Federal contractor · DES PLAINES, IL

EX LIBRIS USA INC

EX LIBRIS USA INC received $4.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 30 awards (−6.8% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $29M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($739K).

Obligations · FY2026
$4.1M
New awards
30
Sole-source
78%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
FMAXVEZHLB34
Parent company
CLARIVATE PLC
Other than small business

Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

Part of the PROQUEST LLC company family: 2 registered entities, $6.3M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. PROQUEST LLCANN ARBOR, MI · Family page
    $2.2M

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.6MFY2017
  2. 1.6MFY2018
  3. 1.6MFY2019
  4. 2.7MFY2020
  5. 3.5MFY2021
  6. 2.9MFY2022
  7. 3.2MFY2023
  8. 3.4MFY2024
  9. 4.4MFY2025
  10. 4.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 6 awards
  2. 2 awards
  3. 3 awards
  4. 1 awards
  5. 1 awards
  6. 1 awards
  7. 1 awards
  8. 1 awards
  9. 1 awards
  10. 1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$2.9M71%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$548.7K13%
  3. Professional services$424.1K10%
  4. Education & social services$214.8K5.2%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition78%
    US 39% · $3.2M
  • Sole-source awards78%
    US 30% · $3.2M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · -$2,948
  • 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

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards
  2. Department of Defense · 1 awards
  3. Department of Justice · 1 awards
  4. Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. U.S. Geological Survey· Cook County, IL· IT & telecom· May 31, 2017 – Jun 26, 2026· ING16PX01489
  2. National Institutes of Health· Cook County, IL· IT & telecom· Mar 10, 2020 – Sep 29, 2026· 75N97020P00085
  3. Agricultural Research Service· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 28, 2021 – May 19, 2026· 1232SA21C0016
  4. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Cook County, IL· IT & telecom· Jun 6, 2025 – Sep 4, 2026· 75N97025P00060
  5. Department of the Navy· Prince William County, VA· IT & telecom· Dec 1, 2023 – Nov 25, 2025· M0026424P0001
  6. Department of the Army· Leavenworth County, KS· Professional services· Aug 30, 2024 – May 20, 2026· W91QF424P0030
  7. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· DeKalb County, GA· IT & telecom· Apr 24, 2023 – Jun 9, 2026· 75D30123C16138
  8. National Institute of Standards and Technology· Cook County, IL· Education & social services· Sep 20, 2022 – Jun 16, 2026· 1333ND22PNB130543

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

  • Sub-contracts: $32.4K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. GREENVILLE, SC · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $115.9K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $32.4K received

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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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

3 companies · $847.5K reported

  1. COLUMBUS, OH · 4 subawards · Facilities support services
  2. HOUSTON, TX · 3 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  3. GREENVILLE, SC · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 84 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. EBSCO INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC$62.1M+9.4% in FY2026
    BIRMINGHAM, AL · 32% 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
  2. OCLC, INC$7.8M−24% in FY2026
    DUBLIN, OH · 11% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesAir Force · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesArmy · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services+14 more
  3. DS GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS CORP$16.5M−35% in FY2026
    WALTHAM, MA · 13% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Software publishersNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Software publishersNavy · Computer systems design and related services+2 more

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

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.