Federal contractor · BIRMINGHAM, AL
EBSCO INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC
EBSCO INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC received $24.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 51 awards (+9.4% vs FY2025). Since FY2019: $79.4M. Its largest customer was Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources ($10.3M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $24.9M
- New awards
- 51
- Sole-source
- 33%
- Single offer
- 3.4%
- UEI
- FCNUXYEM9AE9
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 42.4KFY2019
- 3.8MFY2020
- 2.8MFY2021
- 3.1MFY2022
- 7.5MFY2023
- 14.4MFY2024
- 22.8MFY2025
- 24.9MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- 1 awards
- Department of Veterans Affairs$7.5M30%7 awards
- 1 awards
- National Science Foundation$1.1M4.4%3 awards
- Defense Health Agency$999.5K4.0%4 awards
- Agricultural Research Service$599.4K2.4%3 awards
- Departmental Offices$506.1K2.0%4 awards
- Office of Procurement Operations$444.9K1.8%1 awards
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission$302.4K1.2%1 awards
- Department of the Navy$233.9K0.9%5 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$15.2M61%
- Professional services$7.7M31%
- IT & telecom$1.9M7.5%
- Research & development$124.6K0.5%
- Education & social services$32.7K0.1%
Where the work was performed
- Montgomery County, MD$10.3M41%
- Shelby County, AL$6.5M26%
- Essex County, MA$4.9M20%
- District of Columbia, DC$1.7M6.7%
- Fairfax County, VA$999.5K4.0%
- Miami-Dade County, FL$218.9K0.9%
- Anne Arundel County, MD$84.4K0.3%
- Marion County, IN$57.6K0.2%
- Hancock County, MS$38.8K0.2%
- Prince George's County, MD$36K0.1%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition36%US 39% · $8.9M
- Sole-source awards33%US 30% · $8.1M
- Single-offer competitions3.4%US 8.8% · $841.4K
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · $0
A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.
Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts
- Department of Veterans Affairs · 2 awards
- National Science Foundation · 2 awards
- Defense Health Agency$787.1KDepartment of Defense · 1 awards
- Federal Acquisition Service$130.2KGeneral Services Administration · 1 awards
- Department of the Navy$123.2KDepartment of Defense · 1 awards
Largest awards
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office· Shelby County, AL· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 30, 2020 – Nov 26, 2025· 1333BJ20C00150002
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 17, 2026 – Jun 17, 2026· 75N98026F00001
- NICHD/NLM: SERVICE: SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES FOR NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (NLM): NON-SEVERABLE$10.3MNational Institutes of Health· Shelby County, AL· Professional services· Sep 29, 2025 – Mar 24, 2026· 75N94025C00007
- CINAHL SUBSCRIPTION$6.3MDepartment of Veterans Affairs· Shelby County, AL· Professional services· Apr 12, 2023 – Apr 27, 2026· 36C77623P0062
- CINAHL ULTIMATE, MEDLINE COMPLETE, PSYCHOLOGY & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES COLLECTION (PBSC) SUBSCRIPTIONS$4.9MDepartment of Veterans Affairs· Essex County, MA· Professional services· Jun 12, 2026 – Jun 12, 2026· 36C77626C0047
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Shelby County, AL· Professional services· Dec 27, 2023 – Nov 12, 2025· 36C24724F0170
- National Institute of Standards and Technology· Shelby County, AL· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 18, 2025 – Feb 6, 2026· 1333ND26FNB130012
- Office of Procurement Operations· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 2, 2024 – Aug 5, 2026· 70RTAC24FR0000062
Subawards
Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.
As a prime: who it pays · FY2026
No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.
As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026
No subawards reported to it in FY2026.
Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
Teaming partners
Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.
Companies it pays
No subawards reported to other companies.
Primes that pay it
1 company · $43.1K reported
- ICF INCORPORATED, L.L.C.$43.1KRESTON, VA · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related services
Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.
Competitors
Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.
Compared on 43 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- UPTODATE, INC$49.9M+6.3% in FY2026WALTHAM, MA · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesDefense Health Agency · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesNational Institutes of Health · Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers
- GRAHAM ADVISORY NETWORK INC$22.4M+74% in FY2026RALEIGH, NC · 24% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesVeterans Affairs · Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers
- PROQUEST LLC$26.8M−30% in FY2026ANN ARBOR, MI · 2 entities · 14% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Patent and Trademark Office · Other information servicesVeterans Affairs · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesNavy · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services+9 more
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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.