Set-aside · 8A
$4.1 billion of 8(a) Sole Source work
comes up for rebid.
333 federal contracts set aside for 8(a) program, sole source reach the end of their period of performance within 180 days. These are not open-market awards you would be bidding against a large prime to win — they are reserved.
| Days | Expires | Value | Incumbent | Buying office | Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 Closing | 2026-10-10 | $2.5M | ALUTIIQ OPERATIONS SERVICES, LLC8(a) Sole Source | Department of Energy | 89503425PWA002026 |
6 Closing | 2026-10-11 | $11.6M | CLEAR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LLC8(a) Sole Source | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | 70SBUR22F00000108 |
7 Closing | 2026-10-12 | $17.6M | MILLS MARINE & SHIP REPAIR LLC8(a) Sole Source | Department of the Navy | N0002424C2101 |
7 Closing | 2026-10-12 | $4.9M | BRICE INTEGRATED LLC8(a) Sole Source | Department of the Air Force | FA521525C0029 |
8 Closing | 2026-10-13 | $28.5M | INTUITIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES LLC8(a) Sole Source | Federal Emergency Management Agency | 70FA3122F00000073 |
9 Closing | 2026-10-14 | $1.6M | HUMAN CAPITAL RESOURCES AND CONCEPTS, INC8(a) Sole Source | Environmental Protection Agency | 68HE0623F0027 |
10 Closing | 2026-10-15 | $6.5M | EASTHILL KUNJ JV, LLC8(a) Sole Source | Department of the Army | W912DR25C0004 |
10 Closing | 2026-10-15 | $2.2M | KONIAG DATA SOLUTIONS LLC8(a) Sole Source | National Archives and Records Administration | 88310324P00010 |
11 Closing | 2026-10-16 | $6.0M | SES ENERGY SERVICES LLC8(a) Sole Source | Department of the Army | W9128F24C0025 |
15 Closing | 2026-10-20 | $663K | FEDTEC LLC8(a) Sole Source | National Institutes of Health | 75N92023F00013 |
16 Closing | 2026-10-21 | $13.2M | BROADLEAF, INC.8(a) Sole Source | Department of Defense Education Activity | HE125422F3028 |
17 Closing | 2026-10-22 | $45.0M | CHEROKEE NATION AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE, L.L.C.8(a) Sole Source | Defense Health Agency | W81XWH21C0086 |
17 Closing | 2026-10-22 | $4.9M | DSSG LLC8(a) Sole Source | Defense Information Systems Agency | HC102824F0325 |
18 Closing | 2026-10-23 | $23.0M | PEM CONSTRUCTION, LLC8(a) Sole Source | Department of the Army | W912DR23C0046 |
18 Closing | 2026-10-23 | $2.7M | SYSCOM, INC8(a) Sole Source | Department of the Air Force | FA302221C0009 |
Showing 15 of 333, closest to expiry first. See every industry.
When it lands
Expiring value by month across the next year, for 8(a) sole source work.
Dec 2026 is the heaviest month — 68 contracts worth $945M, roughly 1.8× a median month.
What to do with a date
A federal contract is re-bought on a schedule that runs backwards from the day the current one ends — and most of what decides the winner happens before the solicitation is ever published.
By the time a rebid appears on SAM.gov the requirement is written, the set-aside decision is made, and the incumbent has had a year of conversations with the customer. Knowing an end date early is how you get into that year instead of arriving after it.
18mo → 12mo out
Research
The agency is beginning to plan the follow-on. You want to know more about this requirement than the notice will ever tell you.
12mo → 9mo out
Shape
The requirement is being written now. This is when a specification quietly comes to describe one company's way of working.
9mo → 6mo out
Sources sought
The highest-leverage window on the whole clock, and the one most small businesses sleep through.
3mo → 1mo out
Solicitation
The RFP typically posts in this window, and everything about it is fast.
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Where this comes from
USAspending publishes every federal award, but it will not tell you what is about to end — its date filters cover when a contract was signed or modified, never when its period of performance runs out. It also will not return the set-aside on a search, only filter by it. So we pull awards one set-aside programme at a time, keep the ones still running, and index them by end date.
An end date is the period of performance recorded at time of award. Contracts get extended, modified and terminated early all the time — treat a date here as a signal to go look, not a guarantee.