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02 / Federal Business Size

Federal contract market at a glance

Measured consistently across FY 2019–FY 2025.

Net obligations$4.16M
Contract actions103
Awards / PIIDs38
Federal customers8
Contracting offices15
Average action$40.4K
Active fiscal years7
Data coverageFY 2019–FY 2025

Across FY 2019–FY 2025, FPDS records attribute $4.16M in net contract obligations to BELL AND HOWELL, LLC across 103 contract actions. Net obligations include positive obligations and later deobligations recorded during the same period.

03 / Spending Trend

BELL AND HOWELL, LLC contract spending by year

Annual net obligations show whether recorded federal business expanded or contracted, while actions and customer counts show the breadth of that activity.

Total obligations$155.9K
FY 2025
ObligationsHistorical spending range
Fiscal yearObligationsActionsFederal customersChange
FY 2019$2.19M378
FY 2020$898.1K294−59.1%
FY 2021$308.3K195−65.7%
FY 2022-$2.8K65−100.9%
FY 2023$137.3K52+4,921.0%
FY 2024$470.9K52+242.9%
FY 2025$155.9K22−66.9%

04 / Federal Customers

Which federal agencies buy from BELL AND HOWELL, LLC?

Ranked by net obligations during FY 2019–FY 2025.

AgencyCodeObligationsActionsVendor share
2050$2.74M5565.8%
3600$1.25M2430.0%
9000$73.1K51.8%
1549$52.3K61.3%
2400$23.5K30.6%
1524$22.4K10.5%
1323$1.5K70.0%
1406$020.0%

05 / Contracting Offices

Which contracting offices buy from BELL AND HOWELL, LLC?

Ranked by net obligations during FY 2019–FY 2025.

06 / Top NAICS Industries

Which industries define this vendor’s federal work?

NAICSDescriptionObligationsActionsCustomersShare
811310COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (EXCEPT AUTOMOTIVE AND ELECTRONIC) REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE$2.63M15263.3%
811210ELECTRONIC AND PRECISION EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE$736.3K4117.7%
811219OTHER ELECTRONIC AND PRECISION EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE$461.6K16111.1%
333922CONVEYOR AND CONVEYING EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING$77.6K1211.9%
333999ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS GENERAL PURPOSE MACHINERY MANUFACTURING$71.5K1111.7%
333244PRINTING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING$45.6K321.1%
333318OTHER COMMERCIAL AND SERVICE INDUSTRY MACHINERY MANUFACTURING$37.3K2140.9%
333313OFFICE MACHINERY MANUFACTURING$35.1K520.8%
334419OTHER ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MANUFACTURING$27.2K420.7%
513210SOFTWARE PUBLISHERS$23.5K110.6%

07 / Top Product and Service Codes

What products and services does the government buy from this vendor?

PSCDescriptionObligationsActionsCustomersShare
J074MAINT/REPAIR/REBUILD OF EQUIPMENT- OFFICE MACHINES/TEXT PROCESSING SYS/VISIBLE RECORD EQUIPMENT$2.90M52469.7%
J039MAINT/REPAIR/REBUILD OF EQUIPMENT- MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT$1.14M22227.4%
H174QUALITY CONTROL- OFFICE MACHINES, TEXT PROCESSING SYSTEMS, AND VISIBLE RECORD EQUIPMENT$29.7K110.7%
DF01IT AND TELECOM - IT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES (LABOR)$23.5K110.6%
R604SUPPORT- ADMINISTRATIVE: MAILING/DISTRIBUTION$17.5K210.4%
J099MAINT/REPAIR/REBUILD OF EQUIPMENT- MISCELLANEOUS$17.1K210.4%
D319IT AND TELECOM- ANNUAL SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE SERVICE PLANS$16.1K310.4%
7490MISCELLANEOUS OFFICE MACHINES$15.9K210.4%
J070MAINT/REPAIR/REBUILD OF EQUIPMENT- ADP EQUIPMENT/SOFTWARE/SUPPLIES/SUPPORT EQUIPMENT$3.3K530.1%
DA10IT AND TELECOM - BUSINESS APPLICATION/APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE$2.5K110.1%

08 / Competition Pattern

How was BELL AND HOWELL, LLC’s federal work competed?

Competition categories describe the procurement path recorded on the underlying contract actions.

Competition categoryObligationsActions
Not available for competition$3.66M33
Other / unknown$66.2K32
Competed under SAP$378.5K28
Competed$59.1K6
Not competed-$3.3K4

09 / Recent Contract Awards

What contract actions were recorded most recently for BELL AND HOWELL, LLC?

The latest recorded PIIDs connect this profile to the underlying federal award search.

Award / PIIDSignedObligationAgency / officeNAICSPSC
90MC0025P0084Jan 3, 2025$23.5KSELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM (SSS)513210DF01

10 / Interpreting the Profile

How should you evaluate BELL AND HOWELL, LLC as a federal contractor?

Read obligations, customers, markets, competition, and individual awards together. A large historical total indicates federal scale, but it does not by itself describe current backlog, commercial revenue, profitability, or future opportunity.

01

Separate obligations from revenue

FPDS obligations are government accounting actions and may include later deobligations.

02

Follow customer concentration

Agency and office concentration reveals where the vendor’s federal relationships are strongest.

03

Test market overlap

NAICS and PSC shares show whether the vendor competes in the same markets as your company.

04

Inspect the awards

Open the PIIDs to verify dates, offices, classifications, and transaction history.