Set-aside programs · 8(a) Business Development · Maryland
8(a) contracts in Maryland
In FY2026, 8(a) program firms won $2.86B in federal contracts for work in Maryland (7,751 awards), $1.23B of it through 8(a) set-asides; Department of Health and Human Services awarded the most ($1.04B).
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Money to 8(a) program firms in Maryland, by year
Federal contract obligations for work performed in Maryland 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 Maryland, FY2026
- Department of Health and Human Services $1.04B
- Department of Defense $665.46M
- Department of Commerce $351.42M
- Department of Homeland Security $255.58M
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration $159.38M
- General Services Administration $56.23M
- Social Security Administration $46.56M
- Department of Justice $30.22M
Companies winning the most, FY2026
- Arctic Slope Regional Corporation $135.80M
- Sparksoft Corporation $78.13M
- Esimplicity, Inc. $57.44M
- Gama-1 Technologies, LLC $49.80M
- Index Analytics LLC $49.74M
- Stracon Services Group, LLC $46.39M
- Global Alliances Inc $44.60M
- Skyward Dynamics Information Technology, LLC $35.99M
- Alpha Omega Integration LLC $35.57M
- IT Concepts, Inc. $35.08M
What they're paid for, FY2026
- 541512 Computer Systems Design Services $703.15M
- 541519 Other Computer Related Services $385.13M
- 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services $335.97M
- 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services $201.31M
- 561210 Facilities Support Services $184.45M
- 541330 Engineering Services $166.47M
- 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction $159.63M
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) $79.34M
Offices buying the most, FY2026
- Ofc of Acquisition and Grants Management $486.70M
- Fda Office of Acq Grant Svcs $136.75M
- Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center $132.31M
- National Institutes of Health Olao $116.12M
- Nih a E Construction $100.63M
- Uscis Contracting Office(Erbur) $99.23M
Open notices
- Nitrogen generator preventative maintenance · Special Notice · due 2026-10-28 · 8(a) Sole Source (FAR 19.8)
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