Tribally owned 8(a)
HUBZone Empowerment Program
Buy Indian Act
Indian Self-Determination Contracting
DOD Indian Subcontracting Incentive Program
Credit Against Subcontracting Goals

Tribally-owned 8(a)
The SBA certifies small, disadvantaged businesses in good standing to participate in this program, which empowers federal agencies to sole source contracts to its participants. Typical 8(a) businesses are restricted by award limits of $5 million (products) and $3 million (services). Tribally-owned 8(a) businesses like AGT are exempt from this limit. Tribally-owned concerns are exempt from the requirements for competitive bidding; any sized contract can be sole-sourced to tribally owned small businesses. This enables federal agencies to negotiate significantly higher award ceilings for sole source contracts with AGT .

Under the SBA 8(a) business development program, the SBA enters into contracts with other Federal agencies and then contracts with eligible socially and economically disadvantaged businesses. SBA may also delegate its contract execution authority to the procuring agency so the agency can contract directly with the 8(a) participant. The 8(a) contracts can either be sole source awards or be awarded by competition with other eligible businesses.