Orcid, Inc.

Orcid, Inc., a nonprofit organization headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, provides persistent digital identifier infrastructure and open research information services to federal agencies as a prime contractor operating exclusively in the full-and-open competitive space with no set-aside designations. The organization delivers ORCID API access, consortium memberships, premium memberships, and related research identification tools that enable federal agencies to uniquely identify researchers and manage research information across their operations.

Orcid's federal customer base concentrates heavily on research-intensive civilian agencies. The Department of Energy's Office of Science dominates both award count and dollar value, accounting for 12 awards and $780 thousand in combined potential value—52% of all federal awards in the source portfolio. The top five customer agencies (Department of Energy Office of Science, Department of Health and Human Services agencies including the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Food and Drug Administration, the Smithsonian Institution, and others) represent 69% of recent awards by count and 85% of combined potential value. The Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, the Department of the Interior US Geological Survey, and NASA also maintain active ORCID memberships, signaling broad adoption across federal R&D organizations.

Recent contract work reflects Orcid's core capability positioning. In April 2026, the Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a $133,055 firm fixed-price purchase order for ORCID API access (ultimate completion March 31, 2027). A month earlier, the same office renewed the ORCID API contract for $138,455, providing Consortium Memberships, Premium Memberships, and API credentials through March 31, 2026. Earlier, DOE Office of Science procured ORCID Consortium Membership renewals in March 2024 for $127,731 (completion March 31, 2025) and March 2023 for $113,351 (completion March 31, 2024). The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has placed five awards for ORCID Premium Memberships ranging from $21,220 to $21,855 across 2022–2024. The Smithsonian Institution and the National Institute of Standards and Technology round out the named customer set with annual membership and basic membership-with-API-credential awards in the $4,245–$25,630 range.

Activity trajectory shows episodic procurement patterns rather than growth momentum. Award velocity has declined from three awards in 2022 to one award each in 2024, 2025, and 2026, reflecting the annual or multi-year renewal cadence of membership contracts rather than new customer acquisition. Combined potential value across all 39 prime awards totals $1.5 million, with $952 thousand obligated to date (65% of potential). Two awards (combined potential value $159 thousand) face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, presenting limited recompete exposure relative to overall portfolio scale. Orcid operates entirely as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data. The vendor's NAICS and PSC coding emphasizes Professional Organizations (10 awards), All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (13 awards), and Education/Training—Membership Fees (12 awards), reflecting its nonprofit membership-and-subscription business model rather than traditional federal IT or professional-services contracting.