{"id":4338,"date":"2026-03-04T21:38:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/?p=4338"},"modified":"2026-03-04T21:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:40:25","slug":"nsn-velocity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/2026\/03\/nsn-velocity\/","title":{"rendered":"NSN Velocity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nsn_velocity_title.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nsn_velocity_title.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nsn_velocity_title.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nsn_velocity_title-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nsn_velocity_title-768x419.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re always looking for new ways to find opportunities in government data.  Today&#8217;s report looks at buying trends.  We analyzed all procurement history looking for significant increases in quantity purchases over time. DOD has allocated significant funds to re-stocking munitions, building new ships \/ planes, and maintenance operations.  We want to know where the priorities lie and where money is moving.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve filtered out some data to reduce the noise and deal with erroneous data (like quantity 99999) and generated a list of items with the greatest  NSN Velocity.  Procurement history broken into two groups (2021-2022, and 2024-2025).  Anything with a quantity increase of over 150% between the two periods was looked at.  We excluded anything with less that $300,000 in spending from 2024-2025.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>item_name<\/td><td>Quantity<br>2021-2022 <\/td><td>Quantity<br>2024-2025<\/td><td>Total spend<br>2024-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>INSTALLATION KIT, VEHICLE<\/td><td>54<\/td><td>376<\/td><td><br><br>$38,129,649<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FOAM LIQUID,FIRE EX<\/td><td>66<\/td><td>252<\/td><td><br><br>$34,509,037<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HELMET,ADVANCED COM<\/td><td>538<\/td><td>3580<\/td><td><br><br>$34,295,576<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TARPAULIN<\/td><td>1387<\/td><td>11483<\/td><td><br><br>$34,091,280<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HELMET,ADVANCED COM<\/td><td>568<\/td><td>2998<\/td><td><br><br>$29,998,622<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CLOTH,GABARDINE<\/td><td>7917<\/td><td>39583<\/td><td><br><br>$29,374,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BAG,PROTECTIVE,SLEE<\/td><td>2542<\/td><td>14388<\/td><td><br><br>$26,463,933<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TROUSERS,CHEMICAL P<\/td><td>146<\/td><td>4393<\/td><td><br><br>$26,185,073<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FIELD PACK<\/td><td>782<\/td><td>8355<\/td><td><br><br>$20,634,577<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DECONTAMINATION KIT<\/td><td>1410<\/td><td>3670<\/td><td><br><br>$18,815,134<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>EXTINGUISHER,FIRE<\/td><td>320<\/td><td>904<\/td><td><br><br>$18,335,214<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BEARING,PLAIN,ROD E<\/td><td>99<\/td><td>446<\/td><td><br><br>$16,018,772<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HEATER MODULE,HEATE<\/td><td>12003<\/td><td>32008<\/td><td><br><br>$14,803,498<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>GASOLINE,AUTOMOTIVE<\/td><td>4015<\/td><td>10351<\/td><td><br><br>$14,705,595<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>LINER,MULTI PURPOSE<\/td><td>2719<\/td><td>10642<\/td><td><br><br>$13,932,070<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>COAT,CHEMICAL PROTE<\/td><td>500<\/td><td>2063<\/td><td><br><br>$13,287,844<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NUT,SELF-LOCKING,EX<\/td><td>3055<\/td><td>13537<\/td><td><br><br>$13,177,273<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>COAT,HOT WEATHER<\/td><td>3915<\/td><td>11059<\/td><td><br><br>$12,295,601<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FITTING,STRUCTURAL<\/td><td>271<\/td><td>1039<\/td><td><br><br>$11,279,978<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ACCELEROMETER,ELECT<\/td><td>102<\/td><td>335<\/td><td><br><br>$10,849,950<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FILTER ELEMENT,INTA<\/td><td>170<\/td><td>460<\/td><td><br><br>$10,550,426<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>SHIRT,COMBAT<\/td><td>1460<\/td><td>5591<\/td><td><br><br>$10,522,415<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CABLE ASSEMBLY,SPEC<\/td><td>124<\/td><td>414<\/td><td><br><br>$10,497,407<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HELMET,ADVANCED COM<\/td><td>93<\/td><td>1066<\/td><td><br><br>$10,449,201<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BEARING,PLAIN,SELF-<\/td><td>266<\/td><td>1155<\/td><td><br><br>$10,270,536<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CAPSULE ASSEMBLY,FL<\/td><td>60<\/td><td>210<\/td><td><br><br>$10,139,449<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ION EXCHANGE COMPOU<\/td><td>3257<\/td><td>10205<\/td><td><br><br>$10,039,752<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TROUSERS,CHEMICAL P<\/td><td>146<\/td><td>1445<\/td><td><br><br>$9,705,642<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>SCREW,CAP,HEXAGON H<\/td><td>1616<\/td><td>12694<\/td><td><br><br>$9,647,112<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the top of the list.  You can download the entire list with NIINs in this csv:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d284cfa5-53a7-46db-8a50-5c66db6025a5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nsn_velocity_2021-2025.csv\">nsn_velocity_2021-2025<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nsn_velocity_2021-2025.csv\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d284cfa5-53a7-46db-8a50-5c66db6025a5\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tired of DIBBS \/ SAM and bid services that don\u2019t understand defense contracting? \u00a0Try BidLink for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.bidlink.net.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re always looking for new ways to find opportunities in government data. Today&#8217;s report looks at buying trends. We analyzed all procurement history looking for significant increases in quantity purchases over time. DOD has allocated significant funds to re-stocking munitions, building new ships \/ planes, and maintenance operations. 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