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Best and worst states for SDVOSB contracting with US government

If you are setting up shop as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) contractor, you are more likely to succeed in Virginia, California, Maryland or Florida.

That is because there are tens of millions more dollars in upcoming opportunities for SDVOSB federal contracting in VA, CA, MD and FL than in the other states, based on Set-Aside Alert’s exclusive research. Together the four states had more than a third of all upcoming SDVOSB recompete opportunities identified by Set-Aside Alert.

Set-Aside Alert compiled a database from the Federal Procurement Data System of $1.7 billion in current SDVOSB contracts that are expiring in fiscal 2016 and beyond and are likely to be recompeted for SDVOSBs. Then we grouped the list of contracts by the states in which they are being performed; those places of performance are likely to remain the same when they are recompeted.

The top state as a place of performance for SDVOSB contracting is Virginia, with $184 million in upcoming SDVOSB opportunities.

Second is California, with $156 million; third, Maryland, $132 million; and fourth, Florida, $108 million.

Also highly ranked are Texas, $88 million; Georgia, $78 million; North Carolina, $67 million; Pennsylvania, $60 million; and Washington State, $52 million.

The SDVOSB contracting aligns fairly closely with US Defense Dept. spending in each state. According to the department, Virginia ranked first in defense spending in fiscal 2014, with California, Texas, Maryland, Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Washington also in the top 10.

At the other extreme, there are only $307,000 in SDVOSB pending opportunities to be performed in Connecticut, which is the lowest among the 50 states, according to Set-Aside Alert’s research.

Second lowest was South Dakota, with $1.1 million in pending SDVOSB opportunities, and third lowest were New Hampshire and Guam, with $2 million.

Here is the complete list of states as the place of performance for current SDVOSB contracts that are likely to be recompeted in fiscal 2016 and beyond.

50 State Rankings as Places of Performance for Pending SDVOSB Opportunities FY16 and Beyond

1.	Virginia	$184 million
2.	California	$156 million
3.	Maryland	$132 million
4.	Florida	$108 million
5.	Texas	$88 million
6.	Georgia	$78 million
7.	North Carolina	$67 million
8.	Pennsylvania	$60 million
9.	Washington	$52 million
10.	New York	$49 million
11.	Hawaii	$44 million
12.	Oklahoma	$42 million
13.	South Carolina	$37 million
14.	Arizona	$37 million
15.	Dist. of Columbia	$37 million
16.	Nevada	$31 million
17.	Ohio	$30 million
18.	Kansas	$30 million
19.	Missouri	$29 million
20.	Illinois	$24 million
21.	Louisiana	$24 million
22.	Wyoming	$24 million
23.	Iowa	$23 million
24.	New Jersey	$23 million
25.	Wisconsin	$22 million
26.	Alabama	$20 million
27.	Michigan	$15 million
28.	Minnesota	$15 million
29.	North Dakota	$15 million
30.	Massachusetts	$14 million
31.	West Virginia	$14 million
32.	Tennessee	$13 million
33.	New Mexico	$13 million
34.	Colorado	$13 million
35.	Utah	$12 million
36.	Mississippi	$12 million
37.	Rhode Island	$11 million
38.	Arkansas	$11 million
39.	Montana	$11 million
40.	Idaho	$10 million
41.	Delaware	$10 million
42.	Indiana	$8 million
43.	Vermont	$7 million
44.	Kentucky	$7 million
45.	Alaska	$5 million
46.	Oregon	$4 million
47.	Puerto Rico	$4 million
48.	Maine	$2 million
49.	New Hampshire	$2 million
50.	Guam	$2 million
51.	South Dakota	$1 million
52.	Connecticut	$307,000

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