FY2025 NDAA: Department of Defense Small Business Contracting (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Aug. 26, 2024 |
| Report Number |
IN12416 |
| Report Type |
Insight |
| Authors |
R. Corinne Blackford; Alexandra G. Neenan |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
Congress has authorized the Department of Defense (DOD) to promote small business contracting,
including set-asides under certain conditions, and to award sole-source contracts to small businesses,
often through the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Throughout its history, DOD has
relied on contractors to support a wide range of military operations, including contracts and subcontracts
with small businesses, such as small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals (SDBs), women-owned small businesses (WOSBs), small businesses located within
Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZones), and service-disabled veteran-owned small
businesses (SDVOSBs).
This product provides an overview of selected small business DOD contracting-related provisions in the
House-passed and Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC)-reported versions of an FY2025 NDAA
(H.R. 8070 and S. 4638). For more information on DOD contractors, see CRS In Focus IF10600, Defense
Primer: Department of Defense Contractors; and for more information on small business contracting, see
CRS Report R45576, An Overview of Small Business Contracting.
