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Set-aside codes

This page documents the set-aside codes used across Tango’s awards and opportunities APIs (including shaped set_aside(code,description) expansions).

Codes

Code Meaning
NONE No set aside used
SBA Small Business Set Aside - Total
8A 8a Competed
SBP Small Business Set Aside - Partial
HMT HBCU or MI Set Aside - Total
HMP HBCU or MI Set Aside - Partial
VSB Very Small Business
ESB Emerging Small Business Set-Aside
HZC HUBZone Set Aside
SDVOSBC Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set Aside
BI Buy Indian
IEE Indian Economic Enterprise
ISBEE Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise
HZS HUBZone Sole Source
SDVOSBS SDVOSB Sole Source
8AN 8(a) Sole Source
RS Reserved for Small Business
HS3 8(a) with HUBZone Preference
VSA Veteran Set Aside
VSS Veteran Sole Source
WOSB Women-Owned Small Business
EDWOSB Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business
WOSBSS Women-Owned Small Business Sole Source
EDWOSBSS Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business Sole Source

Source of truth

Tango maintains a canonical mapping internally and publishes it here for API consumers.