American Mathematical Society

American Mathematical Society (AMS), a Providence, Rhode Island-based non-profit organization, delivers subscription access to MathSciNet, a comprehensive database of mathematical literature and research information, to federal agencies as a prime contractor under full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations. AMS also administers federal travel grant programs for U.S. mathematicians attending international mathematics conferences. The organization is structured as a tax-exempt corporate entity with one named subsidiary, Assisted Management Solutions, Inc., a woman-owned small disadvantaged business.

AMS's federal work splits heavily toward prime contracting (95 of 97 awards, or 98%), with two sub-award relationships under National Science Foundation grants administered by the American Physical Society focused on increasing doctoral completion rates among underrepresented minorities in mathematics. The vendor's contract portfolio centers on recurring annual MathSciNet database subscriptions and related publication access, typically in the $14,000 to $16,000 range per agency per year. Representative contracts include a $50,452 three-year purchase order from Air Education and Training Command (awarded January 2026, running through December 2028) for continued MathSciNet access at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, a $72,123 subscription services contract with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (awarded January 2022, running through December 2026), and a $95,229 Bureau of Naval Personnel annual subscription covering approximately 500 users (awarded November 2023, running through January 2028).

AMS's federal grant footprint emphasizes travel support for U.S. mathematicians attending major international conferences under the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences (CFDA 47.049, Mathematical and Physical Sciences). Recent grants include a $188,510 award (May 2026, completion April 2027) to administer competitive travel grants supporting approximately 70 mid-career mathematicians (8-20 years post-Ph.D.) attending the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia in July 2026, a second $188,510 award from the same solicitation supporting approximately 140 early-career researchers and graduate students to the same conference, and a $255,631 award (August 2025, completion January 2027) for a general travel grant program for approximately 140 U.S. mathematicians attending the ICM 2026. AMS also received a $101,969 award (March 2025, completion February 2026) to administer travel grants for U.S. participants in the Mathematical Congress of the Americas in Miami in July 2025, and administered a prior $154,819 award (September 2021, completion August 2023) for travel support to the International Congress of Mathematicians in St. Petersburg, Russia in July 2022.

Customer concentration centers on the National Science Foundation (32 awards, $71 thousand combined potential value across all NSF organizational units) and spans 11 distinct federal agencies. When ranked by potential value, the Air Education and Training Command anchors the portfolio with five awards totaling $246 thousand, followed by NIST (10 awards, $231 thousand), the Department of the Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel (3 awards, $95 thousand), and NSF's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (6 awards, $91 thousand). These top five customer entities account for 72% of recent award count and 75% of combined potential value. Activity has grown modestly in recent years, from two awards in 2022 to six in 2025, with three awards recorded in 2026 year-to-date. Five awards carrying combined potential value of $167 thousand reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The source notes a significant discrepancy between combined potential value ($985 thousand) and combined dollars obligated across all awards ($15.1 million), reflecting the vendor's actual invoiced revenue run rate substantially exceeding remaining contract ceiling values as awards cycle through renewal periods.