Ginnie -
Although the article was from July, if you are familiar with gov't spending in the US, you know that a significant amount of money gets "spent" in the last few days of September. Large departments like DHS get approval to spend money early in the year, and then spend the year evaluating vendors, but all have to spend their money by the end of the fiscal year.
In the world of gov't contracting, an IDIQ award is significant for these 25 because they know who they are competing against, and with this amount of money, it will get spread around to all.
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