All Categories

The more than 500 categories the federal government uses to describe the products and services purchased in response to the coronavirus pandemic. These are the “what” in “What did the government purchase?”

Category	Contracts	Actions	Total Committed
Ophthalmic Instruments, Equipment and Supplies	32	41	$456,437
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Components	8	12	$448,294
Nonrotating Electrical Converters	2	3	$437,352
Other Applied Research/Exploratory Development R&D	4	4	$434,127
Environmental Licensing and Permitting	1	1	$428,161
Trucks and Truck Tractors	8	20	$424,450
Mechanical Systems Engineering & Architecture	2	4	$422,858
Ship and Marine Equipment Maintenance & Repair	5	17	$422,112
Electric Lamps	3	3	$419,354
Office Devices and Accessories	24	34	$413,061
Certifications/Accreditations for Educational Institutions	4	7	$411,367
Office Information System Equipment	4	6	$407,774
Prefabricated Building Components	13	17	$406,416
Instruments and Laboratory Equipment Maintenance & Repair	16	18	$405,439
Other Residential Buildings Construction	3	6	$405,411
Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Air Circulating Equipment and Materials Testing	4	8	$397,230
Open Storage Facilities Rental	6	13	$388,452
Miscellaneous Fire Control Equipment	8	8	$387,523
Urology	2	4	$374,492
Electric Portable and Hand Lighting Equipment	7	13	$374,412
Architect and Engineering Inspection (Non Construction)	3	3	$373,323
Tableware	26	28	$371,075
Office Machines/Text Processing Sys/Visible Record Equipment Maintenance & Repair	4	6	$368,854
Other Non Building Facilities Maintenance	2	4	$367,308
IT Storage Products (Hardware and Perpetual License Software)	6	7	$364,696
Construction, Mining, Excavating, and Highway Maintenance Equipment Rental	2	10	$363,923
Traffic and Transit Signal Systems	7	8	$363,115
Operation of Other Hospital Buildings	2	4	$362,948
Modal: Rail Transportation Applied Research/Exploratory Development R&D	5	7	$360,040
Aircraft Ground Servicing Equipment	21	25	$359,854
Rail Charter Services	2	2	$353,960
Men's Hosiery, Handwear and Clothing Accessories	4	7	$350,424
Defense Special Studies/Analysis	1	1	$350,000
Data Entry	2	8	$347,700
Brick and Block Tile	1	1	$340,825
Brooms, Brushes, Mops and Sponges	139	1,763	$337,632
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Components Maintenance & Repair	17	18	$335,417
Tuition/Registration/Membership Fees	2	3	$335,399
Other Administrative Buildings Engineering & Architecture	3	9	$333,700
Defense R&D: Ships (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)	1	1	$333,650
Insect and Disease Control R&D (Basic Research)	2	2	$319,211
General Education/Training	50	62	$313,510
Operation of Office Buildings	9	12	$313,410
Video Recording and Reproducing Equipment	9	12	$310,403
Government Owned Contractor Operated R&D Facilities Construction Engineering & Architecture	1	6	$307,660
Office Supplies and Devices Equipment Installation	1	1	$305,930
Repair or Alteration of Parking Facilities	4	6	$303,443
Motor Pool and Packing/Crating	3	10	$302,355
Nuclear EPG Facility Maintenance & Repair	1	11	$300,000
Miscellaneous Construction Materials	11	12	$298,171
Cleaning Equipment and Supplies Equipment and Materials Testing	2	4	$294,679
Other Utilities Maintenance	1	1	$291,639
Training Aids and Devices Technical Representative	2	2	$289,708
Condiments and Related Products	7	12	$284,806
Medical, Dental and Veterinary Equipment and Materials Testing	7	9	$284,211
Water Purification and Sewage Treatment Equipment Rental	9	26	$278,524
Operation of Government Owned Parking Facilities	16	36	$278,255
Fixed Wing Aircraft	15	16	$270,000
Electric Utilities	2	3	$267,680
Cardio Vascular	4	7	$266,023
Optical Instruments, Test Equipment, Components and Accessories	10	13	$262,498
Highways/Roads/Streets/Bridges/Railways Construction	3	5	$260,575
Recreational and Gymnastic Equipment	7	19	$252,113
Forest Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression	4	5	$251,350
Electric Wire and Power Distribution Equipment Installation	3	3	$249,122
Railroad Signal and Warning Devices	1	1	$248,325
Education/Training Lectures	7	12	$245,144
Compressors and Vacuum Pumps	9	10	$242,933
Water Purification and Sewage Treatment Equipment Quality Control	2	2	$236,024
Other Defense R&D (Advanced Development)	5	5	$235,588
Laboratories and Clinics Repair	3	4	$232,263
Orthopedic	2	3	$232,101
Special Industry Machinery Equipment Rental	2	4	$231,502
Medical Gases	1	2	$231,377
Expert Witness Services	46	51	$227,118
Miscellaneous Testing & Inspection	5	10	$225,625
Fencing, Fences, Gates and Components	8	9	$223,962
Sewage and Waste Facilities Maintenance	4	6	$223,030
Aircraft Air Conditioning, Heating and Pressurizing Equipment	3	7	$222,191
Aircraft Landing Equipment	5	5	$220,000
Ground Effect Vehicles	5	5	$215,964
Health Services R&D (Commercialized)	1	3	$214,633
Textiles, Leather, Furs, Apparel and Shoe Findings, Tents and Flags Rental	5	12	$213,639
Furniture Installation	7	10	$210,346
Plumbing, Heating and Waste Disposal Equipment Installation	3	4	$203,377
Tool and Hardware Boxes	5	7	$201,103
Boxes, Cartons and Crates	11	68	$197,804
Information Technology Equipment/Software/Supplies/Support Equipment Rental	5	5	$196,320
Other Medical R&D (Advanced Development)	1	1	$195,048
Water Utilities	3	3	$194,500
Toxic and Hazardous Substance Analysis	6	12	$192,685
Production Engineering Services	3	4	$190,389
Riveting Machines	1	1	$189,368
Miscellaneous Service and Trade Equipment	8	69	$189,249
Electrical Motors	5	7	$187,689
Family Housing Facilities Rental	13	20	$185,991
Operation of Government Owned Miscellaneous Buildings	8	27	$184,732
Operation of Government Owned Conference Space And Facilities	1	3	$184,306
Communication, Detection and Coherent Radiation Equipment and Materials Testing	1	1	$184,087
Plate, Sheet, Strip, Foil and Wire: Precious Metal	2	2	$183,528

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About this data

This data comes from the Federal Procurement Data System, which includes all contracts worth $10,000 or more. We look at all contracts that are tagged with the procurement code for COVID-19 or otherwise started in 2020 and contain “COVID-19” in the description. Department of Defense contracting data is subject to a 90-day delay before it appears in the data.