Women-Owned Small Business (Competed) 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 Women-Owned Small Business (Competed) (WOSB) set-aside?

Competitive Women-Owned Small Business set-aside under FAR 19.15 for self-certified or SBA-certified women-owned firms. Federal contracting performance for the Women-Owned Small Business competitive set-aside (FPDS code WOSB). Reserved for self-certified or SBA-certified women-owned small businesses under FAR 19.15 and 13 CFR § 127. Counts toward the 5% Women-Owned Small Business sub-goal under 15 U.S.C. § 644(g). The contracting officer records the WOSB value on each FPDS-NG transaction at award time under FAR 19.5; GovChime preserves the code verbatim and aggregates obligations by WOSB.

How much have agencies obligated under code WOSB in FY2026 YTD through September 8, 2026?

For FY2026 YTD through September 8, 2026, agencies obligated $492.25M under this code across 2,829 contracts. GovChime sums federalActionObligation across prime-contract transactions whose typeOfSetAsideCode equals WOSB, 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 WOSB count toward?

Code WOSB rolls up into the 5% Women-Owned Small Business sub-goal under 15 U.S.C. § 644(g). The 23% government-wide small-business floor and its sub-goals (HUBZone 3%, Women-Owned Small Business 5%, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business 3%, Small Disadvantaged Business 5%) are statutory minimums; agencies are scored annually by SBA on the consolidated Procurement Scorecard. Authority: FAR 19.15; 13 CFR § 127.

Which other set-aside codes are related to WOSB?

Within the same scorecard family, the related codes are WOSBSS (WOSB Sole Source), EDWOSB (Economically Disadvantaged WOSB), EDWOSBSS (EDWOSB Sole Source). 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 WOSB contracts?

The top-ranked recipient under code WOSB is CONNECTED ALLIANCES LLC at $21.74M in obligations. GovChime ranks recipients by total obligated dollars (federalActionObligation summed by contractAwardUniqueKey, net of deobligations) for FY2026 YTD through September 8, 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 WOSB calculated?

Obligations under this code fell 48.8% versus the prior fiscal year. The formula is (current_period − prior_period) / prior_period × 100, computed on obligated dollars for code WOSB 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 WOSB 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 WOSB. 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.