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June 4, 2020 By cs

Federal procurement spending up $120 billion since 2015

Agencies spent more on procurement in fiscal 2019 than in any of the previous 10 years.
Click on graphic above to see full GAO infographic.

And no surprise, agency pending on multiple award contracts for IT and services spiked last year.

Now that all of the 2019 numbers are final, the predictions of a banner year for contractors and agencies when it came to buying products and services came true.

The Government Accountability Office found agencies spent $584 billion on procurement last year, up $20 billion over 2018 and more than $120 billion since 2015.

 

Bloomberg Government reported that agencies spent $448 billion on procurement in 2014 and a six-year low of $442 billion in 2015.

The Defense Department accounted for $381 billion while civilian agencies spent $205 billion.

Of that, GAO said agencies procured 83.5% of all contracts competitively, up from 64.4% in 2015. DoD continues to struggle with competition as GAO found the Pentagon’s rate dropped to 53.8% in 2019 from 55.4% in 2015.

Keep reading this article at: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/reporters-notebook-jason-miller/2020/06/federal-procurement-spending-up-120b-since-2015/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: acquisition, acquisition workforce, budget, DoD, GAO, government spending, IT, MAC, multiple award contract, spending

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