Set-aside programs · 8(a) Business Development · Illinois
8(a) contracts in Illinois
In FY2026, 8(a) program firms won $162.64M in federal contracts for work in Illinois (453 awards), $75.68M of it through 8(a) set-asides; Department of Defense awarded the most ($98.35M).
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Money to 8(a) program firms in Illinois, by year
Federal contract obligations for work performed in Illinois 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 Illinois, FY2026
- Department of Defense $98.35M
- Department of Veterans Affairs $19.41M
- Department of Justice $13.03M
- General Services Administration $6.16M
- Railroad Retirement Board $4.95M
- Department of the Interior $3.82M
- Department of Labor $3.72M
- Department of Homeland Security $3.68M
Companies winning the most, FY2026
- Yulista Holding LLC $16.48M
- Goldbelt Government Services, LLC $12.17M
- Electrosoft Services Inc $8.51M
- Pci Government Services LLC $7.79M
- Kikaha Solutions, LLC $7.02M
- Oneill Contractors Inc $5.56M
- Vista Defense Technologies, LLC $5.45M
- TC Technology Solutions, LLC $5.23M
- Redhawk IT Solutions, LLC $4.83M
- BDR Solutions, LLC $4.44M
What they're paid for, FY2026
- 541519 Other Computer Related Services $21.00M
- 561210 Facilities Support Services $19.71M
- 541512 Computer Systems Design Services $14.45M
- 541513 Computer Facilities Management Services $12.87M
- 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services $12.31M
- 238210 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors $11.92M
- 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction $11.41M
- 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services $8.49M
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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