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Small business procurement scorecard overview

The annual scorecard assesses how well federal agencies reach their small business contracting goals.

View the most recent interactive scorecards.

The annual scorecards provide accurate and transparent contracting data. They report agency-specific progress on small business and socio-economic goals, such as:

  • Small businesses
  • Small businesses owned by women
  • Small disadvantaged businesses
  • Service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses
  • Small businesses located in Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZones)

Every year, SBA works with agencies to set their contracting and subcontracting goals. Each agency has different goals. The aggregate of all these goals meets the 23% target for the federal government and the socio-economic goals established by statute or the president.

Agencies are graded on the following scale:

  • 120% or higher: A+
  • 100% - 119%: A
  • 90% - 99%: B
  • 80% - 89%: C
  • 70% - 79%: D
  • 70% or lower: F

Each agency’s scorecard grade consists of its achievements in these four areas, graded by the percentages shown below:

Areas Percentage of scorecard grade
Prime contracting achievement 50%
Subcontracting achievement    20%
Comparison of the number of small business prime contractors in each of the five small business categories as compared to the prior fiscal year 10%
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) peer review on agency compliance with section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (currently 21 requirements) 20%

You can also review the current Contracting scorecard grading methodology.

For questions or help accessing the scorecards, please contact SBA's Office of Policy, Planning, and Liaison at 202-205-6618.

Related Programs: Contracting

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Last updated October 28, 2024