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Cumulative percent of contracts awarded over the micro-purchase threshold which are competed within the month (1)

Dictionary: The Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, encourages competition for the award of all types of government contracts to increase the number of competitors and to increase the saving through lower, more competitive pricing. Further, President Obama has mandated that the Federal government save $40B a year in contracting and one way to achieve this savings is through competing contract actions.

The Department has mandated that at least 65% of all contract actions awarded over the micro-purchase threshold are competed.

• FY 2010
• FY 2011
• FY 2012
• All

Footnotes

• (1) $3K and under is a micro purchase and is not subject to competition rules.

Cumulative number of contracts over the micro-purchase threshold competed within the month

Fiscal Year - 2012

Time	Target	Number
Oct 2011	N/A	6
Nov 2011	N/A	58
Dec 2011	N/A	160
Jan 2012	N/A	250
Feb 2012	N/A	380
Mar 2012	N/A	547
Apr 2012	N/A	705
May 2012	N/A	935
Jun 2012	N/A	1,290
Jul 2012	N/A	1,747
Aug 2012	N/A	2,529
Sep 2012	N/A	2,969

FY 2012 Total: 2,969

Cumulative number of contracts over the micro-purchase threshold awarded within the month (2)

Fiscal Year - 2012

Time	Target	Number
Oct 2011	N/A	11
Nov 2011	N/A	85
Dec 2011	N/A	211
Jan 2012	N/A	322
Feb 2012	N/A	489
Mar 2012	N/A	705
Apr 2012	N/A	911
May 2012	N/A	1,206
Jun 2012	N/A	1,656
Jul 2012	N/A	2,250
Aug 2012	N/A	3,247
Sep 2012	N/A	3,855

FY 2012 Total: 3,855

Footnotes

• (2) Amount (actions and dollars) also includes awards that aren’t available for competition for actions that are exempt by statute from competition.