencies, vendors, and yearly trends.

Obligations $8.40T
Awards 58,770,419
Avg Award $142.97K
Share 50.00%

Competition

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Non-Competitive Delivery Order Federal Contracts

Federal contract awards categorized as non-competitive delivery orders, including obligations, agencies, vendors, and yearly trends.

Obligations $38.79B
Awards 447,903
Avg Award $86.60K

Competition

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Not Available for Competition Federal Contracts

Federal contract awards categorized as not available for competition, including obligations, agencies, vendors, and yearly trends.

Obligations $957.13B
Awards 6,194,470
Avg Award $154.51K
Share 5.00%

Competition

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Not Competed Federal Contracts

Federal contract awards categorized as not competed, including obligations, agencies, vendors, and yearly trends.

Obligations $4.75T
Awards 9,937,870
Avg Award $477.89K
Share 28.00%

Competition

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Not Competed Under SAP Federal Contracts

Federal contract awards categorized as not competed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP), including obligations, agencies, vendors, and yearly trends.

Obligations $113.50B
Awards 5,322,300
Avg Award $21.33K

Reason Not Competed

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Authorized by Statute Federal Contracts

Federal contract awards justified by statutory authority, including obligations, agencies, vendors, and yearly trends.

Obligations $209.90B
Awards 1,878,630
Avg Award $111.73K
Share 4.00%

Reason Not Competed

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International Agreement Federal Contracts

Federal contract awards justified by international agreements, including obligations, agencies, vendors, and yearly trends.

Obligations $60.12B
Awards 37,992
Avg Award $1.58M
Share 1.00%

Why Use These Pages

These pages help you move from high-level procurement structure into practical analysis: how often awards are openly competed, where non-competed patterns appear, and which exceptions drive federal buying behavior. The current index contains 11 published pages with measurable contract activity across competition and reason-not-competed categories.