Federal contractor · DUBLIN, OH

OCLC, INC

OCLC, INC received $2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 60 awards (−24% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $26.4M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($290.3K).

Obligations · FY2026
$2M
New awards
60
Sole-source
86%
Single offer
10%
UEI
F2CMCKN6DAD7
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.6MFY2017
  2. 2.6MFY2018
  3. 3MFY2019
  4. 2.7MFY2020
  5. 2.7MFY2021
  6. 3.1MFY2022
  7. 2.9MFY2023
  8. 3.2MFY2024
  9. 2.6MFY2025
  10. 2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$290.3K15%
    6 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$193.1K9.9%
    7 awards
  3. National Institutes of Health$152.2K7.8%
    3 awards
  4. Agricultural Research Service$104.6K5.4%
    4 awards
  5. Office of Procurement Operations$92.4K4.7%
    1 awards
  6. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$86.8K4.4%
    2 awards
  7. Maritime Administration$80.4K4.1%
    1 awards
  8. National Institute of Standards and Technology$76.5K3.9%
    3 awards
  9. Department of the Air Force$71.5K3.7%
    2 awards
  10. Forest Service$71.3K3.6%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$851.7K44%
  2. Professional services$791.3K40%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$300K15%
  4. Education & social services$11.9K0.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. Franklin County, OH$815K42%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$187.6K9.6%
  3. Hamilton County, OH$119.7K6.1%
  4. Nassau County, NY$80.4K4.1%
  5. Anne Arundel County, MD$79.9K4.1%
  6. Larimer County, CO$71.3K3.6%
  7. Fairfax County, VA$70.8K3.6%
  8. DeKalb County, GA$61.1K3.1%
  9. Warren County, MS$61K3.1%
  10. El Paso County, CO$58.9K3.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition97%
    US 39% · $1.9M
  • Sole-source awards86%
    US 30% · $1.7M
  • Single-offer competitions10%
    US 8.8% · $202.9K
  • 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. Department of the Navy$193.1K
    Department of Defense · 4 awards
  2. Department of the Army$146.2K
    Department of Defense · 3 awards
  3. Agricultural Research Service$104.6K
    Department of Agriculture · 1 awards
  4. Office of Procurement Operations$92.4K
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards
  5. National Institute of Standards and Technology$76.5K
    Department of Commerce · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. ONLINE COMPUTER LIBRARY CENTER SERVICES (OCLC) BIBLIOGRAPHIC UTILITIES$280.3K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Franklin County, OH· Professional services· May 12, 2021 – Sep 2, 2026· 140G0121P0188
  2. OCLC LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTIONS$232.8K
    Department of the Navy· Anne Arundel County, MD· IT & telecom· Dec 22, 2023 – Dec 17, 2025· N0018924P0079
  3. OCLC FIRSTSEARCH CATALOG AND THE CATALOGING AND METADATA SUBSCRIPTION CATALOG.$221.9K
    National Institutes of Health· Franklin County, OH· Professional services· Aug 22, 2024 – Jul 16, 2026· 75N97024P00123
  4. LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM$168.4K
    U.S. Census Bureau· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Mar 19, 2024 – Aug 24, 2026· 1333LB24C00000001
  5. SERVICES MSHA AND DOL WIRTZ LIBRARIES ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION SYSTEM, WORLD SHARE MANAGEMENT SERVICES WMS OPERATED BY OCLC.$168K
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management· Charlottesville city, VA· IT & telecom· Jul 31, 2024 – Jun 8, 2026· 1605TB24P00010
  6. LIBRARY SERVICES PLATFORM (LSP) BASE SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE PERIOD OF 09/22/2025 - 09/21/2026, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: WORLDSHARE MANAGEMENT SERVICES (WMS) SUBSCRIPTION, WMS ACQUISITION, WMS REPORT DESIGNER, WMS RECORD MANAGER, WORLDCAT DISCOVERY PRE$159.2K
    Maritime Administration· Nassau County, NY· Professional services· May 21, 2025 – Aug 24, 2026· 693JF725C000013
  7. LIBRARY CLOUD-BASED PRODUCT$156.1K
    Export-Import Bank of the United States· Franklin County, OH· IT & telecom· Sep 28, 2022 – Jun 4, 2026· 83310122P0042
  8. OCLC WMS A INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM - [name removed] - [phone removed]$152.6K
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service· Larimer County, CO· Professional services· Sep 22, 2021 – Feb 4, 2026· 12639521C0078

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

OCLC, INC received -$12.9K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 2 actions (0 new awards). Its largest program was 45.312 · National Leadership Grants (-$12.9K).

Assistance · FY2026
-$12.9K
New awards
0
Actions
2
Since FY2021
$1.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1MFY2021
  2. 0FY2022
  3. 250KFY2023
  4. 319.9KFY2024
  5. -12.9KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants-$12.9K0.0%

Top programs

  1. 45.312 · National Leadership Grants-$12.9K0.0%

Largest awards

  1. OCLC WILL PARTNER WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF RURAL AND SMALL LIBRARIES, THE CHIEF OFFICERS OF STATE LIBRARY AGENCIES, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM…$299.8K
    45.313 · Laura Bush 21ST Century Librarian Program· Institute of Museum and Library Services· Project grant· Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 5, 2026· RE-260272-OLS-26
  2. OCLC WILL IMPLEMENT A PROJECT TO ENHANCE THE STEWARDSHIP OF DIGITAL COLLECTIONS THROUGH FACILITATED GROUP LEARNING. THE PROJECT HAS TWO…$250K
    45.313 · Laura Bush 21ST Century Librarian Program· Institute of Museum and Library Services· Project grant· Jul 11, 2023 – Jan 22, 2026· RE-254876-OLS-23
  3. OCLC WILL BUILD A FREE, OPENLY AVAILABLE SET OF RESOURCES FOR LIBRARIES WHOSE WORKPLACES AND/OR COMMUNITIES ARE IMPACTED BY OPIOID USE…$236.9K
    45.312 · National Leadership Grants· Institute of Museum and Library Services· Project grant· Jul 15, 2021 – Mar 20, 2026· LG-250082-OLS-21

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $109.2K paid out · $27.5K received
  • FY2022: $128K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $421.1K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $331.5K 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

2 companies · $237.2K reported

  1. KAREN DE LA O MEDINA$128K
    CHARLOTTE, NC · 1 subaward
  2. REBECCA MCGUIRE$109.2K
    MOLINE, IL · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

4 companies · $780.1K reported

  1. MISSOURI OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE$673K
    JEFFERSON CITY, MO · 2 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$49.6K
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward
  3. SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE$30K
    BOULDER, CO · 1 subaward

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 71 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC$10.3M−2.1% in FY2026
    PISCATAWAY, NJ · 26% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesAir Force · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesArmy · Software publishers+7 more
  2. PROQUEST LLC$26.8M−30% in FY2026
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 2 entities · 39% 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. JANE'S GROUP US LLC$1.9M−47% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, VA · 10% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesArmy · Software publishersArmy · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services+3 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Matched organizations

  • OCLCAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2023
$0
2 reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$0
    2 reports

Top issues

Who was contacted

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Squire Patton Boggs$0
    2 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 5, 2026, loaded Oct 5, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.