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There are 32 Files for this series in AAD :
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1976., 7/1/1975 - 6/30/1976 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1976T., 7/1/1976 - 9/30/1976 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1977., 10/1/1976 - 9/30/1977 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1978., 10/1/1977 - 9/30/1978 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1979., 10/1/1978 - 9/30/1979 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1980., 10/1/1979 - 9/30/1980 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1981., 10/1/1980 - 9/30/1981 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1982., 10/1/1981 - 9/30/1982 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1983., 10/1/1982 - 9/30/1983 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1984., 10/1/1983 - 9/30/1984 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1985., 10/1/1984 - 9/30/1985 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1986., 10/1/1985 - 9/30/1986 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1987., 10/1/1986 - 9/30/1987 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1988., 10/1/1987 - 9/30/1988 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1989., 10/1/1988 - 9/30/1989 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1990., 10/10/1989 - 9/30/1990 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1991., 10/1/1990 - 9/30/1991 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1992., 10/1/1991 - 9/30/1992 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1993., 10/1/1992 - 9/30/1993 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1994., 10/1/1993 - 9/30/1994 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1995., 10/1/1994 - 9/30/1995 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1996., 10/1/1995 - 9/30/1996 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1997., 10/1/1996 - 9/30/1997 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1998., 10/1/1997 - 9/30/1998 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 1999., 10/1/1998 - 9/30/1999 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 2000., 10/1/1999 - 9/30/2000 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 2001., 10/1/2000 - 9/30/2001 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 2002., 10/1/2001 - 9/30/2002 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 2003., 10/1/2002 - 9/30/2003 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 2004, 10/1/2003 - 9/30/2004 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 2005, 10/1/2004 - 9/30/2005 (info) Search
Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), Fiscal Year 2006, 10/1/2005 - 9/30/2006 (info) Search
Title: Records of Prime Contracts Awarded by the Military Services and Agencies, created, 7/1/1975 - 9/30/2006, documenting the period 7/1/1975 - 9/30/2006
Creator: Department of Defense. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Management Services). (ca. 1973 - 10/1/1977) (Predecessor)
Department of Defense. Washington Headquarters Services. Directorate for Information Operations and Reports. Statistical Information Analysis Division. (ca. 1997 - ) (Most Recent)
Type of Archival Materials: Textual Records
Data Files
Level of Description: Series from Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
Other Titles: Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS)
Location: National Archives at College Park - Electronic Records, National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0470; FAX: 301-837-3574; EMAIL: cer@nara.gov
Inclusive Dates: 7/1/1975 - 9/30/2006
Coverage Dates: 7/1/1975 - 9/30/2006
Date Note: The dates are for Federal fiscal years, 1976-2003. The Federal government changed the time frame for the fiscal year in 1976. There are two files for 1976. The FY 1976 file covers the period from 1 July 1975 - 30 June 1976. The FY 1976T file spans the fiscal year transition period from 1 July - 30 September 1976.
Part of: Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
Function and Use: The agency created the database to provide administrative and management control over military supplies and services procurements within the Department of Defense. The agency also used these data to prepare special reports to the President, the Secretary of Defense, the Congress, and to private industry.
Scope & Content Note: This series contains information about contracts for goods and services between the private sector and the military services and agencies of the Department of Defense. Department of Defense (DD) Forms DD 350 and DD 1057 are the sources of the data. There is a record for each contract with information derived from DD 350, the Individual Contracting Action Report. The DD 350 is used in every fiscal year (FY). The DD 1057, the Monthly Summary of Contracting Actions, provides information on the total number of contracting actions and total number of dollars by month for each of the military services and agencies. There is a record for each of the contract categories listed in the DD 1057. The DD 1057 was used from FY 1984 through FY 2003. It was not used in FY 2004 and the following fiscal years. From FY 1976 to 1983, the records encompass armed forces procurement contracts with a value of $10,000 or larger. Beginning in FY 1983, the records encompass military contracts with a value of $25,000 or more. The specific information collected on DD Form 350, and thus represented in these records, varied somewhat over time. Each contract record potentially provides information about the following topics involved in defense spending: system administration; reporting dates; the government purchasing or contracting office, the business name of the government contractor, description of the military supplies, systems, or services for which contracted, and its dollar value; and type of procurement, including whether competitively bid, and whether the contract awardee was a foreign firm, minority business, small business, or women-owned business. Beginning in FY 1984, the records contain more detailed data in most of the above categories. There are two files for 1976.
Access Restrictions: Restricted - Partly. FOIA (b)(6) Personal Information. The Fiscal Year 1989 and later files contain Establishment Taxpayer Identification Number (ETIN). NARA has created public use versions of these files with the ETIN field masked.
General Note: This series is the successor to the series "Records of Prime Contracts Awarded by the Military Services and Agencies, 1965-1975."
Finding Aid Type: Technical Information
Finding Aid Source: NARA and Statistical Information Analysis Division
Extent: 31 data files, 12 electronic documentation files, and 4 linear feet, 7 linear inches of paper documentation
Index Terms
  Subjects Represented in the Archival Material
    Armed forces procurement
Business names
Contracts
Defense spending
Government contractors
Government purchasing
Logistics
Military supplies
Minority businesses
Small business
Women-owned business enterprises

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