American Chemical Society
Columbus, OH Doing business as ACS
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- Corporate family
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Parent
American Chemical Society · Washington, DC
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Parent
American Chemical Society · Washington, DC
QLTNY1VKHMM9
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 2540 Olentangy River Rd, Columbus, OH 43202, USA
- Website
- cas.org
- Founded
- 1907
- Employees
- 1K-5K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1B-$10B
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Commercial & Professional Services
- Professional Services
- Consulting
- SIC code
- 89 Services, Not Elsewhere Classified
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $278,500 |
| FY2026 | $23,866,819 |
| FY2025 | $23,508,934 |
| FY2024 | $25,724,095 |
| FY2023 | $24,555,384 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Commerce | $20,910,103 | |
| 2 | Environmental Protection Agency | $851,488 | |
| 3 | Department of Health and Human Services | $794,949 | |
| 4 | Department of the Navy | $494,224 | |
| 5 | Air Force | $392,489 | |
| 6 | Department of the Army | $343,748 | |
| 7 | Department of Homeland Security | $158,865 | |
| 8 | Department of Justice | $107,433 | |
| 9 | Department of the Treasury | $39,570 | |
| 10 | Department of the Interior | $36,000 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ut-Battelle LLC | DEAC0500OR22725 | $185,246 | |
| Alcyon Technical Services (Ats) JV, LLC | NNC16JB01T | $58,716 | |
| Alcyon Technical Services (Ats) JV, LLC | NNC16JB01T | $55,920 |
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Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Physical Society | 1834540 | $101,200 | |
| American Physical Society | 1834540 | $101,200 |
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About the company
American Chemical Society (ACS), a tax-exempt nonprofit scientific publisher and database provider headquartered in Washington, DC, delivers proprietary chemical research platforms and scientific content subscriptions to federal agencies as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) on a full-and-open, non-set-aside basis. ACS holds no SBA certifications and competes predominantly through sole-source procurements, leveraging its exclusive intellectual property rights to the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases and SciFinder Discovery Platform — a comprehensive web-based interface providing federal researchers access to chemical substance data, reactions, patents, scientific literature, and related research tools.
ACS's customer footprint spans 74 distinct agencies, with marked concentration in civilian research and regulatory missions. The Department of Commerce US Patent and Trademark Office anchors the portfolio: 47 awards carrying $417.7 million in combined potential value (69% of ACS's top-five customer dollars). The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention ranks second by dollars, with 17 awards valued at $30.1 million. The National Institutes of Health Office of the Director, the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology round out the top five, collectively holding $14.8 million. By volume, the Environmental Protection Agency leads with 50 awards (though valued at only $47 thousand), followed by the USPTO (47 awards) and EPA's Office of Research and Development (31 awards). This divergence reflects ACS's pricing model: large, multi-year subscription ceilings anchor dollars (USPTO), while smaller agencies place numerous low-value renewal orders.
ACS operates across two primary parent vehicles. An indefinite delivery contract with the NIH Office of the Director (ceiling $3.585 million, ultimate completion May 31, 2027) provides unlimited CAS database access across federal agencies, with recent delivery orders totaling $2.081 million. A single-award BPA with the Drug Enforcement Administration (ceiling $293,910, extending through October 31, 2029) supports continued DEA access to SciFinder, with five task orders valued at $207 thousand. Additional vehicles include agency-specific IDCs with EPA ($5 million), the Library of Congress ($22.1 million), and NASA ($2.1 million). Recent high-value definitive contracts include a $109.9 million USPTO order for CAS SciFinder and STNext subscriptions (ultimate completion September 30, 2030), a $2.077 million NIST order for SciFinder access (January 5, 2029), and a $1.643 million Office of Naval Research CAS Online Subscription (December 31, 2030).
Award activity has remained steady over the past five years — 13 awards in 2022, climbing to 18 in 2023 and 17 in 2024, then moderating to 9 in 2025 and 15 in 2026 (through November). Seventeen awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and face potential recompete, valued at $4.7 million combined. ACS's SCI-reportable federal invoicing shows roughly $21.8 million annually across FY2024 and FY2025, with minimal FTE deployment (0.2 FTEs in FY2024, 0.1 FTEs in FY2025). On federal service contracts captured in SCI, median government-paid rates ran around $369/hr, with rates spanning from $355/hr at the tenth percentile to $392/hr at the ninetieth. ACS self-performs substantially all contract delivery — SCI data shows zero percent sub-hours share across prime contracts, reflecting the proprietary nature of its CAS and SciFinder platforms, which require direct ACS operation.
In its limited subcontractor role, ACS provides chemical research database access to Oak Ridge National Laboratory (prime: UT-Battelle LLC) and supplies electronic all-access software subscriptions to NASA Glenn Research Center (prime: Alcyon Technical Services). The vendor also acts as a sub-recipient in two federal grant awards under the American Physical Society (leadership development and Bridge Fellow program administration, award dates February 2025 and December 2023). ACS's concrete capability footprint is narrow and proprietary: chemical research database subscriptions (SciFinder, CAS Registry, SciFinder Enterprise), open-access publication fees, scientific journal subscriptions and archives, and TSCA chemical inventory maintenance support. The EPA contract for TSCA inventory support ($3.926 million, November 1, 2023 through October 31, 2028) represents ACS's only non-subscription service delivery, supporting the agency's chemical substance inventory updates and data curation. All other awards are subscription or license renewals.
Quick answers
Is American Chemical Society registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. American Chemical Society's SAM.gov registration is active through April 22, 2027.
What is American Chemical Society's CAGE code?
American Chemical Society's CAGE code is 019P5, and its Unique Entity ID (UEI) is HNALX27LW8F9.
How much has American Chemical Society received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $23,508,934 to American Chemical Society in fiscal year 2025 and $97,933,733 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does American Chemical Society rank among federal contractors?
American Chemical Society ranked #1 in NAICS 519190, #1 in PSC D317 and #3 in PSC R605 in FY2025.
What is American Chemical Society's most recent federal award?
American Chemical Society's most recent federal contract award is Title: DOE, CAS scifinder, 26003, POP 11/01/26-10/31/2027 requestor: demia P pressley AFT#: 2027-do-0001 REF award/BPA… (15DDHQ27F00000007), from Drug Enforcement Administration, on November 1, 2026.
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