Opportunities: Top 10 Set-Aside Contracts for 2010 The 10 largest set-aside contracts to go up for bids in fiscal 2010 are worth about $16 billion, according to the market research firm Input. Agencies increasingly expect small firms to be able to handle larger and more sophisticated requirements. “Small businesses are expected to have the flexibility to plug into large systems that are highly complex,” said Kate Naunheim, an Input senior analyst and author of the report. In addition, agencies are increasing the number of awards on some major task order contracts to give more companies a chance to participate. Especially in larger vehicles, agencies “create separate channels for each of the (socioeconomic) categories and make multiple awards in each category,” Naunheim said. In DHS’s EAGLE II, for example, 8(a) businesses will compete against 8(a)’s for task orders, SDVs against SDVs and so forth. The top 10 set-asides, with estimates of ceiling value and release of RFP provided by Input: Air Force NetCents II: Small and SDV set-aside. Estimated value $5.6 billion. RFP: October 2009. 18-27 awards. NAICS: 517110, 541511, 541512. Homeland Security EAGLE II: Small, 8(a), HUBZone, SDV set-aside. Estimated value $5 billion. RFP: February 2010. 40-60 awards. NAICS: 541511. 541512, 541513, 541519, 517110, 527210, 517911, 811212. Army Distributed Learning Education and Training Products: Small business set-aside. Estimated value: $2 billion. RFP: February 2010. Unknown number of awards. NAICS: TBD. HHS CIO-SP3: Small business set-aside. Estimated value: $1 billion. RFP: November 2009. Multiple awards. NAICS: 541512. Defense Operation of the Information Analysis Technical Center: Small business set-aside. Estimated value: $1 billion. RFP: February 2010. Single award. NAICS: 541712. Air Force Consolidated Acquisition of Professional Services II (CAPS II): Small business set-aside. Estimated value: $850 million. RFP: October 2010. Multiple awards. NAICS: 541712. Defense Information Systems Agency DISN Global Services Management: Small business set-aside. Estimated value: $300 million. Single award. RFP: December 2009. NAICS: 517919. Navy Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services Afloat Core Services (CANES ACS): Small business set-aside. Estimated value $250 million. RFP: November 2009. Five awards. NAICS: 541512. Defense Operation of the Modeling and Simulation Information Analysis Center (MSIAC): Small business set-aside. Estimated value: $193 million. RFP: December 2009. Single award. NAICS: 541712. NASA Information Technology and Multimedia Services (ITAMS): Small business set-aside. Estimated value $150 million. RFP: October 2009. Single award. NAICS: 541513.