Federal contractor · NEW YORK, NY

SPRINGER NATURE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER LLC

SPRINGER NATURE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER LLC received $7.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 19 awards (+126% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $43M. Its largest customer was National Institutes of Health ($3.4M).

Obligations · FY2026
$7.6M
New awards
19
Sole-source
47%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.1MFY2017
  2. 3.5MFY2018
  3. 3.6MFY2019
  4. 3.3MFY2020
  5. 5.4MFY2021
  6. 3.8MFY2022
  7. 5.3MFY2023
  8. 4.9MFY2024
  9. 3.4MFY2025
  10. 7.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Institutes of Health$3.4M45%
    2 awards
  2. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office$1.6M20%
    1 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$860.2K11%
    5 awards
  4. Department of the Air Force$564.2K7.4%
    1 awards
  5. National Institute of Standards and Technology$496.6K6.5%
    1 awards
  6. Agricultural Research Service$348.7K4.6%
    1 awards
  7. Department of Energy$211.8K2.8%
    1 awards
  8. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$74.6K1.0%
    1 awards
  9. Rural Housing Service$66.3K0.9%
    1 awards
  10. U.S. Coast Guard$34.2K0.4%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$5.4M71%
  2. Professional services$1.6M21%
  3. IT & telecom$597.6K7.8%

Where the work was performed

  1. New York County, NY$6.8M89%
  2. Greene County, OH$564.2K7.4%
  3. Anderson County, TN$211.8K2.8%
  4. Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT$34.2K0.4%
  5. San Diego County, CA$20.2K0.3%
  6. Mariposa County, CA$16K0.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition47%
    US 39% · $3.6M
  • Sole-source awards47%
    US 30% · $3.6M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • 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$842.4K
    Department of Defense · 3 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$564.2K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  3. National Institute of Standards and Technology$496.6K
    Department of Commerce · 1 awards
  4. Rural Housing Service$66.3K
    Department of Agriculture · 1 awards
  5. U.S. Coast Guard$34.2K
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. 1000 - SPRINGER NATURE SUBSCRIPTION SUBSCRIPTION TO ONLINE JOURNALS, EBOOK COLLECTIONS, AND OTHER ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS OFFERED BY SPRINGER NATURE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER, LLC. SEE APPENDIX A TITLE LIST FOR FULL CONTENT$6.8M
    U.S. Patent and Trademark Office· New York County, NY· Professional services· Jan 26, 2022 – Dec 30, 2025· 1333BJ22C00150001
  2. SPRINGER NATURE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER, LLC:1288642 [26-000311]$3.4M
    National Institutes of Health· New York County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 29, 2025 – Dec 29, 2025· 75N98026F00001
  3. SPRINGER NATURE ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION$718.1K
    Department of the Navy· New York County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 17, 2026 – Feb 17, 2026· N0017326P2407
  4. AFRL/RQWL SPRINGER NATURE$564.2K
    Department of the Air Force· Greene County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 11, 2026 – Mar 11, 2026· FA239626PB028
  5. OU13-FY26-014-NEW SPRINGER NATURE JOURNALS SUBSCRIPTIONS AND TRANSFORMATIVE AGREEMENT$496.6K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· New York County, NY· IT & telecom· Mar 19, 2026 – Jul 8, 2026· 1333ND26PNB130044
  6. SUBSCRIPTION WITH PERPETUAL ELECTRONIC ACCESS FOR ALL USDA USERS TO SPRINGER NATURE JOURNALS$348.7K
    Agricultural Research Service· New York County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 13, 2026 – Aug 13, 2026· 1232SA26F0447
  7. SPRINGER NATURE JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTIONS$211.8K
    Department of Energy· Anderson County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 17, 2026 – Feb 17, 2026· 89243126PSC000397
  8. LIBRARY ELECTRONIC JOURNALS SUBSCRIPTION$199.2K
    Department of the Navy· New York County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 20, 2025 – Mar 18, 2026· N0024425P0108

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 · $46.8K reported

  1. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$46.8K
    LAUREL, MD · 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 24 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH CENTER, LLC$3.5M−56% in FY2026
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 2 entities · 20% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Other information servicesNational Institutes of Health · Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers
  2. INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC$10.3M−2.1% in FY2026
    PISCATAWAY, NJ · 20% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesNavy · Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishersArmy · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services+1 more
  3. JOHN WILEY & SONS INC$19.1M−19% in FY2026
    HOBOKEN, NJ · 4 entities · 18% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Patent and Trademark Office · Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishersAgricultural Research Service · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesNavy · Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers+1 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.