How to read a mixed goods notice before deciding whether it is worth bidding
A mixed or unclassified goods notice is a packaging decision by the buyer, not a market. It usually means a set of low-value, administratively awkward items has been bundled into one competition to avoid running several, and the bundle may contain things a single supplier cannot sensibly provide. The first question for a bidder is whether the award is by lot or as a whole, because an indivisible award across an incoherent bundle pushes the work to distributors and excludes the manufacturers of everything in it.
Specifications in these notices are usually thinner than elsewhere, which is a risk rather than an opportunity. Where the description is generic, the tender normally relies on reference to a recognised standard, a named equivalent product, or a sample, and bidders should establish which applies before pricing. Clarification questions are the remedy, and they are answered to all bidders, so asking early is the efficient move: a specification that cannot be clarified is one where the evaluation will be unpredictable.
The commercial terms follow the low-value pattern. Awards are often framework call-offs with no committed volume, delivery is to multiple sites in small quantities, and the administrative cost per order can exceed the margin on the goods. Bidders should price ordering, consolidation, minimum order values and returns explicitly rather than absorbing them, and should check payment terms and invoicing requirements, because a contract that is profitable per item can be loss-making per transaction.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys miscellaneous goods in United States?
GlobalGov holds 305 miscellaneous goods records from 114 distinct buying organisations in United States. The most frequent publishers are DLA Land and Maritime (49 records); DLA Land and Maritime (38 records); DLA Aviation (27 records); DLA Aviation (18 records); GSA/FAS Furniture Systems MGT DIV (14 records); DLA Troop Support (13 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 52% of everything published, so buying here is concentrated in a few authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| DLA Land and Maritime | 49 | 16% |
| DLA Land and Maritime | 38 | 12% |
| DLA Aviation | 27 | 8.9% |
| DLA Aviation | 18 | 5.9% |
| GSA/FAS Furniture Systems MGT DIV | 14 | 4.6% |
| DLA Troop Support | 13 | 4.3% |
What are miscellaneous goods contracts worth in United States?
74 of the 305 records publish a contract value. The median is $350,000 and the largest single published value is $392.4M. By size, 21 under $100k, 36 between $100k and $1M, 7 between $1M and $10M, 10 above $10M. The remaining 231 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 21 | 28% |
| between $100k and $1M | 36 | 49% |
| between $1M and $10M | 7 | 9.5% |
| above $10M | 10 | 14% |
How long do bidders get to respond to miscellaneous goods tenders in United States?
Across the 283 United States miscellaneous goods notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 15 days. A quarter of them allowed 10 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 15. 121 of them (43%) closed within a fortnight of being published, so on this market a bidder who reviews notices once a week can lose most of the response window before reading one.
How often are miscellaneous goods tenders published in United States?
United States publishes about 23 notices a month in this category, 272 in the last twelve months. That is 1713% more than the 15 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 291, spread across 28 separate months of activity since 25 March 2016. April is historically the busiest month. The most recent was published 30 September 2026.
How does United States compare with other miscellaneous goods markets?
Among the 11 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable miscellaneous goods market, United States ranks 3rd by number of records. The largest is Kenya (1,297 records against 305 here). Within United States itself, miscellaneous goods is the 50th largest of the 85 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the United States miscellaneous goods records on this page come from?
These 305 records are collected from 4 official sources: SAM.gov (281), Simpler.Grants.gov (14), Grants.gov (5), USAspending (5). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Open Miscellaneous Goods tenders in United States
Showing 5 of the 12 notices open in this category today. Openness uses the same definition as the United States market page: active, not marked awarded, cancelled, closed or expired, and either closing in the future or published within the last 90 days with no stated closing date.
Acquisition Support Services Contract (ASSC) for all FAA Acquisition and Contracting Organizations
ASTM Grade 50 Steel Plate in Custom Shapes - Fountain City, WI
RFA-Eh-18-000
FD2020-22-00770
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