Sole-source awards
Understand when agencies can award a contract without competition, how the 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB and WOSB sole-source authorities work, what a justification and approval is, and how to position your certified business for direct awards.
Start the pathSources
- acquisition.gov/far/6.302-5
- acquisition.gov/far/6.304
- acquisition.gov/far/6.305
- acquisition.gov/far/19.1306
- acquisition.gov/far/19.1406
- acquisition.gov/far/19.1506
- ecfr.gov/current/title-13/chapter-I/part-124/subpart-A/subject-group-ECFRd1e9fd1d2f2a3ac/section-124.506
- federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/27/2025-16412/federal-acquisition-regulation-inflation-adjustment-of-acquisition-related-thresholds
- centrelawgroup.com/blog/inflation-updates-to-far-thresholds-what-changed-on-october-1-2025/
- legacy.sba.gov/article/2026/06/11/sba-reforms-8a-business-development-program-end-racial-discrimination-federal-contracting