Industry codes · NAICS 513120
Government contracts for Periodical Publishers
5 open right now. Every federal award under NAICS 513120 since fiscal year 2024: who buys, who wins, how big the awards are and how much competition they draw.
Open right now
5
federal, DLA and state/local
Contracts awarded
611
$234M to 231 companies
Typical award
$59K
usually $20K to $234K
One-bid contracts
54%
96 of 177 competed awards
Set aside
7%
reserved for small businesses or programs
Open right now
Closing soonest first. Open any of them free for the price history, who usually bids and what to bid.
Notice Of Intent To Sole Source Association For Computing Machinery E-Journals
SAM.gov · closes Nov 2 · est. $17K–$34K
Elsevier Sciencedirect Online Library Platform Subscription
SAM.gov · closes Nov 10
Serial Subscription Support
SAM.gov · closes Nov 19 · Small Business Set Aside - Total
Rfq - Software Platform (Eschat)
SAM.gov · closes —
7630--Ebsco Discovery Services Electronic Medical Library Subscription Base Plus Four Option Years
SAM.gov · closes — · est. $26K–$119K · Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-A
Awards by fiscal year
FY2024
269 · $63M
FY2025
169 · $94M
FY2026
173 · $76M
Who buys
Acquisitions - Aqm Momentum
State, Department Of · 29 awards · $3.6M · 100% one bid
Navsup Flt Log Ctr Norfolk
Dept Of The Navy · 27 awards · $2.6M · 63% one bid
W2r2 USA Engr R & D Ctr
Dept Of The Army · 24 awards · $868K · 100% one bid
DLA Energy
Defense Logistics Agency · 23 awards · $11M · 33% one bid
Doj Library Staff (Jmd)
Offices, Boards And Divisions · 23 awards · $1.1M
Naval Research Laboratory
Dept Of The Navy · 21 awards · $14M · 67% one bid
Fa2396 Usaf Afmc Afrl Pzl Afrl Pzle
Dept Of The Air Force · 20 awards · $11M · 100% one bid
Sc Oak Ridge Office
Energy, Department Of · 19 awards · $3.2M · 8% one bid
Who wins
Elsevier INC.
34 wins · $60M
S&P Global INC.
16 wins · $13M
Cox Subscriptions, INC.
15 wins · $10M
Prenax INC
15 wins · $4.4M
Politico, LLC
12 wins · $1.1M
Ebsco Information Services, LLC
11 wins · $26M
Cch Incorporated
11 wins · $2.2M
Springer Nature Customer Service Center LLC
10 wins · $6.0M
What gets bought
Newspapers And Periodicals · 316IT And Telecom - Business Application/Application Development Software As A Service · 43Books And Pamphlets · 32IT And Telecom - Business Application Software (Perpetual License Software) · 29Support- Administrative: Library · 17IT And Telecom - Platform As A Service: Database, Mainframe, Middleware · 15Support- Administrative: Information Retrieval · 12Support- Professional: Other · 11
Ending in the next 12 months
These will likely be re-bid. The incumbent and the price are public now.
Electronic Perpetual Access For All Usda Users To Selected Sciencedirect Electronic Journals, With Access To The Elsevier Freedom Collection Of Electronic Journals And All Access Books From 7/1/2024 To 6/30/2025. Subscription Account No. 1-2333515618
Elsevier INC. · Usda Ars Afm Apd · ends Jun 2027 · $4.9M · won with 1 bid
Capital Iq, And Credit & Risk Solutions Commercial Off-The-Shelf Software.
S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC · Washington Headquarters Services · ends Sep 2027 · $2.1M · won with 1 bid
Pca-Od-03887 Elsevier Sciencedirect, Embase And Scopus
Elsevier INC. · Omas Strategic Buying Center - Information Technology · ends Dec 2026 · $1.8M
Ou13-Fy26-014-New\Nspringer Nature Journals Subscriptions And Transformative Agreement
Springer Nature Customer Service Center LLC · Dept Of Commerce Nist · ends Mar 2027 · $1.6M · won with 1 bid
Office Of The Director (Od): Services: One-Year Journal Submission And Web Hosting Support Services For The Journal Of Replication And Reproducibility (Jrr)
Knowledgeworks Global Ltd · National Institutes Of Health Olao · ends Sep 2027 · $1.2M · 3 bids
2026 Journal Subscriptions For Various Noaa Libraries
Cox Subscriptions, INC. · Dept Of Commerce Noaa · ends Dec 2026 · $1.2M
Elsevier Pure Platform
Elsevier INC. · Div Of Acq And Cooperative Support · ends Apr 2027 · $946K · won with 1 bid
Arm Keil
Blue Ivy Partners, LLC · Navair Warfare Ctr Aircraft Div · ends Jul 2027 · $846K · 2 bids
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