United States Naval Institute
Annapolis, MD
- UEI
- KL39KP9LYUD5
- CAGE
- 0N740
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- Wood Rd, Naval Academy, MD 21402, USA
- Website
- usni.org
- Founded
- 1873
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- 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 | $150,830 |
| FY2025 | $203,067 |
| FY2024 | $298,996 |
| FY2023 | $207,888 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Navy | $150,830 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
United States Naval Institute, a nonprofit organization established in 1873 and headquartered at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, supplies naval educational textbooks, e-books, trade publications, and conference support services to the Department of the Navy as a sole-source prime contractor operating entirely on full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations. The organization competes 100% as a prime, with no subcontract footprint across its federal award portfolio.
USNI's customer base concentrates heavily within the Navy's training and personnel pipelines. The top five funding entities account for 81% of recent awards: the Naval Education and Training Command leads with 121 awards valued at $23.8 million combined potential value, followed by the Bureau of Naval Personnel with 37 awards valued at $80.8 million, and the Department of the Navy at large with 78 awards valued at $282 thousand. The rankings reveal a dollar-concentration pattern distinct from volume: Bureau of Naval Personnel drives the bulk of potential value ($80.8 million), while Naval Education and Training Command anchors the largest order count (121 awards). This reflects USNI's dual role as both a steady supplier of routine textbook delivery orders and a strategic provider of flagship publications like the annual Petty Officer Guide.
USNI operates primarily under a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC N0018908DZ043) valued at $6.9 million and effective through July 31, 2028, which carries 27 task orders worth $78.1 million in combined potential value—the dominant vehicle in its portfolio. The IDC, awarded by Naval Education and Training Command on August 1, 2023, serves as the Navy's primary procurement mechanism for textbooks, e-books, and trade publications supporting the Naval Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NJROTC) and Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) programs. Delivery orders under this vehicle range from $11,050 for reference materials to $254,980 for annual Petty Officer Guide content updates. Three additional IDCs (N0014002D0629, N0018918DZ039, and N0018913DZ019) carry 74 combined task orders worth $7.8 million. Beyond IDC work, USNI fills sole-source purchase orders for specialized conference support, symposium hosting, and venue rental services across Navy and interagency customers, including a $216,782 order from the Office of the Naval Inspector General for annual training symposium support (awarded June 23, 2025), a $43,187 purchase order from Army Southern Command for the Climate Resilience Initiative summit (awarded August 21, 2024), and a $22,465 order from U.S. Cyber Command for an annual three-day conference (awarded May 6, 2025).
Award activity has declined modestly in recent years—from four awards in 2022 to nine in 2024, then five in 2025 and three through mid-2026—suggesting either a maturing contract portfolio with fewer new task orders or a shift toward larger-value orders per transaction. The recompete cliff presents minimal near-term risk: only three awards valued at $522 thousand reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. USNI's capability footprint, reflected in the distribution of NAICS codes, emphasizes book publishing (137 awards), book and periodical wholesaling (37 awards), and printing (10 awards), with secondary exposure to periodicals and professional support services. The organization's federal work concentrates on Books and Pamphlets procurement (242 awards), with ancillary conference-space leasing (6 awards) and technical support services rounding out the portfolio. All awards carry firm fixed-price terms and full-and-open competitive designations, with no set-asides, indicating USNI's selection as the unique source for specialized naval educational content and services where patent, copyright, and established system integration create barriers to substitution.
Quick answers
Is United States Naval Institute registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. United States Naval Institute's SAM.gov registration is active through September 9, 2027.
How much has United States Naval Institute received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $203,067 to United States Naval Institute in fiscal year 2025 and $860,781 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does United States Naval Institute rank among federal contractors?
United States Naval Institute ranked #15 in PSC R498, #16 in NAICS 323117 and #25 in NAICS 56159 in FY2025.
What is United States Naval Institute's most recent federal award?
United States Naval Institute's most recent federal contract award is Usni online library subscription (N0018926PW148), from Naval Supply Systems Command (Navy), on July 13, 2026.
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