8(a) set-asides are clustering hard around two NAICS codes this month. Anyone else seeing this?
Been tracking new 8(a) solicitations daily for the last month and noticed something weird: of ~140 active 8(a) notices right now, 23 are in NAICS 541512 (computer systems design) and 19 in 541611 (admin/management consulting). That's ~30% of the active pool in two codes.
Expected construction and facilities (236220, 561210) to dominate the way they usually do in small business spend. Those are way down like 8 and 6 notices respectively.
Two things I can't tell:
Is this a real shift in agency demand toward IT/consulting set-asides, or is the construction work getting routed through HUBZone and SDVOSB and just not hitting the 8(a) feed?
Anyone in 541512 or 541611 actually seeing more agencies reach out this month, or is this just a SAM.gov reporting quirk?
Response deadlines also feel compressed. 40% have due dates within 21 days, which is short for anything substantial.
Y'all seeing the same?