The 8(a) Sole-Source Playbook: How Agencies Actually Use It

Agencies can award sole-source 8(a) contracts up to $4.5M ($7.5M manufacturing) without competition — but only if they know you and trust you to deliver. The playbook: get on the agency's radar through the OSDBU, respond to sources-sought notices in your niche, build a past-performance story through subcontracting first, and make it easy for the CO to justify the sole source. 8(a)s: how did your first sole-source award actually happen?