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8(a) Business Development set-aside contracts
124 open federal solicitations are reserved for 8(a) firms — of 13,782 open overall. If you hold the certification, these are the bids where large businesses can't compete with you.
Reserved for participants in SBA's 8(a) Business Development program (a 9-year program for socially and economically disadvantaged firms). Includes sole-source awards. If you're 8(a)-certified, these bids exclude everyone who isn't.
8(a) set-asides by trade
8(a) set-asides by state
Where the work is performed. Another 83 8(a) bids list no fixed location — any qualifying firm can compete regardless of state.
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A set-aside win still dies on a technicality
Reserved competition is smaller — but the compliance bar is identical, plus the status representations the set-aside itself requires. The $99 breakdown reads every solicitation document and lists each required form, pass/fail requirement, and non-responsive trigger.