Set-aside programs · 8(a) Business Development · Pennsylvania
8(a) contracts in Pennsylvania
In FY2026, 8(a) program firms won $199.25M in federal contracts for work in Pennsylvania (504 awards), $110.45M of it through 8(a) set-asides; Department of Defense awarded the most ($138.50M).
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Money to 8(a) program firms in Pennsylvania, by year
Federal contract obligations for work performed in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, FY2026
- Department of Defense $138.50M
- Department of the Interior $11.92M
- Department of Homeland Security $10.82M
- Department of Energy $8.39M
- General Services Administration $7.99M
- Department of Veterans Affairs $6.18M
- Environmental Protection Agency $3.01M
- Department of Agriculture $2.63M
Companies winning the most, FY2026
- Arctic Slope Regional Corporation $32.25M
- Nana Regional Corporation, Inc. $26.66M
- The Aleut Corporation $7.04M
- Kerberos International Inc $6.86M
- DDC IT Services LLC $6.47M
- Olgoonik Federal, LLC $6.27M
- Nakupuna Federal LLC $6.09M
- Ark Construction Management LLC $5.47M
- Bering Straits Native Corporation $5.02M
- Jma Resources, Inc. $4.88M
Open notices
- Netscout Fiber Switch Vendor Support · Presolicitation · due 2026-10-27 · 8(a) Sole Source (FAR 19.8)
- DHR Installation Administrative Services FY27-30 · Combined Synopsis/Solicitation · due 2026-11-16 · 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