American Chemical Society
Washington, DC Doing business as ACS
- UEI
- QLTNY1VKHMM9
- CAGE
- 04059
- Primary NAICS
- 813920 Professional Organizations
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- Corporate family
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- American Chemical Society · Columbus, OH HNALX27LW8F9
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1155 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA
- Website
- acs.org
- Founded
- 1876
- Employees
- 1K-5K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $500M-$1B
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Commercial & Professional Services
- Professional Services
- SIC code
- 86 Membership Organizations
- 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 | $0 |
| FY2026 | $1,115,603 |
| FY2025 | $1,016,085 |
| FY2024 | $1,041,426 |
| FY2023 | $956,214 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Navy | $383,586 | |
| 2 | Department of Agriculture | $370,814 | |
| 3 | Air Force | $224,967 | |
| 4 | Department of the Army | $77,685 | |
| 5 | Department of Energy | $58,551 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ut-Battelle LLC | DEAC0500OR22725 | $50,000 |
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees Of The Colorado School Of Mines | 2337285 | $34,760 |
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About the company
The American Chemical Society (ACS), a Washington, DC-based tax-exempt nonprofit scientific organization, provides federal agencies with electronic access to proprietary scientific journals, databases, and chemistry research resources through firm fixed-price subscription and membership contracts. ACS operates exclusively as a prime contractor—276 of 277 awards in recent activity are prime contracts or grants—and competes on full-and-open basis with no small business set-asides across its federal portfolio, reflecting its position as the sole provider of its copyrighted content and databases.
ACS's federal footprint spans 60 distinct customer agencies with highly concentrated customer value. The top five customers by combined potential value account for 61% of the portfolio: the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (5 awards, $5.1 million), the Department of the Navy Office of Naval Research (9 awards, $3.4 million), the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director (4 awards, $2.9 million), the Air Force Research Laboratory (5 awards, $2.3 million), and the Department of Energy Office of Science (12 awards, $670 thousand). By award count, the National Science Foundation leads with 34 awards but carries minimal combined potential value ($30 thousand), indicating a high-volume, low-value transactional relationship typical of memberships and smaller subscriptions. The Navy, Air Force Research Laboratory, and DOE Office of Science concentrate larger dollar amounts—$1.78 million through Naval Research Laboratory for a five-year journal subscription (awarded December 2025), $463,388 through Air Force Research Laboratory for subscription renewal through March 2028, and $1.8 million through USDA for organization-wide perpetual access through June 2027.
Recent activity shows volatility: two awards in 2022, six in 2023, two in 2024, three in 2025, and two in 2026. Seven awards (combined potential value $3.2 million) reach completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. Representative recent contracts include a $1.78 million Naval Research Laboratory online subscription through December 2030 (sole-source under FAR 6.302-1 due to exclusive intellectual property rights), a $463,388 Air Force Research Laboratory subscription renewal through March 2028, and a $58,551 Department of Energy Office of Science purchase order for journal access through December 2026. All contracts are firm fixed-price purchases of ACS's SciFinder Discovery Platform, Chemical Abstracts Service Registry, digital library collections, and various ACS journal and archive subscriptions. ACS also places a single federal grant sub-award as co-recipient with the Colorado School of Mines on "Get the Facts Out: Repairing the Reputation of the Teaching Profession" (awarded September 2025). The vendor holds named positions on two indefinite delivery contracts (W91ZLK07A0021 and W91ZLK06A0029) with minimal task-order activity and no GWACs or multi-agency IDIQs in the portfolio.
Quick answers
Is American Chemical Society registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. American Chemical Society's SAM.gov registration is active through April 24, 2027.
How much has American Chemical Society received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $1,016,085 to American Chemical Society in fiscal year 2025 and $4,129,328 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 Afrl/rqwl - ACS subscription renewal (FA239626PB034), from Air Force, on April 8, 2026.
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