SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME IV
NASA RESOURCES 1969-1978
 

Table 5-1. Total Number of Procurement Actions by Kind of Contractor: FY 1969-FY 1978 (in thousands)

 

Kind of Contractor

Number

Percentage

.

Business firms

1,632.8

76.7

Small business firms

1,003.0

47.1

Large business firms

629.8

29.6

Nonprofit institutions

18.8

0.9

Educational institutions

37.5

1.8

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

9.6

0.4

Government agencies

426.6

20.0

Contractors outside United States

4.2

0.2

.

TOTAL

2,129.5

100.0

Source: Table 5-2.

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