National Student Clearinghouse
Herndon, VA Doing business as National Student Clearinghouse Research Center
- UEI
- C8XXUEBZEGV9
- CAGE
- 3D6E3
- Primary NAICS
- 611710 Educational Support Services
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 2300 Dulles Station Blvd #220, Herndon, VA 20171, USA
- Website
- studentclearinghouse.org
- Founded
- 1993
- Employees
- 251-1K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $50M-$100M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Consumer Services
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Education Services
- SIC code
- 87 Engineering & Management Services
- 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 | -$8,747 |
| FY2026 | $8,091,208 |
| FY2025 | $5,088,191 |
| FY2024 | $4,674,262 |
| FY2023 | $5,544,501 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency | $5,773,583 | |
| 2 | Department of Health and Human Services | $2,233,116 | |
| 3 | Department of State | $102,362 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peraton Risk Decision Inc. | HS002123F0019 | $545,200 | |
| Research Triangle Institute | 49100418F1261 | $32,629 | |
| Research Triangle Institute | 91990022C0017 | $100,000 |
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About the company
National Student Clearinghouse, operating as National Student Clearinghouse Research Center and based in Herndon, Virginia, is a non-profit organization that provides degree and educational enrollment verification, transcript verification, and postsecondary student data services to federal agencies as a prime contractor. The vendor does not pursue set-aside categories and operates on full-and-open competition across all federal work. National Student Clearinghouse holds a federal supply schedule position and maintains a single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Department of Education.
The vendor's capability footprint centers on education records verification leveraging its position as a designated school official under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), enabling access to student records across multiple institutions for federal background investigation, security clearance, and policy research use cases. Recent representative work includes a $22.5 million definitive contract awarded by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency on July 1, 2025, for degree and enrollment verification to support background investigations and security clearance processes running through June 30, 2028; a $6.86 million definitive contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded August 14, 2026, for educational enrollment verification data to support Medicaid eligibility verification through August 13, 2029; and a $149,250 delivery order from the Department of Education's Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development for supplementary postsecondary student data supporting agency evaluation initiatives, drawn from a $601,690 single-award IDC running through September 2026.
Customer concentration skews heavily toward defense and security agencies. The top five customers by potential value account for 90% of combined potential value: the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency leads with four awards worth $57.6 million, followed by the Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid (three awards, $18.9 million), the Office of Personnel Management's National Background Investigations Bureau (one award, $8.7 million), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (one award, $6.9 million), and the Office of Personnel Management (two awards, $1.4 million). By award count, the Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service places the most orders (14 awards, $57 thousand combined potential value), but the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security (eight awards, $580 thousand) and DCSA follow. The divergence reflects DCSA's dominance in dollar value despite fewer orders — a high-dollar, low-volume customer profile.
National Student Clearinghouse places work primarily under the Federal Supply Schedule GS35F0061S (seven task orders, $4.5 million combined potential value) and holds positions on two indefinite delivery contracts. Recent activity shows modest volume: two awards in 2026, four in 2025, and six in both 2024 and 2023. Three awards worth $22.7 million combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure on DCSA and OPM work. The vendor appears as a subcontractor to Peraton Risk Decision Inc. on background fieldwork investigative products (education verification, August 25, 2025) and to Research Triangle Institute on postsecondary student aid studies (January 2024). The vendor's award history spans since 1999 with a total of 8,378 awards, though recent volume is constrained compared to historical levels.
Quick answers
Is National Student Clearinghouse registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. National Student Clearinghouse's SAM.gov registration is active through December 15, 2026.
How much has National Student Clearinghouse received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $5,088,191 to National Student Clearinghouse in fiscal year 2025 and $23,389,415 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does National Student Clearinghouse rank among federal contractors?
National Student Clearinghouse ranked #14 in NAICS 51929, #15 in NAICS 5192 and #21 in NAICS 519 in FY2025.
What is National Student Clearinghouse's most recent federal award?
National Student Clearinghouse's most recent federal contract award is The centers for medicare & medicaid services (CMS) seeks to obtain access to authoritative educational enrollment… (75FCMC26C0024), from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on August 14, 2026.
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