221112: Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation

The federal government buys fossil fuel electric power generation primarily through DLA Energy, which has awarded $2.60B across 97 contracts, and the Defense Energy Support Center, which has awarded $462.06M across 43 contracts. GSA's Public Buildings Service is the largest buyer by contract count with 6,819 awards totalling $210.31M. Most purchases go unsegregated, with 15,572 awards recorded as none and 5,326 marked NONE. Small business set-asides are rare in this code: only 73 SBA awards, 8 SDVOSBC awards, and single awards each for 8A, SBP, and SDVOSBS programs appear in the record.

The median award of $6.8K masks significant variation in deal size. Total spending of $7.96B across 20,985 awards from FY2001 to FY2027 shows this is a high-volume, low-margin market. Only 296 distinct vendors have won contracts, suggesting barriers to entry or consolidation among suppliers. Firms considering entry should expect small individual orders but potential for volume if they can serve multiple agencies and win repeat business.

Forty-nine contracts worth $348.02M will end within the next 12 months. No active notices are currently posted in this code. Suppliers should monitor DLA Energy and GSA for recompete opportunities as these expiring contracts come up for renewal. The lack of active notices suggests either a quiet period in the market or that opportunities are being posted under different codes.