William S. Hein & Co., Inc.

William S. Hein & Co., Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation legal publisher based in Getzville, New York, supplies HeinOnline — a comprehensive digital legal research platform containing over 2,600 law-related periodicals, legal journals, historical documents, legislative histories, and regulatory content — as a prime contractor to civilian federal agencies on an unrestricted, full-and-open basis with no set-aside designation across its entire recent footprint. The company operates its Metro Self Storage division as a named operating unit and competes 100% as a prime contractor (394 awards in the recent portfolio with zero subcontract activity).

Hein's customer base spans 69 distinct federal agencies. The top five by combined potential value account for 14% of the vendor's recent award portfolio: the Justice Management Division leads with 35 awards totaling $849 thousand; the Executive Office of the President Office of Administration follows with six awards worth $610 thousand; the Internal Revenue Service holds 18 awards valued at $536 thousand; the Federal Communications Commission carries seven awards at $525 thousand; and the Department of Agriculture Office of the General Counsel claims eight awards at $518 thousand. Awards cluster heavily in legal publishing and information services — 160 awards fall under Internet Publishing and Broadcasting (NAICS 5191), 44 under Book Publishers (NAICS 5121), and 39 under All Other Information Services (NAICS 5191). Across the prime contract vehicle portfolio, the Justice Management Division and Treasury's IRS anchor subscription renewals, while Naval Education and Training Command, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the International Trade Commission each sustain multi-year HeinOnline subscriptions.

Hein holds a $5 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract through the Library of Congress FEDLINK program (awarded September 13, 2023, with ultimate completion September 30, 2026) serving as the primary vehicle for federal legal research procurement. Three additional Indefinite Delivery Contracts generate task order activity: IDC 03310319D0055 carries 20 task orders totaling $1.2 million in combined potential value; IDC LCFDL16C0010 holds 15 task orders worth $331 thousand; and IDC 03310323D0065 anchors 10 task orders valued at $851 thousand. Representative recent prime awards include a $325,695 HeinOnline legal research databases subscription renewal from the Social Security Administration (October 1, 2024, exercising Option Year One); a $248,700 HeinOnline Law Library subscription from the Department of Agriculture Office of the General Counsel (October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2028); a $227,170 HeinOnline subscription from the Office of Administration (September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2029); a $180,383.50 legal database subscription renewal from Customs and Border Protection exercising Option Year Four (January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026); and a $159,640 definitive contract from the Federal Trade Commission for HeinOnline subscription services (July 10, 2025 through July 9, 2030). The Justice Management Division has issued multiple delivery orders for HeinOnline Core Plus Collections, Spinelli's Law Library Reference Shelf, and legal publications supporting 28 U.S.C. Section 516, ranging from $14,899 to $53,785 per order.

Activity averaged 10.2 awards per year over the last five years (2022–2026), trending downward from 18 awards in 2023 to six awards year-to-date through July 2026. Within the next twenty-four months, 24 awards with combined potential value of $2.3 million reach ultimate completion and face recompete. All awards carry firm fixed-price pricing and require no set-aside compliance. Place of performance concentrates in Getzville, New York (Hein's headquarters) and Washington, DC (serving federal agencies and their FEDLINK orders). Hein competes across both civilian and defense agencies — the Coast Guard, Naval Education and Training Command, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, and Army Corps of Engineers Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity round out the defense customer set — but generates no meaningful defense concentration; 69% of recent awards by count flow from civilian civilian-sector agencies.