Ancestry Library Edition for DoD Libraries
Air Force and Space Force · FA8052 773 ESS
Materiality: 0.04% of $CLVT revenue (Low) SEC
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA805225Q0007 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 25, 2025 · this noticeAward NoticePROQUEST LLC · $880K
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Note the winner and the end of the period of performance for the recompete.
- Follow the agency to see the next notice for this work.
What the notice says
This contract was awarded on a Sle-Source basis. See attached J&A for further details. Ancestry Library Edition for DoD Libraries is innovative information content and technologies increase the productivity of students, scholars, professionals and the libraries that serve them. Ancestry is a highly respected genealogical resource that is exclusively distributed to libraries by ProQuest. Ancestry Library Edition is the largest online family history resource available. The collection is the largest, most-popular, and best-known genealogical website. Product characteristics an equal item must mee… (show all)
t to be considered: - Shall work with the contract POC to establish authentication methods to provide optimal accessibility for all eligible patrons. - Shall be able to interface with all 4 service branch libraries and Military OneSource websites using industry standard authentication methods to ensure only eligible patrons can access resources from any internet connected computer browsers and mobile devices. - Shall provide genealogical tools such as charts, summaries, calendars, black research forms and message boards with in-depth tutorials, videos, how to wiki and online research support. - Shall add new content and/or updates on an ongoing basis, 80% of content must be owned and not from third party vendors. - Shall include Special U.S. Census Records Collection, with indexed images, 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940, Selected Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880,U.S. Special Census on Deaf Family Marriages and Hearing Relatives, 1888-1895,U.S. City Directories Collection (1821-1989) with indexed images, 1.5M records, U.S. Probate and Wills Collection (mid-1800s-2008) with indexed images, 232Mrecords, Africa, Asia & Europe Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons (1946-1971),with indexed images, 1.7M million records, Europe, Registration of Foreigners& German Individuals Persecuted (1930-1947) with indexed images, 10M records, U.S. Navy Muster Rolls (1940-1963) with indexed images, 2.4M records, U.S. Federal Census: 1880 Schedules of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes - Shall provide searchable obituaries for millions of pages of historical newspapers with the name index and important metadata - Shall have several billion records, several million family trees, a robust US Census & immigration resource, every-name indexes for 1790-1940, military records, holocaust related records, international records for the 60+ countries (including U.K., Canada & other areas). - Website certificates should be RSA2048-bits (SHA256withRSA) - Must have HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with long duration deployed on the servers to mitigate/prevent man-in-the-middle attacks - Must be able to supply or allow retrieval of database usage statistics by Branch of Service (Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Military OneSource/Other, and Navy) - Security between the Website and server must be Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 This notice is not a request for competitive quotations. See attached J&A for more information.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 519210.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $1.8M to $3.7M, median $3.0M; range $659K to $4.3M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC | 1 | $4.3M | Jan 3, 2025 |
| SPRINGER NATURE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER LLC | 1 | $3.0M | Jan 3, 2025 |
| THE SLATE GROUP LLC | 1 | $659K | Sep 23, 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.
- Sep 23, 2025THE SLATE GROUP LLC$659KDoD Foreign Policy Journal SubscriptionNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 3, 2025SPRINGER NATURE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER LLC$3.0MAward Notice- Springer NatureNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 3, 2025INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC$4.3MAward Notice- IEEENo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 3 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 Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of 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.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 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.