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Tracking Government Contracts Danielle Ivory, Bloomberg News danielle.ivory@gmai l.com @danielle_ivo ry
Government Contracting
FY2000 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 FY2004 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012
Non-defenseDefense
$512 billion
$215 billion
Competition? -- For competitive contracts, solicitation documents may be available online at FBO.gov
-- For non-competitive contracts, look for Justification & Approval (J&A) documents
Not so great J&As
Good J&As
“black out”“unconsciousness”
“past interruptions”
“Forced to share available suits”
GUESS WHO WON A COST-PLUS INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT? YOLO.
www.fpds.gov/fpdsng_cms
This is what it looks like if you type “Lockheed” into the search bar
Last person who modified the contract
Award number
Money, Money, Money
Agency
Contractor (Not parent company)
Socio-economic info
Where the work is performed
Industry codes
Description
Extent that the contract was competed
Small business or not?
How many bidders?
Unfortunately, the contract won’t tell you which other companies bid on the award.
A few more databasesSAM: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM
Search basic records for all contractors and look up suspended and debarred contractors
Small Biz: http://dsbs.sba.gov/dsbs/search/dsp_dsbs.cfmSearch records of small business contractors
Protests: http://www.gao.gov/legal/bids/bidprotest.htmlSearch GAO bid protest records
Sorry, there’s no good database for subcontracts!
