Set-aside programs · 8(a) Business Development · Tennessee
8(a) contracts in Tennessee
In FY2026, 8(a) program firms won $84.26M in federal contracts for work in Tennessee (300 awards), $48.63M of it through 8(a) set-asides; Department of Defense awarded the most ($37.09M).
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Money to 8(a) program firms in Tennessee, by year
Federal contract obligations for work performed in Tennessee 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 Tennessee, FY2026
- Department of Defense $37.09M
- Department of Energy $24.49M
- Department of the Treasury $6.66M
- General Services Administration $6.27M
- Department of Veterans Affairs $3.23M
- Department of Homeland Security $2.30M
- Department of Labor $1.04M
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission $887.0K
Companies winning the most, FY2026
- GKG Contractors LLC $8.53M
- Independent Strategic Management Solutions Inc $6.37M
- Intec Group LLC $6.04M
- Sigma Science, Inc $6.00M
- Chenega-Salas O'Brien JV, LLC $5.27M
- Alutiiq Operations Services, LLC $3.89M
- Titan-Acepex JV LLC $3.18M
- Lbyd Federal, LLC $2.85M
- Perikin Enterprises, LLC $2.76M
- Wander Staffing LLC $2.37M
What they're paid for, FY2026
- 561210 Facilities Support Services $19.29M
- 541330 Engineering Services $8.76M
- 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction $8.69M
- 561110 Office Administrative Services $7.89M
- 541620 Environmental Consulting Services $6.88M
- 333613 Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing $5.27M
- 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services $3.74M
- 541512 Computer Systems Design Services $3.67M
Offices buying the most, FY2026
- SC Oak Ridge Office $9.90M
- Navfacsyscom Southeast $9.26M
- W07V Endist Memphis $7.91M
- W6QM Micc-Ft Campbell $7.00M
- Em-Environmental Management Con Bus CTR $6.80M
- Nnsa Non-Mo Cntrctng Ops Div $6.24M
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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