Painting And Wall Covering Contractors federal obligations in Rhode Island (NAICS 238320)

A single-award join in Rhode Island

NAICS 238320 and place-of-performance state RI meet on this tie. $35,039,019 is the obligation sum on the one award that carries both tags. It is not Rhode Island’s statewide federal total, not NAICS 238210 electrical contractors, and not cash already paid. A one-row extract is still a join: the page exists because the painting-contractor code and Rhode Island geography coincide on that action.

Award count 1 is a record count, not a census of painting firms in Rhode Island. The packet does not name the vendor, the building, or the fiscal year. Reading the page as ‘Rhode Island has one painter’ would confuse an award action with establishments.

Open Rhode Island federal spending for the state rollup, NAICS 238320 for the industry hub, Rhode Island industries for other NAICS in the same geography, and All spending ties for other pairs.

Painting contractors, not every 238-series trade

USAspending labels NAICS 238320 as Painting And Wall Covering Contractors. Electrical contractors and plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning contractors are different specialty-trade codes. Sharing Rhode Island geography with other construction joins on the state hub does not merge those NAICS into $35,039,019. The industry hub for NAICS 238320 does not require Rhode Island.

The packet names no facilities or primes. Award titles on the NAICS 238320 page are the place to see what the line bought. Do not treat a single $35,039,019 action as a statewide painting-market study.

Place of performance in Rhode Island

Rhode Island on this join is a geography field, not a Providence-only overlay. Place of performance can list RI while later work occurs in Massachusetts or Connecticut; those states are not inside this total unless also coded RI. The packet does not split cities or counties.

The state hub for Rhode Island shows how 238320 sits beside other industries with RI place of performance. The award can list Rhode Island while headquarters sit elsewhere.

What a one-award total means

With award count 1, dividing $35,039,019 by 1 leaves $35,039,019. There is no distribution of small catalog lines behind the mean. That still does not make the figure an outlay, a typical invoice for the trade nationwide, or a unique-vendor census beyond this one recorded action.

An obligation is a legal commitment. $35,039,019 is that kind of sum. This packet has no outlay total and no fiscal-year split. Citing the figure as cash already spent in Rhode Island over-reads the field. A later modification could add rows; this extract shows one.

What this pair does not prove

A painting-contractor NAICS plus Rhode Island on one award is not a ranking of firms or a claim that campaign contributions funded the award. FEC filings and USAspending awards are different datasets. Keep $35,039,019 labeled as NAICS 238320 obligations with Rhode Island place of performance.

A later ingest can add actions or restate $35,039,019 without changing the join key of NAICS 238320 and RI. Correlation is not causation.

What a one-award Rhode Island painting join still requires

A single $35,039,019 action is still an obligation, not an outlay, and still a NAICS 238320×RI intersection, not Rhode Island’s construction total. Electrical, plumbing, and industrial-building codes used in other states on this slice are not inside this one row unless the award was tagged 238320. The packet still does not name the vendor.

Rhode Island federal spending, NAICS 238320, Rhode Island industries, and All spending ties stay useful because the parent tables and the index exist even when this cell has one award. A later ingest could add modifications and raise the award count above 1. Until then, the mean equals the total. Place of performance remains Rhode Island statewide in this extract.

Readers who only need the headline can stop at NAICS 238320 in Rhode Island: $35,039,019 on 1 award. The rest of this page exists to keep that headline attached to both join sides, to the obligation-versus-outlay distinction, and to the four internal hubs listed above. Nothing in the packet supports a contractor roster, a fiscal-year split, or a claim that campaign donations funded these USAspending obligations.

Questions

How much has NAICS 238320 obligated in Rhode Island?

USAspending.gov records $35,039,019 in obligations for NAICS 238320 (Painting And Wall Covering Contractors) with Rhode Island place of performance, covering 1 award. That is an obligation total, not an outlay total, and not the nationwide painting-contractor figure. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov.

Does one award mean one painting company in Rhode Island?

No. The extract lists 1 award totaling $35,039,019. That is a record count for this NAICS×state join, not a census of firms. Unique vendors beyond this extract are not published in the packet. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov.

Is this the same as electrical contractors in Rhode Island?

No. This join is NAICS 238320. Electrical contractors are NAICS 238210. The $35,039,019 here does not absorb other specialty-trade codes. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov.

Where is the live painting contractor–Rhode Island table?

Rhode Island federal spending is the state rollup. NAICS 238320 is the industry hub without a state filter. Rhode Island industries lists other NAICS in Rhode Island. All spending ties lists other pairs. The $35,039,019 and 1 award are the 238320×RI join only. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov.