Set-aside programs · 8(a) Business Development · North Carolina
8(a) contracts in North Carolina
In FY2026, 8(a) program firms won $212.48M in federal contracts for work in North Carolina (756 awards), $119.09M of it through 8(a) set-asides; Department of Defense awarded the most ($61.20M).
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Money to 8(a) program firms in North Carolina, by year
Federal contract obligations for work performed in North Carolina 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 North Carolina, FY2026
- Department of Defense $61.20M
- Department of Homeland Security $60.12M
- Department of Health and Human Services $28.62M
- General Services Administration $22.01M
- Department of Commerce $12.86M
- Department of Veterans Affairs $11.61M
- Department of Agriculture $8.95M
- Environmental Protection Agency $5.76M
Companies winning the most, FY2026
- Eastern Shawnee - Bay West JV, LLC $21.92M
- Encon Desbuild JV 2 LLC $21.43M
- Syncon LLC $18.78M
- Katmai Management Services LLC $15.39M
- Achuti LLC $11.74M
- Goldbelt Integrated Logistics Services, LLC $10.83M
- Alpha Omega Integration LLC $9.08M
- Dilligas Corp $8.74M
- TLS Joint Venture LLC $8.66M
- Arctic Slope Regional Corporation $7.33M
What they're paid for, FY2026
- 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction $82.22M
- 562910 Remediation Services $26.65M
- 488190 Other Support Activities for Air Transportation $20.42M
- 541512 Computer Systems Design Services $19.54M
- 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services $16.39M
- 611699 All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction $16.11M
- 622110 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals $14.23M
- 541330 Engineering Services $12.41M
Offices buying the most, FY2026
- Navfacsyscom Mid-Atlantic $32.97M
- Aviation Logistics Center (Alc)(00038) $31.00M
- W074 Endist Savannah $24.63M
- Commander $22.26M
- Ceu Cleveland(00083) $20.58M
- National Institute of Health Niehs $13.92M
Open notices
- Succeeding Lease for Jacksonville CBOC · Presolicitation · due 2026-12-03 · 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