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New awards
13,226
Obligated
$969M
Median award
$41,200
Median offers
5
  • Agencies signed about 1,269 new NAICS 311812 awards in California a year from FY2016 to FY2025, 1,056 of them in FY2025 (up 79% from FY2016).
  • California accounts for 15% of all NAICS 311812 awards nationwide.
  • The median award was $41,200; 14 different companies won at least one award.
  • 3% of awards that report a set-aside were set aside for small businesses or a socioeconomic program, most often small business set-asides.

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Awards per fiscal year

New NAICS 311812 awards in California of $25,000 or more by the fiscal year they were signed (October to September), with the amount obligated on them to date.

New NAICS 311812 awards in California per fiscal year
Fiscal yearAwardsObligated
FY2016
589
$34.8M
FY2017
869
$67.6M
FY2018
953
$65.9M
FY2019
895
$59.5M
FY2020
1,003
$73.1M
FY2021
1,708
$146M
FY2022
1,993
$166M
FY2023
2,089
$167M
FY2024
1,537
$108M
FY2025
1,056
$52.4M
FY2026*
534
$29.4M

* FY2026 is still filling in: the Department of Defense reports its awards 90 days late. Full years run to FY2025.

How competitive are these contracts?

88% of awards were competed. Competed awards drew a median of 5 offers, against 3 offers across all federal contracts; 1% got a single offer.

Competed awards by number of offers received
Offers receivedCompeted awards
1 (single offer)
8 (1%)
2
89 (8%)
3-4
46 (4%)
5-9
932 (87%)
10+
0 (0%)

1,075 competed awards with an offer count. Not competed: 1,594 awards (sole source, follow-on or not available for competition).

Set-asides

3% of the 1,228 awards that report a set-aside were reserved for small businesses or a socioeconomic program.

Awards by set-aside type
Set-asideAwards
No set-aside
1,188 (97%)
Small business
40 (3%)

Orders placed under an existing contract vehicle often leave the set-aside blank (it is recorded on the vehicle), so they are left out here.

How big are the awards?

The median award was $41,200. 83% were under $100,000, the range where agencies often use simplified acquisition.

Awards by amount obligated
Amount obligatedAwards
Under $100K
10,974 (83%)
$100K-$1M
2,217 (17%)
$1M-$10M
35 (0%)
$10M+
0 (0%)

Which agencies buy it in California?

The agency components with the most new NAICS 311812 awards performed in California.

Which agencies buy it in California?
AwardsObligated
Defense Logistics Agency
13,201
$967M
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
14
$720,175
Department of Veterans Affairs
11
$664,406

Largest awards

The five awards with the most obligated, as described by the contracting office. Each links to its record on USAspending.gov.

  1. 4559737803!eggs, whl, liq, fzn, bibgDefense Logistics Agency, FY2023$2.4M
  2. 4556093596!beef ribeye roll, bnls, fznDefense Logistics Agency, FY2022$2.2M
  3. 4552370282!beef ribeye roll, bnls, fznDefense Logistics Agency, FY2021$2M
  4. 4555405424!bacon, sl, p/c, fznDefense Logistics Agency, FY2022$1.9M
  5. 4557096992!beef loin, tenderloin, full, s/m offDefense Logistics Agency, FY2022$1.8M

Questions

How many bids do NAICS 311812 contracts in California get?

Competed awards drew a median of 5 offers (FY2016-FY2026, 1,075 awards with an offer count). 1% got a single offer and 87% got five or more. Across all federal contracts the median is 3 offers.

Which agencies award the most NAICS 311812 contracts in California?

By number of new awards in FY2016-FY2026: Defense Logistics Agency (100%), Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons (0%), Department of Veterans Affairs (0%). Agencies that buy often are the ones to watch for recompetes and sources-sought notices.

How many NAICS 311812 contracts in California are set aside for small business?

3% of the awards that report a set-aside were reserved for small businesses or a socioeconomic program: small business set-asides 3%. Orders under existing contract vehicles often leave the field blank, so those are not counted.

Where the numbers come from

Every new federal contract award of $25,000 or more signed from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2026 (FY2016 to FY2026), as reported to USAspending.gov from the Federal Procurement Data System: definitive contracts, purchase orders, delivery orders and BPA calls. Amounts are what has been obligated on each award to date, options and modifications included. Place is the place of performance.

Offer counts are FPDS's “number of offers received” on competed awards. Award recipients are counted but not named here. Pages with fewer than 150 awards (500 for one code in one state) are left out of search engines, because a handful of awards can swing the numbers.

Compiled by Falkview US from public data, updated November 5, 2026. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link to the page.

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