American Chemical Society (ACS) Journal
Army Corps of Engineers · W2R2 USA ENGR R & D CTR
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation W912HZ27QA003 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 16, 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 US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), intends to issue an award to ACS Publications, 1155 Sixteenth St NW, Washington, DC 20036, on a sole source basis utilizing Simplified Acquisition as outlined in FAR Part 12. The requirement is for one physical site licenses for the following journals: American Chemical Society (ACS) Digital Library. The license is propriety to ACS; ACS Publications is the exclusive owner of the content and information available through ACS Web Editions and the ACS Legacy Archives. The ACS electronic titles are as follows: ACS ALL… (show all)
PUBLICATIONS PACKAGE The NAICS code for this requirement is 513120 with a size standard of 1000 employees. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes or proposals. A solicitation will not be issued; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. The information submitted must be provided in sufficient detail to demonstrate the vendors ability to fulfill this requirement. The contractor must also provide a description of their past experience in fulfilling requirements which are the same or similar to this requirement and references for each. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Interested parties may submit any information for consideration by the Government to Markia.D.Anderson@usace.army.mil. The notice number shall be included in the subject line of e-mail submissions. Responses should be received by date specified above.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Army Corps of Engineers), same product/service code (PSC) 7630.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $73K to $316K, median $122K; range $20K to $805K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRENAX INC | 1 | $805K | Apr 23, 2026 |
| PROQUEST LLC · $CLVT · $2.4B | 1 | $153K | Sep 23, 2025 |
| AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE INCORPORATED | 1 | $91K | Sep 19, 2025 |
| CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING (CSP) Ottawa ON K1P 5H2 CAN | 1 | $20K | Sep 24, 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 $2.4B revenue (12 months to Mar 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 4 past awards, $122K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Apr 23, 2026PRENAX INC$805KJohn Wiley and Sons Inc. Journal SubscriptionNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 24, 2025CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING (CSP) Ottawa ON K1P 5H2 CAN$20KCanadian Science Publishing JournalsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 23, 2025PROQUEST LLC$153KProQuest Congressional Series Set CollectionsMateriality: <0.01% of $CLVT revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 19, 2025AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE INCORPORATED$91KAmerican National Standards Institute (ANSI) CollectionsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
Competitive landscape
For the 4 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 Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard 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.