Total dollars: $26,800,033
Total number of contractors: 310
Total number of transactions: 3,597
Extent of Competition 

 | Available for everyone for competition | $5,305,159 |
 | Everyone could compete, but only one bid or offer was received | $3,831,240 |
 | Competition within a limited pool | $5,070,155 |
 | Actions necessary to continue existing competitive contracts for continuity (until the next one could be competed) | $63,998 |
 | Available only for groups such as disabled persons, prisoners, and regulated utilities | $2,136,561 |
 | Not competed for an allowable reason | $6,831,145 |
 | Not identified, soon to be addressed | $3,561,774 |
Type of Contract Used 
 | Fixed Price | $24,885,229 |
 | Cost Type | $12,880 |
 | Time and Material | $20,101 |
 | Labor Hours | $36,537 |
 | Contracts that allow the orders to be priced differently than the basic contract | $0 |
 | Contracts that used a combination of the above pricing arrangements | $39,600 |
 | Awards only, where none of the above pricing arrangements apply | $654,308 |
 | Unknown | $1,151,377 |
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Top 5 Products or Services Sold
| Paper Shredding Services | $26,800,033 |
Top 5 Contracting Agencies Purchasing from Contractor(s)
| Internal Revenue Service | $8,741,568 |
| VETERANS AFFAIRS, Department of | $5,538,858 |
| ARMY, Department of the (except Corps of Engineers Civil Program Financing) | $1,918,565 |
| SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION | $1,537,206 |
| NAVY, Department of the | $1,358,705 |
Top 10 Contractors
| Nish | $4,832,733 |
| Shred-It USA Inc. | $2,217,846 |
| I D S Inc | $1,572,866 |
| Cintas Corporation | $1,506,525 |
| Capital Shredder Corp | $1,410,376 |
| Coast2coast Shredding | $1,089,785 |
| C W Austin Company Inc | $1,053,439 |
| Iron Mountain Incorporated | $932,505 |
| Premiere Shredding | $681,492 |
| Data Disposal Inc | $620,426 |
Top 5 Known Congressional Districts where Work is Performed
| District of Columbia nonvoting (Eleanor Holmes Norton) | $1,632,368 |
| Maryland 8 (Constance A. Morella / Chris Van Hollen) | $805,288 |
| Mississippi 3 (Charles W. "Chip" Pickering / Gregg Harper) | $630,202 |
| Texas 30 (Eddie Bernice Johnson) | $610,856 |
| Tennessee 9 (Harold E. Ford Jr. / Steve Cohen) | $543,965 |
Trend
| 2000 | $452,807 |
| 2001 | $456,235 |
| 2002 | $752,799 |
| 2003 | $1,018,191 |
| 2004 | $2,330,216 |
| 2005 | $3,049,625 |
| 2006 | $3,125,275 |
| 2007 | $3,631,594 |
| 2008 | $3,888,237 |
2009 | $5,915,409 |
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