NAICS 333291: Paper Industry Machinery Manufacturing
NAICS 333291 - Paper Industry Machinery Manufacturing covers the design, engineering, and production of specialized equipment used in the processing of pulp and the manufacture of paper and paperboard. This includes the fabrication of pulpers, digesters, paper machines, drying cylinders, and finishing equipment.
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NAICS 333291 - Paper Industry Machinery Manufacturing covers the design, engineering, and production of specialized equipment used in the processing of pulp and the manufacture of paper and paperboard. This includes the fabrication of pulpers, digesters, paper machines, drying cylinders, and finishi...
NAICS 333291 - Paper Industry Machinery Manufacturing covers the design, engineering, and production of specialized equipment used in the processing of pulp and the manufacture of paper and paperboard. This includes the fabrication of pulpers, digesters, paper machines, drying cylinders, and finishing equipment. In the government contracting landscape, this sector typically involves the procurement of heavy industrial machinery for specialized facilities, research laboratories, or government-operated industrial plants that require large-scale paper or cellulose processing capabilities.
Competition
How many companies historically bid on federal awards in NAICS 333291, 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. · 1,387 reported awards
Median Bidders
1
Per reported award, all-time
Single-Bid Awards
53%
Share of reported awards with one bidder
10+ Bidder Awards
15%
Share of reported awards with 10+ bidders
Reported Awards
69% of 1,999 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
333291This Code Paper Industry Machinery Manufacturing | Usually Single-Bid | 1 | 53% | 1,38769% of 1,999 | |
33329NAICS Industry | Usually Single-Bid | 1 | 68% | 75,56278% of 96,459 | |
3332Industry Group Industrial Machinery Manufacturing | Usually Single-Bid | 1 | 56% | 116,27372% of 160,688 | |
333Subsector | Fewer Bidders | 2 | 45% | 1,796,88757% of 3,142,926 | |
33Sector Manufacturing | Fewer Bidders | 2 | 44% | 16,883,00469% of 24,369,785 |
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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