Purchase Order 1305M326P0116
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- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $26,743.51 firm fixed-price purchase order to OCLC, Inc. on September 9, 2025, for a 12-month subscription to Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) cataloging and metadata services, including FEDLINK Direct Express fees and WorldShare management services. This non-personal services contract, which extends through June 30, 2026, was awarded on a sole-source basis to support NOAA's Central and Regional Libraries and Seattle...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $26,155 firm fixed price purchase order to OCLC, Inc. for OCLC cataloging and metadata subscription services through its WorldShare Interlibrary Loan platform. The services will be delivered from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 in Silver Spring, Maryland. The sole source award was justified as OCLC is the exclusive provider of the OCLC cataloging and interlibrary loan databases, which are used by libraries worldwide to catalog,...
- This is a sole-source federal contract award to OCLC, Inc., a global nonprofit library cooperative, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for annual subscriptions to OCLC's cataloging/metadata and interlibrary loan services. The contract has a period of performance from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025 and a ceiling value of $26,872.82. The services will support the NOAA Central Library and NOAA Seattle Regional Library. This contract is not set aside and is awarded under...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $26.3K firm fixed-price purchase order to OCLC, Inc. on August 1, 2022, for interlibrary loan (ILL) transactions and related nonpersonal services library requirements. The contract, which will be performed in Boulder, Colorado, has an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2026, and was issued with no set-aside designation. OCLC, a global nonprofit library cooperative headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, specializes in providing...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to OCLC, Inc., a global nonprofit library cooperative, for nonpersonal services including a library service platform with various functionalities such as acquisitions, circulation, license management, metadata management, interlibrary loan, analytics, and discovery. The contract has a base period from August 20, 2024, through June 30, 2025, and four option years through June...
- This federal contract was awarded to OCLC, Inc. by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for a $50,871.88 firm fixed price delivery order. The contract is for nonpersonal services to provide OCLC's FirstSearch/WorldCat Discovery annual subscription database access. This contract is not set-aside and is a delivery order under OCLC's $50 million indefinite delivery contract with the Library of Congress FEDLINK program, which enables OCLC to provide a range of library...
- This federal contract award is for a Library Services Platform provided by OCLC, Inc. to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian agency. The $220,540.46, firm fixed price contract has an ultimate completion date of August 30, 2024. OCLC, a global nonprofit library cooperative, is providing a range of library services and solutions as the prime contractor, including cataloging, resource sharing, discovery services, and digital asset management. The contract is not...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a delivery order to Cox Subscriptions, Inc. on February 19, 2026, with a ceiling value of $1,947,774.25 for 2026 journal subscriptions serving various NOAA libraries. The order is set aside for total small business and carries a firm fixed price. Place of performance is Silver Spring, MD. The ultimate completion date is December 31, 2026. The award provides comprehensive subscription-based journal and information resources to support...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $297,548 firm fixed-price purchase order to Ex Libris USA Inc. for a cloud-based library services platform (LSP) and discovery system. The contract, which has no set-aside designation, will run through March 2025 and provide NOAA's Central Library with an integrated solution to replace its legacy integrated library system, supporting library functions across 21 locations. Ex Libris, a global technology company focused on...
- The Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $509,481 firm fixed price delivery order contract to Elsevier B.V., doing business as North-Holland Publishing, for subscriptions services and electronic online access for 12 NOAA libraries. The contract calls for Elsevier to provide its scientific, technical, and medical research publications and databases to NOAA staff and researchers. Funding is provided through NOAA's general operations and research...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a purchase order to OCLC, Inc. valued at $23,374.89 on July 1, 2026, for a subscription to OCLC cataloging and metadata services, FEDLINK Direct Express fee, and WorldShare. Performance is located in Silver Spring, Maryland, with an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2027. The requirement covers all labor, equipment, and materials necessary to provide the subscription services on a firm fixed-price basis. This procurement originated from a pre-solicitation notice posted April 9, 2026, and was conducted as a sole-source acquisition under FAR 12.102(a), justified on the basis that OCLC operates WorldCat, the industry-standard shared catalog used by more than 72,000 libraries across 170 countries, and is the only vendor capable of providing the required cataloging and interlibrary loan subscription services to support NOAA Central and Regional Libraries.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Intent to Sole Source OCLC Cataloging Subscription | 145019-26-0017JRW | Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Pre-Solicitation 1/1 | 4/9/26, 12:18 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $23.4k | 5/13/26 |