A contract number of just four digits — securing the framework first and issuing orders as needs arise
An Army record for KBR Services with an obligated value of about $6.063 billion, typed as a delivery order. The procurement instrument identifier is only the four digits 0059, indicating an individual order issued under a framework contract agreed in advance.
Contract key facts
- RecipientKBR
- Contract value$6,062,897,263 (≈$6.06B)
- BranchArmy
- Awarding agencyDepartment of Defense
- Awarding sub-agencyDepartment of the Army
- Award typeDELIVERY ORDER
- Period of performance2003-08-12 〜 2014-09-30
- Contract ID (PIID)0059
Key points
- Obligated value is about $6.063 billion; the recipient is KBR Services, LLC and the branch is the Army.
- The award type is delivery order — an individual order issued under a framework contract agreed in advance.
- That the procurement instrument identifier is only the four digits 0059 shows it is not a standalone contract.
- Of the 207 defense contracts this site holds as of 2026-09-02, 14 are delivery orders and 193 are definitive contracts.
- The period runs from August 2003 to September 2014, about 11.1 years, with total outlays of $0 on the record.
1What four digits signify
A government procurement instrument identifier is normally a string of a dozen or more characters, such as N0001924C0039. This record carries only the four digits 0059. That indicates the number is not a standalone contract but an individual order issued under a framework contract agreed in advance. The award type field reads delivery order.
2Two contract forms
Agreeing a framework first and issuing orders as needs arise suits procurement where quantity and specification cannot be fixed in advance. It removes the step of concluding a fresh contract each time, shortening the path from order to delivery. The trade-off is that how individual orders accumulated within the framework is invisible without following each order record.
3An order spanning eleven years
The period runs from August 2003 to September 2014, about 11.1 years. Not the short transaction the word order suggests but something performed over many years, at a scale exceeding $6 billion in obligation — among the larger records this site holds as of 2026-09-02. Total outlays on the record are $0, a state shared by 115 of the 207 records (56 percent).
4What the record does and does not say
The description field is empty, and the record does not say what was procured. Recipient, branch, period, value and award type are the structured fields that can be read with certainty. This site does not supply what the record does not contain.
Why it matters
Government procurement uses frameworks agreed first and executed through individual orders. Looking only at contract-level totals misses how procurement actually accumulated, so distinguishing award types is a precondition for analysis.
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Sources (primary)
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- Contract ID (PIID)：0059