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Small Business Set-Aside contracts, bids & RFPs

12,016 open Small business set-aside opportunities · federal · updated daily

A Total or Partial Small Business Set-Aside reserves a federal contract so that only small businesses can compete. Contracting officers reserve most acquisitions in the simplified-acquisition range for small business, and larger ones whenever enough small firms are expected to bid.

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Small business contract activity

A current snapshot based on 25 of 12,016 open listings shown on this page. Counts update with the directory.

Listings posted over the last 8 weeks
Listings shown by source
  • Federal (SAM.gov)25

Deadline outlook

Next 30 days
25
Later
0
Open / rolling
0

Most represented buyers

  1. DEPT OF DEFENSE15
  2. HOMELAND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF2
  3. INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE2
  4. AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF1
  5. Other5

21 of the listings shown were posted in the last 30 days. Federal (SAM.gov) contributes the largest share (25). DEPT OF DEFENSE is the most represented buyer in this snapshot.

Open Small business opportunities

Showing 25 of 12,016 open bids.

Top industries for Small business bids

Agencies posting Small business set-asides

How to win Small business set-aside contracts

Who qualifies. Any business that qualifies as “small” under the SBA size standard for the solicitation’s NAICS code (measured by employees or average annual receipts).

How to bid. Register in SAM.gov and self-certify as a small business under the relevant NAICS size standard — the general small-business set-aside needs no separate SBA approval.

What is a small business set-aside?

A federal contract reserved so that only small businesses can compete, keeping large firms out of the bid.

How do I qualify as a small business?

Meet the SBA size standard for the contract’s NAICS code and self-certify as small in SAM.gov.

More on GovCon set-asides: set-asides explained · glossary · all set-aside programs