Find the Federal Contracts
You're Certified For.
Set-asides are the single highest-leverage filter in federal contracting. Mindy reads SAM.gov, agency forecasts, and recompetes — then surfaces only the work your certification actually unlocks.
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Four Programs. Pick the One You Qualify For.
Each program restricts a slice of federal spending to certified small businesses. Click through for current opportunities, top awarding agencies, and program-specific strategy.
8(a) Business Development
Socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses certified by the SBA. Nine-year program with sole-source authority up to $4.5M services / $8M manufacturing.
View 8(a) opportunities →HUBZone
Small businesses with principal office in a Historically Underutilized Business Zone and 35%+ of employees living in a HUBZone. Gets a 10% price evaluation preference on full-and-open bids.
View HUBZone opportunities →Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
Small businesses 51%+ owned and controlled by veterans with a service-connected disability. SBA-certified as of 2023. VA Veterans First gives priority at the VA.
View SDVOSB opportunities →Women-Owned Small Business
Small businesses 51%+ owned and controlled by U.S. citizen women. EDWOSB adds an economic-disadvantage threshold and unlocks set-asides in a broader range of NAICS codes.
View WOSB / EDWOSB opportunities →Not Sure Which Program Fits You?
A quick decision tree — most contractors qualify for more than one. You can hold multiple certifications simultaneously and stack them.
You're a veteran with a VA-rated service-connected disability
Start with SDVOSB — it's the most powerful veteran-focused set-aside and unlocks VA Veterans First priority.
Your business is 51%+ owned by women
Start with WOSB — if the owner also meets the economic-disadvantage threshold, the EDWOSB certification expands the eligible NAICS list.
You meet the SBA's social and economic disadvantage criteria
Apply for 8(a) — it's a nine-year development program with sole-source authority that no other certification matches.
Your principal office is in (or could move to) a HUBZone
Look at HUBZone — check the SBA HUBZone map before assuming you don't qualify. Designations change as the data updates.
Most successful firms stack certifications. An 8(a) firm that's also SDVOSB and HUBZone qualifies for every set-aside category — three times the eligible opportunity volume.
How Mindy Surfaces Set-Aside Work
Set-aside filter on every alert
Mindy applies your certifications to every SAM.gov opportunity so you never see work you can't bid on — and never miss work reserved for your program.
Sole-source intelligence
8(a), SDVOSB, HUBZone, and WOSB firms can win sole-source awards up to $4.5M (services) / $8M (manufacturing). Mindy tracks which agencies actually use that authority.
Recompete alerts
When a set-aside contract is 12 months from expiring, Mindy flags it — including whether the incumbent shares your certification.
Forecast aggregation
7,600+ federal forecasts pulled into one feed, filtered by set-aside. See what's coming 6–18 months before the solicitation hits SAM.gov.
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