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8a Certification Package

8(a) Certification Package “What to Expect”

  • We Start with a short 10-minute call to go over eligibility and answer any other questions you might have regarded 8(a) or government contracting.
  • Size does not matter; our clients are single person companies to fifty plus employees.
  • Surprise-free upfront pricing.
  • Second step is a 2-hour No-Obligation call with a senior member of our team for a deeper dive into your firm.
  • Give us a call and we can talk through your needs and suggest the best course of action.

8(a) Certification / GSA Sales Tool Video

To find out more about the HUBZone Certification or HUBZone/GSA Combination, call us or book a call now.

What your Firm's Federal Sales Could Look Like with an 8(a) Certification

At Advance 8(a) we are dedicated to making businesses successful in the federal marketplace. Will it be yours?

ACCOUNTING

8(a) Average Sales this Industry   GSA Schedule Sales for a firm with an 8(a) in this Industry   Synergy (Generally adding an 8(a) to a GSA Creates More Sales than from the GSA Schedule Alone)   Synergy Ratio
8(a) Industry Grouping Total 8(a) Federal Sales Number of 8(a) Firms Average 8(a) Sales   GSA Schedule Only Sales 8(a) Firms Number of 8(a) Firms w/ GSA Schedule Average 8(a) Sales Directly from the GSA Schedule System   Total Federal Sales 8(a) GSA Contract Holders Number of 8(a) Firms w/ GSA Schedule Average Total 8(a) Federal Sales for firms with a GSA Schedule   GSA Schedule Sales Advantage
8(a) Certification Package (Presumed Group Applicants) : $6,700.00 Buy Now
8(a) Certification Package (Non-Presumed Group Applicants) : $6,700.00 Buy Now

Additional Fee:

$300 for each additional owner, director, or key employee over two.

$300 for each additional firm in which any owner has an interest over one outside firm.

ALL-INCLUSIVE – NO ADDITIONAL FEES FOR 2-YEAR WAIVER, AFFILIATED ENTITY OR RECONSIDERATION

Our all-inclusive 8(a) Full Support Package is our most popular service. Business owners who select this package typically do so because they want subject matter experts to simplify their involvement generating and reviewing the application. These businesses are usually generating $150K+ in revenue and believe that their time is best aligned to business growth and not in learning the necessary bureaucratic details of this application.

In advance of a purchase decision, our Senior Partner, Mark Ryan, will spend (2) hours with the majority business owner(s) to perform a detailed assessment of the business and its likelihood to achieve certification. He will ask you over a hundred questions to make sure we do not waste your time or energy on a project that we do not believe will succeed. Application strategies are developed, concerns shared, and the prospective client is provided an accurate assessment of their prospects. During this assessment, development actions that improve the chance of certification are created and shared. If moving forward with an application is not recommended by our Senior Partner, he will develop a potential remedy plan and discuss it with you.

Image The time required to prepare and assemble the 8(a) application varies by client, but most take between a month to a month and a half. The SBA is usually able to award the certification within 3–4 months (on ez8a client packages). So, for planning purposes, estimate award of your certification within 6 months.

From date of hire through to certification, which often involves responding to requests from the SBA's Reviewing Official, the ez8a team typically dedicates from 70–85 hours to the client's application (some have taken over 100 hours). Some areas that require the most attention to detail include:
  • Interview and assistance with drafts and edits of the economically disadvantaged and socially disadvantaged (if required) narrative(s); which is (are) a critical part of your application.
  • Providing guidance, pre-filling and editing templates, explaining and resolving critical elements.
  • Performing thorough reviews of every document and audit of all financial statements to identify and remedy any potential problems. The SBA is very detailed in their assessment and so are we.
  • Final assembly of application and; double-checking everything to be sure it meets all SBA guidelines. Our applications are formatted in a binder with a table of contents, tabs for every 8(a) application section and all cover letter(s).
  • Includes Government Marketing Level I, "Foundations to Success". One of our ez8a Partners will be assigned to work with you to share the basic concepts and tools required to sell the federal government.

8(a) Revenue Statistics

Year 8(a) Revenue Number of Firms Federal Revenue Per Firm
2019 $50.7 billion 6,133 $8,273,623
2018 $46.5 billion 5,805 $8,010,335
2017 $40.2 billion 6,815 $5,898,752
2016 $39.0 billion 6,289 $6,201,303
2015 $35.6 billion 6,365 $5,593,087
2014 $34.7 billion 6,683 $5,192,278
2013 $30.7 billion 7,436 $4,128,563
2012 $32.4 billion 7,827 $4,139,517
2011 $32.4 billion 8,751 $3,702,434
 
 

8(a) Spending by Agency

Agency 2007 2009 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Agency for International Development 3.67%$7.9MM 1.50% $6.8MM 7.67% $102.7MM 9.44% $136.1MM 13.66% $184.3MM 11.33% $213.8M 5.62% $246.2M 7.09% $341.0M 3.19 % $ 159 M 2.39 % $ 130.8 M
Department of Agriculture 12.14%$559.1MM 13.21% $702.8MM 13.27% $708.5MM 12.73% $658.6MM 14.08% $779.0MM 14.95% $956.4M 16.74% $995.3M 15.39% $970.6M 6 % $ 400 M 6.9 % $ 516.9 M
Department of Commerce 16.45% $355.4MM 14.05% $469.4MM 15.36% $470.9MM 17.42% $581.4MM 17.32% $696.8MM 18.12% $757.9M 17.22% $790.5M 14.36% $702.0M 6.29 % $ 279 M 5.43 % $ 310.5 M
Department of Defense 5.75% $15.5B 7.19% $21.7B 6.90% $20.0B 7.79% $17.8B 8.95% $20.7B 9.51% $20.3B 8.76% $22.1B 7.27% $16.2B 3.41 % $ 10.1 B 3.13 % $ 9.8 B
Department of Education 5.15% $74.1MM 4.60% $68.4MM 5.53% $102.8MM 4.39% $114.9MM 4.96% $141.8MM 5.61% $145.0M 6.25% $149.3M 7.98% $195.1M 1.65 % $ 44 M 1.65 % $ 45.4 M
Department of Energy 2.38% $541.9MM 1.73% $536.2MM 1.94% $473.4MM 2.63% $571.0MM 2.28% $529.3MM 2.54% $584.8M 2.87% $759.3M 2.77% $746.0M 0.79 % $ 237 M 0.75 % $ 210.6 M
Department of Health and Human Services 6.85% $929.6MM 7.00% $1.3B 9.66% $1.8B 10.02% $1.9B 8.91% $1.9B 10.62% $2.3B 10.86% $2.6B 10.24% $2.5B 5.41 % $ 1.3 B 5.48 % $ 1.4 B
Department of Homeland Security 13.38% $1.5B 14.18% $2.0B 11.50% $1.7B 13.26% $1.7B 14.59% $1.9B 14.71% $2.0B 15.58% $2.2B 14.42% $2.4B 5.62 % $ 1 B 6.86 % $ 1.3 B
Department of Urban Development 40.01% $352.5MM 31.08% $271.4MM 21.89% $380.0MM 19.13% $315.4MM 16.49% $204.4MM 25.56% $303.5M 23.68% $263.3M 27.85% $420.9M 10.62 % $ 105 M 5.87 % $ 88.6 M
Department of the Interior 21.25% $570.4MM 22.73% $664.4MM 20.77% $589.7MM 25.29% $597.1MM 23.57% $638.9MM 23.56% $667.0M 26.92% $826.0M 25.04% $748.6M 9.88 % $ 311 M 10.73 % $ 347.3 M
Department of Justice 4.60% $311.3MM 5.82% $446.6MM 6.79% $440.9MM 7.60% $494.1MM 9.84% $625.2MM 9.39% $679.7M 11.95% $859.6M 10.52% $760.9M 5.92 % $ 459 M 5.1 % $ 410.4 M
Department of Labor 11.32% $219.5MM 15.65% $306.3 19.15% $372.2MM 23.06% $447.8MM 18.27% $382.6MM 21.48% $423.3M 21.96% $398.0M 24.43% $509.2M 5.72 % $ 110 M 5.55 % $ 113.9 M
Department of State 16.3% $345.4MM 15.1% $453.4MM 16.7% $656.1MM 20.6% $663.9MM 25.45% $853.5MM 23.46% $906.1M 14.14% $1.2B 11.99% $1.3B 7.68 % $ 741 M 11.68 % $ 1 B
Department of Transportation 19.3% $286.6MM 13.4% $257.9MM 19.5% $349.1MM 19.3% $313.2MM 21.15% $373.0MM 22.29% $356.6M 21.79% $416.5M 26.21% $467.8M 7.02 % $ 471 M 7.77 % $ 496.9 M
Department of the Treasury 8.1% $155.4MM 9.0% $194.7MM 13.2% $292.4MM 16.3% $343.1MM 14.37% $391.0MM 15.53% $418.8M 15.11% $465.8M 14.19% $442.7M 4.24 % $ 200 M 4.86 % $ 222.9 M
Department of Veterans Affairs 8.8% $1.0B 8.3% $1.2B 8.4% $1.5B 7.9% $1.4B 8.35% $1.6B 7.58% $1.5B 7.01% $1.6B 7.17% $1.9B 0.06 % $ 16 M 0.07 % $ 19.8 M
Environmental Protection Agency 14.9% $216.2MM 13.6% $273.8MM 14.8% $315.1MM 14.8% $230.2MM 15.97% $225.4MM 15.22% $236.2M 14.79% $235.4M 15.18% $236.1M 8.77 % $ 136 M 7.9 % $ 124.6 M
General Services Administration 13.4% $654.1MM 10.7% $792.6 19.0% $669.3MM 17.5% $612.8MM 16.04% $627.9MM 20.48% $793.9M 21.22% $898.5M 22.48% $984.8M 9 % $ 422 M 7.92 % $ 444.3 M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 6.9% $879.1MM 8.1% $1.2B 7.1% $982.6MM 8.8% $1.1B 8.98% $1.2B 8.71% $1.3B 8.24% $1.3B 7.61% $1.3B 4.05 % $ 690 M 3.95 % $ 698.6 M
National Science Foundation 9.3% $21.3MM 7.7% $24.7MM 8.5% $24.3MM 10.8% $29.9MM 9.19% $25.1MM 12.31% $29.7M 11.13% $48.6M 12.97% $62.1M 5.41 % $ 26 M 4.93 % $ 26.2 M
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 13.8% $21.9MM 14.4% $34.0MM 14.1% $37.0MM 12.8% $32.7MM 18.05% $44.3MM 16.99% $40.6M 20.32% $46.2M 20.09% $44.3M 10.49 % $ 25 M 14.66 % $ 27.3 M
Office of Personnel Management 7.4% $104.3MM 4.2% $67.1MM 4.4% $67.2MM 9.6% $59.5MM 10.14% $88.5MM 10.06% $106.7M 11.54% $108.4M 15.91% $124.4M 4.16 % $ 50 M 5.64 % $ 55.4 M
Small Business Administration 47.8% $44.7MM 46.4% $49.5MM 47.4% $62.4MM 47.3% $50.5MM 47.8% $6.3MM 39.39% $57.9M 39.17% $59.3M 52.45% $82.3M 22.04 % $ 39 M 32.79 % $ 57.7 M
Social Security Administration 11.1% $87.3MM 12.7% $157.6MM 12.1% $157.5MM 9.1% $123.3MM 8.60% $143.5MM 9.5% $158.6M 8.56% $128.4M 10.88% $176.5M 2.28 % $ 39 M 2.01 % $ 36.8 M

ADDITIONAL 8(A) PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICES

Many of our clients purchase assistance with additional socioeconomic certifications, such as WOSB, HUBZone, SDVOSB, MBE, DBE, WBE, and more such as GSA Schedule, at the time of purchasing our 8(a) Full Support Package. We are able to deeply discount the fees for the additional applications due to paperwork redundancies between programs. Ez8a also performs 1010C Business Plans, Annual Recertification and assistance with Business Development. To learn more about these packages, please use the hyperlinks to our site content.

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