Set-aside programs · 8(a) Business Development · Colorado
8(a) contracts in Colorado
In FY2026, 8(a) program firms won $556.95M in federal contracts for work in Colorado (983 awards), $230.09M of it through 8(a) set-asides; Department of Defense awarded the most ($347.55M).
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Money to 8(a) program firms in Colorado, by year
Federal contract obligations for work performed in Colorado to small businesses that report this status on the contract (FPDS), set-asides and open competition together.
Money by year
Obligations (money committed) in prime awards, from USAspending.gov.
Agencies buying from them in Colorado, FY2026
- Department of Defense $347.55M
- Department of the Interior $61.54M
- Department of Agriculture $53.57M
- General Services Administration $24.84M
- Department of Commerce $23.73M
- Department of Energy $22.41M
- Department of Homeland Security $10.65M
- Department of Justice $7.97M
Companies winning the most, FY2026
- Synergy Business Innovation & Solutions Inc. $49.44M
- Five Rivers Analytics, LLC $42.94M
- Gemini Technical Services JV, LLC $41.13M
- T&H Services, LLC $30.18M
- Nana Regional Corporation, Inc. $22.32M
- Olgoonik Enterprises, LLC $20.68M
- Aleut Management Services, LLC $15.11M
- Chickasaw Aerospace, LLC $14.74M
- Rivet Operations Co LLC $14.49M
- Arctic Slope Regional Corporation $13.49M
What they're paid for, FY2026
- 561210 Facilities Support Services $80.08M
- 541512 Computer Systems Design Services $74.55M
- 541330 Engineering Services $49.78M
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) $46.00M
- 517810 All Other Telecommunications $41.10M
- 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services $40.33M
- 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction $38.56M
- 517410 Satellite Telecommunications $17.07M
Offices buying the most, FY2026
- Fa2518 Ussf Spoc/Saio $73.32M
- Fa2549 Starcom Contracting PK $65.85M
- Usda, Ocp-Pod-Acq-Mgmt-Branch-Ftc $50.02M
- W6QM Micc-Ft Carson $38.01M
- Fa7000 10 Cons LGC $31.02M
- W6QK Acc-Ri $22.28M
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How to qualify
A small business at least 51% owned and controlled by US citizens who are socially and economically disadvantaged, in a nine-year program with set-aside and sole-source awards. Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations and Native Hawaiian Organizations can own 8(a) firms too.
8(a) Business Development: certification and how set-asides work → · SBA contracting programs ↗
SBA decides who qualifies, not SpendQuery.
From USAspending.gov prime awards (FPDS business types and set-aside codes; place of performance) and SAM.gov notices. Sources and limits