Set-aside programs · 8(a) Business Development · Minnesota
8(a) contracts in Minnesota
In FY2026, 8(a) program firms won $65.26M in federal contracts for work in Minnesota (159 awards), $4.01M of it through 8(a) set-asides; Department of State awarded the most ($17.77M).
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Money to 8(a) program firms in Minnesota, by year
Federal contract obligations for work performed in Minnesota 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 Minnesota, FY2026
- Department of State $17.77M
- Department of Health and Human Services $15.87M
- Department of Homeland Security $10.77M
- Department of Veterans Affairs $5.36M
- Department of Agriculture $4.61M
- Department of Defense $4.36M
- Environmental Protection Agency $3.97M
- Department of Transportation $2.00M
Companies winning the most, FY2026
- MG Facility Services, LLC $18.58M
- Clear Global Solutions LLC $10.59M
- KNZ Solutions Inc $6.55M
- Dt-Trak Consulting, Inc. $5.51M
- Wander Staffing LLC $3.28M
- Prairie Band Health Services Inc $3.00M
- Specpro Sustainment and Environmental, LLC $2.92M
- New Coast Trading, (NCT) LLC $2.56M
- Chenega Base & Logistics Services LLC $2.20M
- Lim Service Industries Inc $1.87M
What they're paid for, FY2026
- 561210 Facilities Support Services $18.15M
- 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services $10.44M
- 561320 Temporary Help Services $6.75M
- 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services $6.57M
- 311999 All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing $3.54M
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) $2.92M
- 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction $2.20M
- 561720 Janitorial Services $2.13M
Offices buying the most, FY2026
Open notices
- Laboratory Proficiency Testing for the Red Lake Service Unit · Special Notice · due 2026-10-25 · 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