Set-Aside Alert Exclusive Research:

$9 billion in professional services set-aside opportunities through Dec. 2017

Professional services is one of the most lucrative categories for small business federal contractors, generating billions of dollars a year for management consultants, architects, engineers, scientists and other professionals.

Set-Aside Alert analyzed data from the Federal Procurement Data System to identify $9 billion in small business set-aside contracts in professional services that are expiring through the end of 2017.

Expiring Set-Asides

Many of the expiring set-asides are likely to become new opportunities when they expire. In addition, the $1.6 billion in expiring 8(a) set-asides are required to remain 8(a) set-asides when they are renewed.

The largest group of expiring professional services set-asides, $6 billion, are 100% small business set-asides, according to Set-Aside Alert’s analysis.

Many of these are likely to be recompeted as such, as contracting officers tend to rely on such set-asides to meet their small business goals.

There also are $685 million in expiring set-asides for services-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and $187 million in expiring HUBZone set-asides, according to Set-Aside Alert’s analysis.

Women-owned firms can compete for $30 million in expiring set-asides in professional services, while economically-disadvantaged women have access to an additional $7 million in such set-asides.

There are $20 million in expiring set-asides in professional services for veterans, and $5 million in expiring Buy Indian set-asides in professional services as well.

$6 billion fully competed

In addition to the expiring set-asides, Set-Aside Alert also identified $6 billion in expiring professional services contracts won in full and competition by small businesses. Many are likely to be recompeted the same way.

There also were $566 million worth of expiring professional services contracts won by small businesses under Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

Set-Aside Alert identified a total of $18 billion in professional services contracts held by small businesses expiring from July 2016 to December 2017, including $1.6 billion that were “not available for competition.”

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