Book Description

This report includes summary data on Department of Defense (DOD) prime contract awards over $25,000 by Service Category and Federal Supply Classification (FSC) for four Fiscal Years (FY), FY 1990, FY 1989, FY 1988,and FY 1987. This report contains data on awards for Supplies and Equipment, presented according to the appropriate FSC code and description. This structure is composed of 78 groups and approximately 740 individual classes. This system was developed primarily for supply management of items known to be in the supply system of the Federal government. While there are many similarities between the FSC codes used in this publication and the Standard Industrial Classification Codes (SIC) used by the Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce, discrepancies in the reporting of two codes exist between the two departments. For example, in many Census Bureau reports, SIC data are categorized by the primary product of the establishment, whereas DOD categorizes all products produced by the establishment for DOD.