Oclc, Inc.

OCLC, Inc., a global nonprofit library cooperative headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, provides cataloging systems, metadata management, interlibrary loan platforms, integrated library management systems (WorldShare), discovery tools (WorldCat Discovery and FirstSearch), and digital content management services (ContentDM) to federal agencies as a prime contractor on over 786 awards spanning civilian and defense libraries. OCLC competes in full-and-open federal procurement without set-asides, holding a $100 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Library of Congress extending through June 30, 2030, plus a $50 million FEDLINK program vehicle through the Library of Congress, both of which serve as master vehicles enabling federal agencies government-wide to issue delivery orders for library subscription services and solutions without individual competitive solicitations.

OCLC's customer footprint spans 128 distinct federal agencies, with concentration among naval and air force library networks. The top five customers by award count—Naval Education and Training Command (30 awards, $1.3 million), Air Education and Training Command (24 awards, $2.6 million), EPA Office of Research and Development (22 awards, $123 thousand), Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (20 awards, $232 thousand), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (17 awards, $1 million)—account for roughly 14% of recent awards. By potential value, Air Education and Training Command ($2.6 million across 24 awards), Army Training and Doctrine Command ($1.7 million across 13 awards), and Naval Education and Training Command ($1.3 million across 30 awards) dominate, though these figures reflect a highly distributed portfolio where even the largest customer relationships yield modest annual values. Recent awards include a $420.3 thousand Library Services Platform subscription to Maritime Administration (September 2025), a $415.1 thousand cataloging and interlibrary loan subscription to Army Training and Doctrine Command (September 2025), a $366.6 thousand integrated library system access contract to Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station (July 2025), and a $365.6 thousand OCLC Bibliographic Services order to USGS (June 2026).

OCLC operates under two principal parent contract vehicles. The Library of Congress Indefinite Delivery Contract (awarded July 1, 2025, ceiling $100 million, completion June 30, 2030) carries 75 task orders and $4.4 million in combined potential value under FEDLINK contract 03310320D0223, with recent delivery orders issued by Central Program Planning Coordination and Support, Naval Education and Training Command, the Office of the Chief Information Officer, and multiple DoD and civilian agencies for cataloging, metadata, and WorldShare ILL subscriptions. The Library of Congress FEDLINK contract 03310325D0024 carries 74 task orders and $3.8 million in combined potential value. Delivery orders under these vehicles are uniformly firm fixed-price, full-and-open competitive procurements with no set-aside designation.

OCLC's federal work centers on subscription-based library technology and cataloging infrastructure. Concrete service delivery includes cataloging and metadata subscription services via the WorldShare platform; interlibrary loan management through WorldShare ILL and the ILLiad platform; EZproxy authentication and remote access management; ContentDM digital collection management and preservation; WorldCat Discovery and FirstSearch discovery interfaces; and integrated library management systems for federal research libraries, medical libraries, and military education institutions. Work is performed primarily at OCLC's Dublin, Ohio headquarters and Cincinnati, Ohio operations, with subordinate performance at federal customer sites nationwide. Recent contract scope includes sole-source procurements for WorldShare Management System subscriptions (justified under FAR 6.302-1 and FAR 13.106-1(b) based on OCLC's exclusive operation of WorldCat, the industry-standard shared catalog serving over 72,000 libraries across 170 countries) and competitive awards for integrated library systems and EZproxy services.

Activity has remained stable, with 44 awards in 2022, declining to 37 in 2023, recovering to 39 in 2024, rising to 42 in 2025, and 25 awards recorded through September 2026 (a partial-year figure). Combined potential value across 790 awards totals $240 million, with $46.2 million obligated to date (19% of potential value), indicating a subscription-heavy delivery model where most contract dollars remain unexercised until service delivery. Thirty-nine awards (combined potential value $4.8 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure concentrated in educational, research, and medical library segments.

OCLC serves as prime contractor on 786 awards (99%) and sub-awardee on 4 grants, with recent sub-grant participation including the Missouri State Library's FirstSearch/WorldCat Discovery and WorldShare ILL offering and the Space Science Institute's "Building Resilient Communities" conference. Federal grant work is concentrated in the Institute of Museum and Library Services Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA 45.313), where OCLC received $599.6 thousand (award September 2026) to define public library workforce competencies and credentials in partnership with the Association of Rural and Small Libraries and state library agencies, and $642.7 thousand (award August 2024) to develop online continuing education for public library staff in partnership with the Idaho Commission for Libraries. OCLC operates through two named subsidiaries: Oclc Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (listed twice in the source's corporate structure block).

OCLC's award portfolio is distributed across 343 library and archives awards (primary NAICS), 77 internet publishing and web portal awards, and 73 computing infrastructure awards, with 222 awards coded to the Support-Administrative Library PSC and 95 to Newspapers and Periodicals. The absence of set-aside characteristics across all visible awards reflects OCLC's nonprofits status and full-and-open competitive posture; the vendor does not compete under 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or other set-aside categories.