Set-aside 8AN

8(a) sole source

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8(a) sole source in numbers

422,783awards on recordFY2001 to FY2028

$211.2Bobligatedaverage $499.6K

13,833vendors that won

63open notices now

3,737ending within 12 months

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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 27, 2026. Names as published; vendor records resolved by UEI, CAGE and name.

Open notices

Open right now under this set-aside

65 open notices right now, 4 closing within seven days. The newest 5:

Posted	Notice	Buyer	NAICS	Set-aside	Due
Oct 28, 2026	Superior NF Water Heater replacementSolicitation · Ely MN	USDA-FS, CSA EAST 7	238220	8AN	Nov 4, 2026
Oct 28, 2026	Sealing Machines for CHOP ShopSpecial Notice	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER	333993	8AN	Nov 2, 2026
Oct 28, 2026	Intent to Sole Source Self-Aligning Focus Schlieren SystemSpecial Notice · Wright Patterson AFB OH	DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE	334516	8AN	Nov 2, 2026
Oct 27, 2026	Vision Technologies Installation Services KSCSpecial Notice	NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER	541512	8AN	Oct 30, 2026
Oct 27, 2026	EXCAVATE AND PREPARE UTILITY TRENCHES AT B153 AND B116 AT WATERVLIET ARSENALAward Notice	W6QK ACC WVA		8AN	not stated

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

Awarded directly to one 8(a) firm without competition, within the dollar limits the program allows (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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