NAICS 517211: Paging
NAICS 517211 - Paging covers the provision of paging services, which involve the transmission of short messages or alerts to portable receivers. This industry focuses on the infrastructure and operational services required to maintain wide-area paging networks, providing critical communication links that often serve as a reliable backup to cellular and internet-based systems.
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Federal obligations, top contractors and agencies, and related industry codes for NAICS 517211.
AI Industry Description
NAICS 517211 - Paging covers the provision of paging services, which involve the transmission of short messages or alerts to portable receivers. This industry focuses on the infrastructure and operational services required to maintain wide-area paging networks, providing critical communication links...
NAICS 517211 - Paging covers the provision of paging services, which involve the transmission of short messages or alerts to portable receivers. This industry focuses on the infrastructure and operational services required to maintain wide-area paging networks, providing critical communication links that often serve as a reliable backup to cellular and internet-based systems. In the government contracting landscape, these services are typically utilized for emergency notifications, on-call alerting for medical and technical personnel, and mission-critical communications where high reliability and signal penetration are required.
Competition
How many companies historically bid on federal awards in NAICS 517211, 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. · 1,679 reported awards
Median Bidders
1
Per reported award, all-time
Single-Bid Awards
75%
Share of reported awards with one bidder
10+ Bidder Awards
1%
Share of reported awards with 10+ bidders
Reported Awards
1,679
91% of 1,851 total awards
Share of reported awards in each bidder-count bracket per federal fiscal year.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
517211This Code Paging | Usually Single-Bid | 1 | 75% | 1,67991% of 1,851 | |
51721NAICS Industry | Usually Single-Bid | 1 | 67% | 54,52391% of 60,033 | |
5172Industry Group | Usually Single-Bid | 1 | 67% | 54,52391% of 60,033 | |
517Subsector | Fewer Bidders | 2 | 49% | 338,13487% of 390,677 | |
51Sector Information | Usually Single-Bid | 1 | 62% | 753,54988% of 858,938 |
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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