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Federal Supply Class × FSC 5850

Visible and Invisible Light Communication Equipment FSC 5850

Every government purchase record we've indexed in Federal Supply Class 5850, with a link back to the source record for each one.

13
NSNs tracked
14
Purchase records
$683,767
Total $

Market view

Competition mix

How many items in this class are coded for competition, and how many for a named source? Share of items by acquisition method code.

  • Coded for competition
  • Coded for a named source
  • Not coded
5850 Visible and Invisible Light Communication Equi…31% open5895 Miscellaneous Communication Equipment21% open5855 Night Vision Equipment, Emitted and Reflected…19% open5820 Radio and Television Communication Equipment,…10% open5805 Telephone and Telegraph Equipment13% open5845 Underwater Sound Equipment26% open

From the acquisition method codes on each item record.

Demand trend

Is the government buying more or less from this class? Solicitations posted per week.

  • Solicitations posted that week
  • 8-week average
12NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct8-week average: 0.6 a week

In the week of Oct 26, 1 solicitation was posted. The 8-week average is 0.6.

Who wins in this class

Is this class spread across many suppliers or held by a few? Award dollars by supplier, last 12 months.

CARLISLE & FINCH CO$479KGRIMES AEROSPACE COMPANY$64KCAGE 0X1H8$56KCAGE 7H7B4$30KMDF TECHNOLOGIES INC DBA M…$7,506MIDWAY INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY I…$3,389All other suppliers (1)$169The top three suppliers hold 94% of award dollars in this class.

Where the winning suppliers are

Which states are the suppliers that win this class in? One tile per state.

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFLfewermore

From supplier addresses in the federal CAGE file. 2 suppliers have no U.S. state on file.

Products

Contract awards in this category

0 award records totaling $0.00 where the public description doesn't identify a specific part. Newest first; every row links to its official USAspending record.

No category-level awards indexed yet.

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