Set-aside codes

These are the codes FedOpp stores and displays.

If your Match Profile names a status, FedOpp treats a narrower one as including the broader ones it sits inside.

Small business

Code	What FedOpp calls it	Who may bid
SBA	Total small business	Only a small business for the NAICS on the notice.
SBP	Partial small business	Part of the buy is reserved for small business. The rest is not.

A named small-business program

Code	What FedOpp calls it	Who may bid
8A	8(a) set-aside	Firms in the SBA 8(a) program.
8AN	8(a) sole source	Offered to one 8(a) firm, not competed among them.
HZC	HUBZone set-aside	HUBZone-certified small businesses.
HZS	HUBZone sole source	Offered to one HUBZone firm.
SDVOSBC	SDVOSB set-aside	Service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.
SDVOSBS	SDVOSB sole source	Offered to one service-disabled veteran-owned firm.
WOSB	WOSB set-aside	Women-owned small businesses in that program.
WOSBSS	WOSB sole source	Offered to one women-owned small business.
EDWOSB	EDWOSB set-aside	Economically disadvantaged women-owned small businesses.
EDWOSBSS	EDWOSB sole source	Offered to one economically disadvantaged women-owned firm.
VSA	Veteran-owned set-aside	Veteran-owned small businesses. Used by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
VSS	Veteran-owned sole source	Offered to one veteran-owned small business. Used by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Other limits, and no limit

LAS	Local area set-aside. Limited to firms in the area the notice names.
ISBEE	Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise. Used by the Department of the Interior.
IEE	Indian Economic Enterprise. Used by the Department of the Interior.
BICIV	Buy Indian set-aside. Used by the Indian Health Service.
NONE	No set-aside. The notice is not reserved for small business.

Which FedOpp screen does this

SAM.gov and DIBBS both show the set-aside on the row.

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