PrimeRFP SCOUT · Federal Set-Aside Program

Data as of Jul 2025 – Jun 2026 · refreshed 2026-07-24

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

Federal contracts reserved for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses — includes sole-source contracting and participation goals at all federal agencies.

$27.4B

TTM Obligated

1.2%

% of Federal (TTM)

8,511

Awards ≥$100K

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What is Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business?

Federal contracts reserved for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses — includes sole-source contracting and participation goals at all federal agencies.

Certification Process

Verify service-connected disability rating with VA, prove 51%+ ownership by service-disabled veteran(s), register as a small business in SAM.gov, and obtain CVE (Center for Verification & Evaluation) certification (online, typically approved within 30 days).

Business Development Strategy

SDVOSB is the most policy-protected set-aside with strong congressional and VA support. VA has a mandatory SDVOSB-first procurement policy for many categories. Steady growth and predictable recompete pipeline.

Top Agencies Buying Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business

Rank	Agency	SCOUT TTM
#1	Department of Veterans Affairs	$20.2B
#2	Department of Defense	$3.3B
#3	Department of Health and Human Services	$1.5B
#4	Department of Homeland Security	$540M

Designated SDVOSB set-aside obligations · Jul 2025 – Jun 2026

Market Opportunity

Current designated market (SCOUT TTM)

$27.4B

1.2% of federal TTM · 8,511 awards ≥$100K

Momentum inside the window

CY2025 $9.0B → CY2026 (partial) $18.3B

Calendar buckets from the same TTM extract — not full fiscal years

Official annual picture (SBA)

$32.8B · ~7% CAGR ↑

FY2024 Procurement Scorecard

Frequently Asked Questions

Who qualifies for SDVOSB certification?

You must be a U.S. citizen with a service-connected disability rating from VA, own a small business (51%+ ownership), meet small business size standards for your NAICS, and apply through the VA's Center for Verification & Evaluation (CVE) online. Approval typically takes 30 days.

What is unique about the VA SDVOSB-first policy?

The VA has a mandatory SDVOSB-first procurement policy for many contracting categories — SDVOSB firms are given first consideration before competitive solicitation. This creates predictable opportunities and higher win rates for SDVOSB firms at VA.

How much federal contracting is reserved for SDVOSB?

In FY2024, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses received a record $32.8 billion — approximately 5.2% of total federal contract spending. The VA is the largest buyer by far, driven by its mandatory SDVOSB-first procurement policy. Source: SBA FY2024 Procurement Scorecard.

SCOUT figures mark designated SDVOSB set-aside obligations from USASpending (≥ $100,000 · obligations_only) for Jul 2025 – Jun 2026. Share of federal uses the same TTM denominator ($2.29T). Distinct from the SBA scorecard annual context above.

Data & Methodology

Federal contract and award data sourced from government procurement systems — including FPDS-NG, SAM.gov, and related federal data repositories. PrimeRFP SCOUT ingests, normalizes, and continuously updates records as agencies publish them. Reporting timelines vary by agency; some components (particularly DoD) carry a 60–90 day lag relative to award execution.

Dataset coverage — ≥ $100K floor

All intelligence on this page and within SCOUT is filtered to federal contract awards whose current total award value is $100K or more. PrimeRFP applies this floor at the award level (on current_total_value_award), not per-transaction, so large awards split across many mid-size obligation lines are retained in full. PrimeRFP's own empirical sampling against the raw USASpending dataset shows this threshold captures 98%+ of total federal contract dollars while excluding a long tail of micro-purchases, small modifications, and administrative actions — the trade-off that makes market intelligence tractable without distorting the dollar picture. Coverage: 560,000+ active contract awards and 2.5M+ unique awardees, including small-business set-asides, task orders, and mid-market opportunities.

Award identification: Each record is keyed by federal Award ID (PIID). Task orders recorded as independent awards appear as separate rows. IDIQs and their task orders are tracked distinctly.

Why SCOUT dollar figures differ from published annual totals: Per-agency dollar figures on SCOUT intelligence pages aggregate all USASpending transaction records — including base contract awards, task orders, delivery orders, and modifications to existing contracts. Annual federal contract obligation figures cited in industry reports (e.g., FY2025: $833.8B per Bloomberg Government) count only new prime award actions in the fiscal year, excluding mods. An IDIQ vehicle (like OASIS+) carries no obligation at award — only task orders issued against it are counted. SCOUT's transaction-level aggregates are larger because they capture the full activity picture across a contract's lifecycle, making them useful for competitive analysis and pipeline sizing rather than year-over-year spending comparison.

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