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

Table 5-2. Number of Procurement Actions by Kind of Contractor and Fiscal Year(in thousands)

 

Kind of Contractor

FY 1969

FY 1970

FY 1971

FY 1972

FY 1973

.

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

.

Business firms

228.4

74

193.9

74

173.9

71

168.4

69

164.4

71

Nonprofit institutions

2.4

1

2.5

1

1.9

1

1.8

1

1.6

1

Educational institutions

5.2

2

4.9

2

3.2

1

3.2

1

3.2

1

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

0.4

*

0.4

*

0.3

*

0.3

*

0.6

*

Government agencies

70.9

23

60.0

23

66.2

27

70.7

29

62.8

27

Outside United States

0.4

*

0.4

*

0.4

*

0.5

*

0.5

*

.

TOTAL

307.7

100

262.1

100

245.9

100

244.9

100

233.1

100

Kind of Contractor

FY 1974

FY 1975

FY 1976

FY 1977

FY 1978

.

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

.

Business firms

143.2

79

136.5

85

146.0

82

142.4

87

135.7

88

Nonprofit institutions

1.6

1

1.8

1

1.7

1

1.7

1

1.8

1

Educational institutions

3.0

2

3.1

2

4.4

3

3.7

2

3.6

3

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

1.2

1

1.3

1

1.7

1

1.8

1

1.6

1

Government agencies

31.3

17

17.6

11

22.8

13

13.6

9

10.7

7

Outside United States

0.4

*

0.5

*

0.4

*

0.4

*

0.3

*

TOTAL

180.7

100

160.8

100

177.0

100

163.6

100

153.7

100

*Less than 0.05 %.

Source: NASA, Annual Procurement Report (Fiscal years 1969-1978).

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