Posts Tagged ‘Army’

Who’s Capturing the Largest Share of Army Dollars? Underlying Subsidiaries Bring in Big Dollars.

Friday, January 29th, 2010

We all know the names of the largest prime contractors doing business with the federal government, but seldom do we get to analyze the market share of separate reporting units of those large organizations. To get such an idea, we separated out large prime contractors such as Lockheed, SAIC, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon (to name a few) by their individual reporting units.

The Fedmine report we prepared (Top 100 Individual Prime Contracting Entities by Market Share at the Dept of Army) compares single whole corporations or the individual subsidiaries / reporting units of large parent organizations (as indicated by distinct DUNS numbers; aggregate parent entities were not included). The report covers a 7 year period at the Department of the Army, including the current fiscal year as of January 26, 2010. The top contractor may come as a shock, because it is an entity not among the large organizations named above. This top contractor is not entirely unknown, but it is a name one might use as a “lifeline” to “phone a friend” in a quiz contest such as “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”. (more…)

USACE Norfolk District is a Favorite for SDVOSBs

Friday, August 14th, 2009

The US Army Corps Of Engineers has routinely crossed its small business goals by a handsome margin, but lately due in part to BRAC assignments, their numbers have fallen. This is because BRAC work is the bailiwick of large businesses for the most part, and the only program under which large businesses team up with other large businesses, not small businesses.

Nevertheless… Jack Beecher’s Norfolk District Small Business Program Office who has held just about every position in the Contracting Division from Purchasing Agent to Chief since 1974, is the top contracting office in the country for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business awards at the Agency.  In an  8/13/09 Federal Contracting Executive Forum, Beecher shared USACE Norfolk District’s plan for Service-Disabled Veterans and Woman-owned businesses, and what’s on the BRAC/MILCON acquisition plan agenda (see more).  In FY08 the Agency increased its SDVOSB awards by 150% going from $217M in 2007 to $543M in 2008. Beecher’s Norfolk District led the Corps in both SDVOSB dollars – $101M, and percentage – 13%.

Many companies have some confusion in understanding this Agency and its mission, because it not only does Civil & Military programs, but works on behalf of several other agencies. Its funding sources are wide and varied. There isn’t much small business ARRA related work here either, mostly dredging and shoreland protection civil work that large businesses do.  Below is a report that aids in understanding this agency’s spending by NAICS Sector:

Federal Contracts by Industry Sector for US Army Corps Of Engineers, DODAAC W91236

For further details and other new reports such as this one, go to www.fedmine.us or email amehan@fedmine.us.

The Defense Eagle is Spreading Its Wings But Not Its Money

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Fiscal year 2009 defense spending is soaring literally like an aeroplane! The top industry code where the Navy and the Air Force spent most of their money – NAICS Code 336411, Aircraft Manufacturing. The Army on the other hand spent most of its money so far in NAICS Code 541330, Engineering Services. But contracts are hardly being competed.

• The Navy spent over 22.78% or $ 7,915,420,099 in its top sector,  and chose not to compete close to 50% of all its contracts so far amounting close to $34.7 Billion. Details…
• The Army on the other has spent $5,753,130,677  in its top industry sector amounting to 16.6% of its total spending, and chose not to compete 54% of its total spending – close to $34.5 Billion. Details...
• The Air Force spent $7,575,487,183  or  23.87% of its money in its top industry sector, and chose not to compete 44.08% of its awarded contracts, amounting to $31.7 Billion reported thus far. Details…

For further details about these numbers and linked reports, email Ashok Mehan at: amehan@fedmine.us, or visit: www.fedmine.us for more information.  If you mention Aronson, you will receive a 10% discount off standard subscription rates!

The Data Oracle that Uncle Sam Is…More on Federal Agency Spending

Friday, June 5th, 2009

Tracking procurement dollars by agency is an area of common interest to both federal contractors and federal agencies.  The Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS-NG) is the source most agencies and contractors rely upon to obtain government procurement information.  Agencies need this data for standard internal reporting purposes; industry needs it to understand federal agency buying habits.  

Agencies such as the Census Bureau, Education, Labor, and GSA (to name a few), produce copious amounts of data every year so citizens and congressional lawmakers can get up to date information on important statistics such as employment figures, economic data, population demographics and more.  Agencies, however track their own procurement data much more easily than the data of other agencies.  FPDS-NG gathers all of this data into a central location.

We took some of the FPDS-NG data and constructed top level market views consisting of the most popular categories.  Two such reports are provided for our readers here: (more…)