Royal Society Of Chemistry (The)
Doing business as RSC Speciality Chemicals
- UEI
- RUMCZXDA4BF9
- CAGE
- KCQ37
- Primary NAICS
- 513120 Periodical Publishers
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- International Organization
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 0BG, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
- Website
- rsc.org
- Founded
- 1841
- Employees
- 1K-5K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $250M-$500M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Commercial & Professional Services
- Professional Services
- SIC code
- 86 Membership Organizations
- 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 | $0 |
| FY2026 | $521,424 |
| FY2025 | $269,253 |
| FY2024 | $527,702 |
| FY2023 | $410,012 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Navy | $203,212 | |
| 2 | Air Force | $161,547 | |
| 3 | Department of Agriculture | $129,000 | |
| 4 | Department of Energy | $27,665 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant awards
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About the company
Royal Society of Chemistry, doing business as RSC Speciality Chemicals, operates as an international non-profit scientific publisher based in London that supplies electronic journal subscriptions and research materials to federal agencies as a prime contractor. The organization competes on full-and-open procurements without set-aside designations across its federal footprint.
RSC's federal capability centers on providing perpetual or term-licensed access to curated chemistry and materials-science journal collections, e-books, and related reference materials supporting government research missions. Representative recent awards include a $691,760 purchase order from the Department of Agriculture (awarded September 2026) for renewable access to the RSC Gold Journal Collection (41 journals covering analytical chemistry, materials science, environmental science, and catalysis) and Merck Index Online through 2031 for USDA personnel, contractors, and authorized public users worldwide; a $484,146 purchase order from Air Force Research Laboratory (January 2025) for library and research resource services through December 2027; and a $409,064 purchase order from the Office of Naval Research (January 2023) for RSC Online Subscription and chemistry e-books through December 2026. All awards are firm-fixed-price purchase orders with no set-aside designation.
Customer concentration spans research and defense agencies. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 67% of recent awards, led by the Department of Energy Office of Science (10 awards, $350 thousand combined potential value) and the Department of the Navy Office of Naval Research (8 awards, $811 thousand combined potential value), followed by the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (7 awards, $1.8 million), the Air Force Research Laboratory (6 awards, $2.2 million), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (4 awards, $16 thousand). By dollar value, Air Force Research Laboratory anchors 39% of combined potential value, with USDA second at 32%, creating a concentration centered on defense and agricultural research missions. RSC operates across 13 distinct customer agencies but generates the majority of its federal revenue from four organizations.
Activity remains modest and uneven—ranging between one and three awards annually from 2021 to 2026—with total federal contract awards reaching 52 since initial registration in 2007. Combined potential value stands at $5.6 million across all awards, with $4.3 million obligated (77% of potential). Five awards totaling $1.1 million combined potential value reach completion within the next twenty-four months, creating near-term recompete exposure concentrated in USDA and Air Force renewals. RSC operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the federal award record.
Quick answers
Is Royal Society Of Chemistry (The) registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Royal Society Of Chemistry (The)'s SAM.gov registration is active through March 30, 2027.
What is Royal Society Of Chemistry (The)'s CAGE code?
Royal Society Of Chemistry (The)'s CAGE code is KCQ37, and its Unique Entity ID (UEI) is RUMCZXDA4BF9.
How much has Royal Society Of Chemistry (The) received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $269,253 to Royal Society Of Chemistry (The) in fiscal year 2025 and $1,728,391 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Royal Society Of Chemistry (The) rank among federal contractors?
Royal Society Of Chemistry (The) ranked #43 in NAICS 51312, #49 in PSC 7630 and #77 in NAICS 5131 in FY2025.
What is Royal Society Of Chemistry (The)'s most recent federal award?
Royal Society Of Chemistry (The)'s most recent federal contract award is Renew access for all USDA users to the RSC gold journal collection and the merck index online published by the royal… (1232SA26P0724), from Central Program Planning Coordination and Support (ARS), on September 24, 2026.
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