What are the benefits of 8(a) Certification?

Participants can be awarded sole-source Federal government contracts up to $3 million for goods & services and $5 million for manufacturing.

Each participant may receive up to $100 million in sole source contracts during their program participation.

Participants may compete for procurements over $3 million (or $5 million for manufacturing) that are set aside for competition only by 8(a) certified firms --which greatly reduces the field of competition.

Participants, as certified Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB), can receive a price evaluation preference of 10% on full and open competitive procurements for which they submit bids.

Federal acquisition policies encourage Federal agencies to award a certain percentage of their contracts to Small Disadvantaged Businesses. To speed up the award process, the SBA has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with 25 Federal agencies allowing them to contract directly with certified 8(a) firms.

Recent changes permit 8(a) firms to form joint ventures and teams to bid on contracts. This enhances the ability of 8(a) firms to perform larger prime contracts and overcome the effects of contract bundling (the combining of two or more contracts together into one large contract).

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