Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.

Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., a non-profit intellectual property licensing organization headquartered in Danvers, Massachusetts, provides copyright permissions, licensing services, and online scientific content access to federal agencies as a prime contractor on a full-and-open basis, with no set-aside involvement across its federal footprint.

Copyright Clearance Center delivers concrete copyright clearance and licensing capabilities grounded in three primary use cases: institutional academic licenses enabling training and education programs at military and civilian agencies; Combined Arms Research Library (CARL) copyright licensing for Army doctrine development; and online scientific journal and technical standards subscriptions supporting research and mission-critical activities. Representative recent prime contracts include a $34,108.80 BPA call from the Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) dated January 29, 2026, for copyright permissions supporting the Combined Arms General Studies Course curriculum at Fort Leavenworth; a $27,030.69 Air Force delivery order dated September 30, 2025, for copyright licensing across Air University's multiple centers and schools; a $48,960 National Transportation Safety Board purchase order dated September 20, 2025, for an online scientific papers library subscription; and a $27,603.20 Marine Corps purchase order dated August 20, 2025, for annual copyright licensing. The vendor also holds a cooperative agreement with the International Trade Administration (awarded January 1, 2022, completion December 31, 2024) to operate an online Standards Resource Center designed to increase discoverability and licensing of U.S.-developed technical standards for global export and adoption.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward defense training and education missions. The top five customer agencies account for 45 percent of awards by count, led by Naval Education and Training Command (116 awards, $825 thousand combined potential value), Marine Corps (42 awards, $474 thousand), and TRADOC (20 awards, $2 million). When ranked by potential value, TRADOC anchors the customer base at $2 million, followed by the Food and Drug Administration ($1.4 million across 6 awards) and Army Medical Command ($1.1 million across 9 awards). The Navy's dominance by award count masks TRADOC's and FDA's larger dollar footprints, reflecting a pattern of many small subscription and licensing orders from training commands against larger annual agreements with specialized federal users.

Copyright Clearance Center holds two active single-award indefinite delivery vehicles. An Air Force Indefinite Delivery Contract (award date July 1, 2024, ceiling $390,256.78, performance through June 30, 2029) supports Air University copyright licensing and has generated three delivery orders to date totaling $86,239.19. An Army TRADOC Blanket Purchase Agreement (award date September 4, 2025, ceiling $300,000, performance through September 3, 2030) streamlines copyright permissions procurement for training and doctrine development across the command. The vendor also operates against multiple older parent vehicles including Army Blanket Purchase Agreement W90BRJ14A0003 (23 task orders, $168 thousand combined potential value), Army Indefinite Delivery Contract W911SD08A0009 (7 task orders, $64 thousand), and Navy Blanket Purchase Agreement W91QF415A0017 (6 task orders, $268 thousand). The vendor's award portfolio spans 62 distinct customer agencies across 503 total awards since 1998, though recent activity (2022–2026) averages five to eight awards per year with combined potential value of $11.1 million and $8.6 million obligated. Five awards totaling $261 thousand in potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure in late 2026 and 2027.

The vendor acts as prime contractor on all substantial federal work; sub-award exposure is minimal, comprising only two sub-awards to Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC dated December 19, 2024, and February 19, 2026, for copyright clearance and motion picture license renewal supporting the Naval Nuclear Laboratory. Copyright Clearance Center's award footprint concentrates across three NAICS categories: All Other Legal Services (129 awards), Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (81 awards), and Internet Publishing and Broadcasting (34 awards). The vendor competes entirely in full-and-open procurements with no SBA set-aside designations on any recent prime or sub award.