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The Small Business Administration, an independent civilian agency, administers federal small-business development and advocacy programs while transacting minimal contract activity in-house to support its operations. The SBA awards contracts primarily through its internal contracting office to support agency functions rather than as a core procurement mission.

Contract activity at the SBA is sparse. Over the last five years, the agency has awarded five contracts totaling $1.3 million in combined potential value, with $550 thousand obligated. The cadence is highly irregular: one award in 2017, one in 2023, one in 2025, and two year-to-date in 2026. Distinct prime contractors won all five awards; no single vendor holds repeat business, and competitive concentration is highly fragmented. Precision Receivable Services, LLC holds the largest single award at $1.2 million in combined potential value (a 2025 contract, 92% of portfolio value); the remaining four awards—to Stuart B. Consultants, Inc., For The Record, Inc., Neal R. Gross And Company, Inc., and one additional contractor—range from $17 thousand to $50 thousand. No prime contractor has transacted with the SBA more than once in recent years.

The set-aside mix reflects limited participation: 40 percent of awards (two contracts) carry no set-aside designation, and one award (20 percent) is 8(a) Sole Source. The remaining awards' set-aside status is not reported in available data. The overall contract footprint is too small to support a robust prime-contractor pipeline or meaningful competitive positioning.

The SBA does not report recent contract solicitations or grant activity against its agency-level portfolio. Business development professionals should note that SBA contract activity is administrative in nature and driven by internal agency needs rather than regular open-market acquisition. Pursuit at the SBA is not a viable strategy for most commercial vendors absent a specific knowledge of an internal requirements gap.