Uchicago Argonne, LLC
Chicago, IL Doing business as Argonne National Laboratory
- UEI
- JA8EP8EKX8Y9
- CAGE
- 4E6E0
- Primary NAICS
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
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Company facts
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- Uchicago Argonne, LLC XHBEZEDPBKJ5
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 5801 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Website
- anl.gov
- Founded
- 1946
- Employees
- 1K-5K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1B-$10B
- Industry
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- Health Care
- Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
- Life Sciences Tools & Services
- SIC code
- 87 Engineering & Management Services
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Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $81,138,888 |
| FY2026 | $1,200,547,027 |
| FY2025 | $1,158,612,573 |
| FY2024 | $1,165,048,528 |
| FY2023 | $1,130,253,740 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Energy | $1,160,871,423 | |
| 2 | Air Force | $66,702,160 | |
| 3 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | $14,662,250 | |
| 4 | Department of Transportation | $10,991,985 | |
| 5 | Department of State | $7,877,205 | |
| 6 | Department of Health and Human Services | $7,780,040 | |
| 7 | Department of Homeland Security | $6,524,879 | |
| 8 | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | $5,803,594 | |
| 9 | Department of the Navy | $472,380 |
Contract awards
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Institute Of Technology | 80GSFC18C0011 | $257,760 | |
| Leidos, Inc. | 693JJ324F00355N | $83,000 | |
| Ut-Battelle LLC | DEAC0500OR22725 | $100,000 | |
| Triad National Security, LLC | 89233218CNA000001 | $200,000 | |
| Ut-Battelle LLC | DEAC0500OR22725 | $120,000 |
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Grant awards
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Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altex Technologies Corporation | 20253361045181 | $45,000 | |
| California Institute Of Technology | 80NSSC24M0021 | $99,403 | |
| Iowa State University Of Science And Technology | DECR0000049 | $278,261 | |
| Washington State University | DENA0004229 | $589,465 | |
| The Ohio State University | 2435363 | $105,000 |
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About the company
Uchicago Argonne, LLC, operating as Argonne National Laboratory, is a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) managed by the University of Chicago and located in Lemont, Illinois. The entity acts as a prime recipient on federal grants and as a subcontractor on federal research contracts, with most recent activity concentrated in basic and applied research funded by the Department of Energy. The organization is structured as a non-profit limited liability company and does not compete for federal contracts under small-business set-asides.
Argonne's federal footprint centers on research and development across materials science, energy storage, advanced photon science, and clean energy technology. As a prime grant recipient, Argonne has received two awards within the past month from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431): $400,000 for advanced composition and structure dual-gradient cathodes for high-energy-density batteries (completion August 2028) and $408,851 for research probing competing water fluxes in bipolar membranes (completion August 2028). Other representative prime grant work includes a May 2023 award from the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director for high-speed detector development for X-ray micro-crystallography at the Advanced Photon Source (completion November 2024), and an October 2022 grant from the Economic Development Administration for the National Economic Research and Resilience Center project—a web-based information clearinghouse for economic development planning and evaluation (completion December 2025).
Customer concentration is dominated by Department of Energy funding across three offices. The Department of Energy Office of Science alone accounts for $18.21 billion in combined potential value across eight awards and represents 100% of the combined potential value in the source dataset. The Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy holds nine awards, the National Nuclear Security Administration four awards, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration places three awards with NASA's Shared Services Center and one with Glenn Research Center. These top five customer agencies account for 50% of recent award count (26 awards total to 26 distinct agencies). The dollar concentration signal is singular: the Office of Science's $18.21 billion dominates the entire portfolio.
As a subcontractor, Argonne partners with other national laboratories and research-intensive primes. Recent sub-contract work includes the SPHEREx all-sky near-infrared spectral survey satellite mission under California Institute of Technology (January 2026), vulnerable road user standards testing under Leidos (November 2025), management and operation of Oak Ridge National Laboratory under UT-Battelle LLC (August 2025 and prior), Los Alamos National Laboratory operations support under Triad National Security, LLC (May 2025), and Y-12 National Security Complex operations under Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (February 2024). Argonne also receives federal grant sub-awards as a researcher or research support partner; recent examples include the PRIME (Purification and Regeneration Integrated Materials Engineering) cathode direct-recycling process under University of California, San Diego (July 2024, $1 million), the Roman Galaxy Redshift Survey under California Institute of Technology (December 2024 and February 2025), and the Multiday Iron Air Demonstration project under Xcel Energy Services Inc. (November 2024) as part of DOE's Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations.
Activity has grown in recent years—five awards in 2022 and 2023 each, thirteen in 2024, nine in 2025, and four so far in 2026. Two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, exposing limited recompete opportunity in the near term. Service Contract Inventory reporting shows minimal SCI footprint: four sub-only records spanning FY2024 and FY2025 with roughly 6.1 FTEs in FY2024 and 5.2 FTEs in FY2025. This modest SCI presence reflects Argonne's structure as a research center funded primarily through grants and FFRDC operations contracts rather than through federal service contracts above the SCI reporting threshold. The organization does not appear as a prime contractor in the SCI dataset. Argonne's work is performed at its Lemont, Illinois facility and subordinate beamlines, user facilities, and research centers operated under its management contract with the Department of Energy.
Quick answers
Is Uchicago Argonne, LLC registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Uchicago Argonne, LLC's SAM.gov registration is active through November 22, 2026.
How much has Uchicago Argonne, LLC received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $1,158,612,573 to Uchicago Argonne, LLC in fiscal year 2025 and $4,735,600,757 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Uchicago Argonne, LLC rank among federal contractors?
Uchicago Argonne, LLC ranked #4 at the Department of Defense United States Transportation Command, #11 in PSC M and #12 at the Department of Energy in FY2025.
What is Uchicago Argonne, LLC's most recent federal award?
Uchicago Argonne, LLC's most recent federal grant award is Advanced composition/structure dual-gradient cathodes for high energy density and harsh-operation battery technology (W911NF261A312), from ACC Aberdeen Proving Ground, on September 1, 2026.
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