Small Business Goals

For Fiscal Year (FY) 2024: 
USAID has a 13.75 percent small business prime goal as well as the below goals for the socio-economic small business programs:  
     • 8.50 percent     Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)/ 8(a) Program
     • 5.00 percent     Women Owned Small Business (WOSB)
     • 5.00 percent     Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)
     • 3.00 percent     Historically Underutilized Small Business Zone (HUBZone)

USAID has a 16.00 percent small business subcontracting goal as well as the below goals for the socio-economic small business programs:  
     • 5.00 percent     8(a) Program/Small Disadvantaged Business
     • 5.00 percent     Women Owned Small Business 
     • 5.00 percent     Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business
     • 3.00 percent     Historically Underutilized Small Business Zone 

The following illustrates USAID’s percentage of prime contract awards to U.S.-based small businesses for the past four fiscal years:

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** Note:  Preliminary data is obtained from www.sam.gov.  The percentages represent contract dollar obligations as of October 31, 2023.

*** Note:  There are nuances to the 8(a) and SDB programs.  Refer to www.sam.gov or the Federal Acquisition Regulations, Small Business Programs, subparts 19.304 and 19.08 to verify a small business’ size and socio-economic program.

USAID’s latest SBA Procurement Scorecard may be viewed on the SBA's Goaling Program web page.