NAICS 311320: Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing from Cacao Beans
NAICS 311320 - Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing from Cacao Beans covers the industrial processing of cacao beans into chocolate, cocoa butter, cocoa powder, and various confectionery products. This sector involves the complex manufacturing chain of roasting, grinding, and refining cacao to produce finished goods.
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NAICS 311320 - Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing from Cacao Beans covers the industrial processing of cacao beans into chocolate, cocoa butter, cocoa powder, and various confectionery products. This sector involves the complex manufacturing chain of roasting, grinding, and refining cacao to ...
NAICS 311320 - Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing from Cacao Beans covers the industrial processing of cacao beans into chocolate, cocoa butter, cocoa powder, and various confectionery products. This sector involves the complex manufacturing chain of roasting, grinding, and refining cacao to produce finished goods. In the government contracting landscape, this code typically applies to the procurement of specialty food items, dietary supplements, or bulk confectionery supplies required for institutional food service operations and military subsistence programs.
Competition
How many companies historically bid on federal awards in NAICS 311320, from bidder counts reported on USAspending.
Half or more of reported awards drew exactly one bidder, usually a sign of incumbent-held work rather than an open field. · 189 reported awards
Median Bidders
1
Per reported award, all-time
Single-Bid Awards
89%
Share of reported awards with one bidder
10+ Bidder Awards
1%
Share of reported awards with 10+ bidders
Reported Awards
98% of 193 total awards
How this code compares up the NAICS hierarchy. Parent cohorts pool every code under their prefix, so they are the steadier baseline when a 6-digit sample is thin.
| Industry Family | Competition | Median Bidders | Single-Bid | Bidder Mix | Reported Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
311320This Code Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing from Cacao Beans | Usually Single-Bid | 1 | 89% | 18998% of 193 | |
31132NAICS Industry | Usually Single-Bid | 1 | 89% | 18998% of 193 | |
3113Industry Group Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing | Usually Single-Bid | 1 | 62% | 1,68293% of 1,811 | |
311Subsector | Fewer Bidders | 2 | 36% | 967,99711% of 8,488,622 | |
31Sector Manufacturing | Fewer Bidders | 2 | 40% | 1,478,76516% of 9,263,130 |
Bidder counts reported on past federal awards in this NAICS (USAspending). An open opportunity has no bidders yet, so this is the historical norm for similar work, not a fact about this solicitation. Not all awards report bidder counts, and fewer bidders often means incumbent-held work rather than an easier win. Federal reporting of bidder counts fell from ~96% of awards (FY2016) to ~30% (FY2018 onward); the chart shows shares of reported awards, and washed-out stretches mark years with fewer than 30 of them.
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