Set-aside 8A

8(a) set-aside

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8(a) set-aside in numbers

156,275awards on recordFY2001 to FY2027

$107.5Bobligatedaverage $687.9K

5,535vendors that won

118open notices now

904ending within 12 months

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Every award made under this set-aside type
Which offices use it and how often
The firms winning under it today
What is ending soon

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Sources: USASpending and SAM.gov. Updated Oct 28, 2026. Names as published; vendor records resolved by UEI, CAGE and name.

Open notices

Open right now under this set-aside

127 open notices right now, 35 closing within seven days. The newest 5:

Posted	Notice	Buyer	NAICS	Set-aside	Due
Oct 28, 2026	711th HPW Mission Support Services MAC IDIQCombined Synopsis/Solicitation · Wright Patterson AFB OH	FA2396 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL PZLE	541990	8A	Nov 3, 2026
Oct 28, 2026	RM16-1405 BUILDING 592 RENOVATIONSSolicitation · Philadelphia PA	NAVFACSYSCOM MID-ATLANTIC	236220	8A	Dec 1, 2026
Oct 28, 2026	Architect & Engineering Services, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award (A&E) ContraSolicitation · Washington DC	FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC	541310	8A	Nov 2, 2026
Oct 28, 2026	R--Geographic Information System (GIS) support, prepaCombined Synopsis/Solicitation	USGS CONTRACTING ACTIVITY	561110	8A	Nov 10, 2026
Oct 28, 2026	WJHTC Armed Security Guard ServicesSolicitation · Atlantic City NJ	692M15 ACQUISITION & GRANTS, AAQ600	561612	8A	Nov 4, 2026

From the SAM.gov opportunities API, checked every hour. Each title opens that notice here, with what this office has actually bought beside it. Members see every open notice, filtered to their own codes, and are emailed daily on Shop, or hourly on Pro, Capture and Enterprise.

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What this set-aside means

Reserved for firms in the SBA 8(a) Business Development program, which serves socially and economically disadvantaged owners for a nine-year term (FAR 19.8).

The set-aside on a record is the code the contracting officer published with the award or notice. Records with no code are either full and open competition or simply not recorded, and the two cannot be told apart from the source, so they are shown as "not recorded".

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Sources used on this page: SAM.gov · USASpending.gov · SAM.gov contract awards

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