Relx Inc.

Relx Inc., operating through its LexisNexis division, sells online legal research platforms, investigative software, regulatory databases, and specialized legal publications to the federal government exclusively as a prime contractor, competing predominately in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside activity across its portfolio.

Relx Inc. is a global information and analytics company headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio, structured as a for-profit corporate entity with nine named subsidiaries including Lexisnexis Risk Solutions Inc., Matthew Bender & Company Inc., and Portfolio Media Inc. The company operates through its LexisNexis division to deliver concrete federal capabilities: online legal research platforms (LEXIS+, Law360, CourtLink), investigative software (Accurint for Government, Accurint for Law Enforcement), case management and litigation support tools (CaseMap, TimeMap, DocManager), continuing legal education licensing, specialized legal publications (Matthew Bender titles, immigration law handbooks), and regulatory databases. Recent representative work includes a $7.99 million electronic law library contract awarded April 2026 by the Federal Bureau of Prisons; a $7.5 million single-award IDIQ from the Office of General Counsel effective December 2025 for computer-assisted legal research services; a $7.8 million delivery order from the Department of Education for research and development support issued October 2024; and a $4.25 million delivery order awarded September 2025 by the Department of Defense for legal research software serving the Judge Advocate Generals Corps across all military services.

Customer concentration clusters around justice and financial agencies. The top five customer organizations by award count and potential value account for approximately 19 percent of recent awards and 18 percent of combined potential value. The Justice Management Division (a sub-component of the Department of Justice) leads with 397 awards valued at $349.7 million in combined potential value. The Internal Revenue Service follows with 176 awards valued at $292.9 million. The U.S. Attorney's Offices account for 104 awards valued at $4.2 million. The Securities and Exchange Commission (40 awards, $66.9 million) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (80 awards, $54.4 million) round out the secondary tier. The concentration of dollars in Justice Management Division and the IRS—both executing massive subscription renewals for legal research platforms across their workforce—contrasts with the U.S. Attorney's Offices, which place numerous small individual publication orders despite lower aggregate value, signaling transactional purchase patterns among DOJ components.

The vendor holds position on three major parent vehicles. The GSA Multiple Award Schedule carries 1,834 task orders valued at $636.3 million in combined potential value—the dominant vehicle for Relx delivery orders across civilian agencies. Three Indefinite Delivery Contracts, all awarded by the Library of Congress under the FEDLINK (Federal Library and Information Network) program, together account for 821 task orders and $453.7 million in combined potential value. The largest and most consequential is LC14C7121, a $690 million single-award IDIQ awarded October 1, 2023, extending through September 30, 2026, with 423 task orders generating over $161.8 million in combined potential value. This vehicle alone has produced cumulative delivery order obligations exceeding $29 million during 2024–2025, demonstrating sustained government-wide reliance on LexisNexis legal research subscriptions and investigative platforms across dozens of federal agencies. A second FEDLINK vehicle, LC09D7027, carries 196 task orders valued at $135.5 million. A third IDIQ (03310319D0028) carries 202 task orders valued at $156.4 million. A $5 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Naval Supply Systems Command (effective through March 31, 2029) provides secondary access to online legal research subscriptions across Navy and subordinate DoD components.

Activity has remained relatively stable over the past five years: 132 awards in 2022, 118 in 2023, 141 in 2024, 104 in 2025, and 31 recorded through October 1, 2026. The portfolio spans 4,284 total awards with a combined potential value of $4.42 billion and $1.17 billion in combined obligations (27 percent of potential value). Across the next twenty-four months, 116 awards valued at $115 million reach ultimate completion dates and face recompete risk, representing substantial incumbency exposure concentrated in renewal subscription orders and delivery orders under the FEDLINK vehicle and GSA MAS.

The Service Contract Inventory dataset shows minimal SCI-reportable federal services revenue: the source records zero invoiced dollars across FY2022–FY2024 for prime contracts, although FY2024 registered 10.7 FTEs across 32 prime records and 1 sub record. This near-zero SCI invoicing reflects the nature of Relx's federal portfolio—predominantly goods and subscription services (legal databases, software licenses, publications) that fall outside the $150,000-and-above service contract reporting threshold or are categorized as product deliverables rather than labor services. The vendor averaged zero percent sub-hours share across SCI-prime contracts, indicating that deliverables were furnished directly by Relx with no material subcontractor engagement on recorded service work.

Relx operates almost entirely as a prime contractor: 4,281 awards (100 percent of the portfolio) are primes, with only 3 sub-awards recorded. One named subcontract—a special operations forces planning support engagement under prime CACI NSS LLC awarded August 2025—reflects narrow teaming exposure. The vendor builds its own delivery infrastructure rather than depending on subcontractor capacity; LexisNexis subscriptions and investigative tools are proprietary to Relx, and federal agencies procure them directly from the parent vendor through established IDIQs and schedules.

The award portfolio concentrates in publishing and information services: Periodical Publishers (NAICS 51111) accounts for 1,975 awards; All Other Information Services (NAICS 51910) represents 943 awards; Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (NAICS 51913) adds 145 awards; Software Publishers (NAICS 51210) covers 153 awards. By PSC code, IT and Telecom Web-Based Subscription (D306) dominates with 668 awards; Newspapers and Periodicals (7110) follows with 619 awards; Books and Pamphlets (7100) accounts for 586 awards; Information Technology Software (D399) covers 549 awards. This classification architecture reflects the mixed character of Relx federal work—platform subscriptions, digital databases, printed reference materials, and investigative software utilities—all anchored to legal research and regulatory content provision. The top five performing agencies represent approximately 19 percent of award volume, indicating broad but concentrated federal customer footprint across justice, revenue, and financial regulatory missions.