1998 Purchasing Activity Report (Revised) (Note 1)						
          All Departments and Agencies subject to Government Contracts Regulations			
        Total Value of Contract Awards and Net Amendments ($000) (Note 2)				
	 										
Contract Type		Goods	(%)	Services	(%)	Construction	(%)	Total	(%)		
											
Contracts	Competitive	 $ 402,904 	46.74%	 $ 101,270 	19.93%	 $ 19,598 	48.60%	 $ 523,772 	37.14%		
Below	ACANs	 $ 10,396 	1.21%	 $ 4,267 	0.84%	 $ 236 	0.59%	 $ 14,899 	1.06%		
$25,000	Non-Competitive	 $ 448,664 	52.05%	 $ 402,618 	79.23%	 $ 20,492 	50.82%	 $ 871,775 	61.81%		
	Subtotal	 $ 861,964 	100.00%	 $ 508,155 	100.00%	 $ 40,326 	100.00%	 $ 1,410,445 	100.00%		
	Proportion							10.3%			
Contracts	Competitive	 $ 2,900,076 	68.36%	 $ 3,024,538 	40.00%	 $ 462,281 	88.99%	 $ 6,386,896 	51.83%		
$25,000	ACANs	 $ 864,766 	20.39%	 $ 964,672 	12.76%	 $ 16,371 	3.15%	 $ 1,845,809 	14.98%		
and Above	Non-Competitive	 $ 477,261 	11.25%	 $ 3,571,223 	47.24%	 $ 40,824 	7.86%	 $ 4,089,309 	33.19%		
	Subtotal	 $ 4,242,103 	100.00%	 $ 7,560,433 	100.00%	 $ 519,476 	100.00%	 $ 12,322,012 	100.00%		
	Proportion							89.7%			
All	Competitive	 $ 3,302,980 	64.71%	 $ 3,125,808 	38.74%	 $ 481,879 	86.08%	 $ 6,910,668 	50.32%		
Contracts	ACANs	 $ 875,162 	17.15%	 $ 968,939 	12.01%	 $ 16,607 	2.97%	 $ 1,860,708 	13.55%		
	Non-Competitive	 $ 925,925 	18.14%	 $ 3,973,841 	49.25%	 $ 61,316 	10.95%	 $ 4,961,083 	36.13%		
											
Total		 $ 5,104,067 	100.00%	 $ 8,068,588 	100.00%	 $ 559,802 	100.00%	 $ 13,732,457 	100.00%		
Proportions		37.17%		58.76%		4.08%		100.0%			
											
Note 1 - The data in this report have been revised to reflect the addition of $298 million in contracting activity.  The data on these contracts			
    were not captured in the previous version of this report because of system difficulties.						
											
Note 2 - The data include acquisition card transactions.