National Archives and Records Administration set-aside contracts

2 open small-business set-aside notices from National Archives and Records Administration, posted in the last 7 days. 2 close within a week.

Data: SAM.gov public CSV extract · Updated 2026-11-13 16:23 UTC

Most of this agency's current set-aside work is Small Business. Busiest buying offices: Nara Contracting Office. Work is performed mainly in Maryland. Top industries: Professional, Scientific & Technical (2).

Before you bid, check the solicitation's set-aside type and NAICS size standard, and contact the agency's small-business office (OSDBU) to ask about upcoming requirements. Free help is available from your local APEX Accelerators (free government contracting help).

Bidding context for National Archives and Records Administration

Activity is light right now: 2 open set-aside notices for National Archives and Records Administration in the last 7 days. Use quiet weeks to update your SAM profile, capability statement and saved searches so you are ready when the next cluster posts.

Every open notice in this slice uses the same set-aside type: Small Business. That concentration means your eligibility for that single program decides whether this page is a bidding list or a research list.

Most of the open notices tied to work posted by National Archives and Records Administration are total small business set-asides. That means any firm that is small under the notice's NAICS size standard and active in SAM.gov can compete; no socioeconomic certification is required. Confirm your size against the SBA table of size standards for the exact code on each notice before you price a bid.

Professional-services demand for this National Archives and Records Administration slice typically weights past performance, key personnel and technical approach. Match your capability statement to the evaluation factors, not just the NAICS code, and answer sources sought notices from the same offices so contracting officers can document the rule of two.

Place of performance clusters in Maryland (about 100% of notices). If your crews or facilities are far from that cluster, factor travel and local subcontracting into the go/no-go before you download the full package.

Industry demand concentrates in Professional, Scientific & Technical / 541990 (about 100% of notices). Check the SBA size standard for that exact code before you represent as small.

Contracting offices appearing in the current window include Nara Contracting Office. Office-level patterns matter: the same agency can set aside construction in one region and buy IT unrestricted in another.

Recent notice titles in this slice include “Artifact Conservation Project Coordinator”. Titles change daily with the SAM.gov extract; always open the official link before bidding.

2 notices tied to National Archives and Records Administration are approaching response deadlines in this build. Sort those first; a strong late proposal rarely beats a complete on-time one.

Agency pages here only include notices that SAM.gov marked with a small business set-aside in the public extract. Unrestricted and other-than-small awards are out of scope for SetAside Signal by design.

Practical next steps

Confirm your SAM.gov registration is active and that your NAICS, size and socioeconomic representations match the notices you want.
Filter this list to set-aside types you already qualify for, then open the official SAM.gov link for each survivor.
Answer sources sought and RFIs from the same offices even when you are not ready to bid; that market research supports the FAR 19.502-2 rule of two.
Use SBA SUBNet and agency subcontracting directories when the prime work is larger than your past performance supports.
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