Small Business Guide

Small Business Utilization

The Federal government has statutory contracting goals to award a percentage of its contracting dollars to small businesses. The President of the United States shall annually establish Government-wide goals for procurement contracts awarded to small business concerns, small business concerns owned and controlled by service disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone small business concerns, small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and small business concerns owned and controlled by women. Notwithstanding the Government-wide goal, each agency shall have an annual goal that represent, for that agency, the maximum practicable opportunity for small business concerns, small business concerns owned and controlled by service disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone small business concerns, small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and small business concerns owned and controlled by women to participate in the performance of contracts let by such agency. The SBA approves the final goals set by each federal agency and monitors the agency's actual performance against the established goals.

FY 2012 Prime Contractor Goals

• Small Business 24.0%
• SDB 5.5%
• WOSB 6.0%
• SDVOSB 5.0%
• HUBZone 1.0%

FY 2012 Sub-Contracting Goals

• Small Business 23%
• HUBZone 3%
• WOSB 5%
• SDB 5%
• SDVOSB/VOSB 3%