Set-aside programs · 8(a) Business Development · New Jersey
8(a) contracts in New Jersey
In FY2026, 8(a) program firms won $735.72M in federal contracts for work in New Jersey (120,641 awards), $79.50M of it through 8(a) set-asides; Department of Defense awarded the most ($465.63M).
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Money to 8(a) program firms in New Jersey, by year
Federal contract obligations for work performed in New Jersey 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 New Jersey, FY2026
- Department of Defense $465.63M
- Department of Veterans Affairs $178.43M
- Department of Transportation $42.90M
- Department of Homeland Security $20.72M
- Department of Health and Human Services $7.85M
- Environmental Protection Agency $6.55M
- Department of the Interior $5.26M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development $3.15M
Companies winning the most, FY2026
- Asrc Federal Facilities Logistics, LLC $358.47M
- IT Concepts, Inc. $171.51M
- Yulista Support Services LLC $29.76M
- Chugach Alaska Corporation $13.95M
- Quecon, Inc. $13.16M
- Hana Technologies & Systems, Inc. $11.75M
- Togiak Management Services, LLC $10.72M
- Defense Consulting Services LLC $8.10M
- Dawson MCG, Inc. $7.94M
- Ark Construction Management LLC $7.58M
Offices buying the most, FY2026
- Technology Acquisition Center NJ (36C10B) $172.92M
- Dla Weapons Support $172.40M
- Dla Aviation $113.67M
- Dla Troop Support $58.77M
- 692M15 Acquisition & Grants, Aaq600 $39.77M
- W6QK Acc-Ri-Picatinny $31.08M
Open notices
- WJHTC Armed Security Guard Services · Solicitation · due 2026-11-04 · 8(a) Set-Aside (FAR 19.8)
- EOS Custodial Service · Combined Synopsis/Solicitation · due 2026-11-15 · 8(a) Set-Aside (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