40--ROPE,FIBROUS

Federal buyers in this code are mostly a few large agencies and one prison system. The top buyer by award count is GSA/FAS for scientific, temporary, and advisory services (8,316 awards, $11.44M). Federal Prison Industries, Inc. has 630 awards worth $10.13M, and DLA Troop Support has 580 awards worth $7.69M. The notice does not say what items or services these awards covered. Most awards are small. The median is $325. Set-asides are rare. Most records show no set-aside or none recorded, and SBA is the only code with more than a handful of awards (436).

For a firm deciding whether to pursue this code, the record shows 174 distinct vendors over 10,671 awards from FY2013 to FY2027, with $46.18M in total value. That is a crowded field of sellers with low median awards, so the work here is likely to be frequent, modest orders rather than a few large prizes. The notice does not say how much of the total went to the largest vendors. A single award from FA5702 379 ECONS was worth $2.05M, which shows large one-time buys do occur. Small firms should check whether the buyers they target use set-asides in their own solicitations, because the code-level record does not show that.

Over the next year, watch the four active notices and the 72 contracts worth $711.3K that end within 12 months. Those expiring contracts are the most likely source of new solicitations, but the notice does not say when they will be rebid or whether they will be set aside. Also watch the buyers with the most activity, since the GSA and DLA lines hold the largest award counts. Confirm current requirements directly with each buyer, since this record is historical and does not show future demand.