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Naval Research Laboratory · NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation N0017326QKN04 in this department, oldest first.
- Mar 17, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
The U.S Department of Navy, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Contracting Division intends to enter into a sole source contract with Elsevier Inc. in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 for the award of Elvevier�s Knovel Platform Subscription. This is the renewal of annual subscription to which Elsevier holds the copyright to the information. These are intellectual property rights which can only be provided by Elsevier. Please see the attached specifications for additional details. This is a special notice prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 5.2, Synopses of Proposed… (show all)
Contract Actions. A solicitation will not be posted; however, any firm that believes it can meet this requirement may give written notification to the Contracting Officer within 15 days of publication of this announcement. Any submitted capability statement, proposal, quotation, or supporting evidence must be in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the requirement. Responses received shall be considered by the agency; however, a determination by the Government to compete the proposed procurement based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY), same product/service code (PSC) 7630 and NAICS 513120.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $396K to $1.2M, median $639K; range $379K to $3.5M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPRINGER NATURE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER LLC | 1 | $3.5M | Feb 17, 2026 |
| IOP PUBLISHING LIMITED | 1 | $1.2M | Feb 9, 2026 |
| ELSEVIER INC. | 1 | $639K | May 6, 2026 |
| EX LIBRIS USA INC · $CLVT · $2.6B | 1 | $396K | Apr 20, 2026 |
| ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY, INC. | 1 | $379K | Feb 28, 2025 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $CLVT reported $2.6B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 5 past awards, $639K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- May 6, 2026ELSEVIER INC.$639KKnovel Online Subscription
- Apr 20, 2026EX LIBRIS USA INC$396KIntegrated Library System (ILS)
- Feb 17, 2026SPRINGER NATURE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER LLC$3.5MSPRINGER NATURE DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION
- Feb 9, 2026IOP PUBLISHING LIMITED$1.2MIOP DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION
- Feb 28, 2025ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY, INC.$379KACM DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION
Competitive landscape
For the 5 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 1 insider buys and 1 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.