Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise Set-Aside

Answers are computed from FPDS-NG transactions distributed via USAspending.gov. Figures reflect the most recent SmartSync run, refreshed every six hours.

What is the Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) set-aside?

Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise set-aside used by Interior and IHS under the Buy Indian Act. Federal contracting performance for the Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise set-aside (FPDS code ISBEE). Used by the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service under the Buy Indian Act of 1910 (25 U.S.C. § 47) and 25 U.S.C. § 47-1 (Buy Indian Act 2010 amendments). Reserved for federally recognized tribal-owned small businesses. The contracting officer records the ISBEE value on each FPDS-NG transaction at award time under FAR 19.5; GovChime preserves the code verbatim and aggregates obligations by ISBEE.

How much have agencies obligated under code ISBEE in FY2026 YTD through September 11, 2026?

For FY2026 YTD through September 11, 2026, agencies obligated $188.57M under this code across 897 contracts. GovChime sums federalActionObligation across prime-contract transactions whose typeOfSetAsideCode equals ISBEE, net of deobligations. Source: FPDS-NG distributed via USAspending.gov; refreshed every six hours. Current-FY figures are year-to-date and not directly comparable to a fiscal-year-close SBA scorecard.

Which statutory goal does ISBEE count toward?

Code ISBEE is administered under the Buy Indian Act authority rather than a 15 U.S.C. § 644(g) sub-goal. Authority: 25 U.S.C. § 47; 25 U.S.C. § 47-1. Obligations under this code may still be reported on the SBA Procurement Scorecard where the awardee independently qualifies as a small business under the relevant size standard.

Which other set-aside codes are related to ISBEE?

Within the same scorecard family, the related codes are IEE (Indian Economic Enterprise), BI (Buy Indian). Each carries its own typeOfSetAsideCode value on FPDS-NG transactions; agencies elect the specific code at award time under FAR 19.5. GovChime's main /analytics/set-aside page renders the full 18-code rollup and a Total Small Business comparison against the 23% statutory goal under 15 U.S.C. § 644(g).

Who are the top recipients of ISBEE contracts?

The top-ranked recipient under code ISBEE is KADIAK LLC at $26.56M in obligations. GovChime ranks recipients by total obligated dollars (federalActionObligation summed by contractAwardUniqueKey, net of deobligations) for FY2026 YTD through September 11, 2026. Rankings refresh every six hours. Recipients are tracked at the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) level — Leidos Holdings, Leidos Inc., and Leidos Innovations would appear on separate rows. Current-FY figures are year-to-date and not directly comparable to a fiscal-year-close SBA scorecard.

How is the year-over-year change for ISBEE calculated?

Obligations under this code fell 5.5% versus the prior fiscal year. The formula is (current_period − prior_period) / prior_period × 100, computed on obligated dollars for code ISBEE only. When the prior fiscal year shows zero obligations under the code (common for low-volume sole-source codes), GovChime suppresses the YoY pill rather than emit a divide-by-zero result.

Why might ISBEE totals differ from the SBA Procurement Scorecard?

SBA's official Procurement Scorecard applies additional FAR 19 exclusions to its goal-eligible base — Foreign Military Sales (FMS) orders, sub-$10K micro-purchases, mandatory-source acquisitions, certain utilities, and direct 8(a) sole-source orders awarded by SBA itself. GovChime aggregates raw FPDS-NG transactions where typeOfSetAsideCode equals ISBEE. Combined with year-to-date timing in current-FY views vs. fiscal-year-close in SBA's report, methodology differences typically widen GovChime's denominator and shift the apparent achievement percentage relative to the SBA scorecard.