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Ebsco Information Services, LLC
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Federal agencies obligated $79M to Ebsco Information Services, LLC, Birmingham, AL, in the listed fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $25M, of which $25M (100%) came through contracts.
That is about level on FY2025 ($26M).
Ebsco Information Services, LLC ranks 146 of 545 listed organisations located in AL by five-year obligations, and 6,728 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense and 3 other agencies: 10 awards worth $46M in total award value.
Its largest contract industry is NAICS 519290 (Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services), where it ranks 7 of 47 organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $9,252,808 | $4,497,199 | $4,755,609 | — |
| FY2024 | $18,927,423 | $11,448,881 | $7,478,542 | +105% |
| FY2025 | $25,718,353 | $22,755,245 | $2,963,108 | +36% |
| FY2026 | $24,612,621 | $24,612,621 | $0 | -4% |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in AL | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $79M | $27B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $25M | $6.7B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $63M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $15M | $27B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 6,728 of 30,989 | 1 of 545 in AL | 1 |
Largest in state: Alabama Medicaid Agency. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Health and Human Services | 2 | $21M | 44% |
| 2 | Department of Veterans Affairs | 3 | $15M | 33% |
| 3 | Department of Defense | 2 | $5.7M | 12% |
| 4 | Department of Commerce | 1 | $2.0M | 4% |
| 5 | Department of Homeland Security | 1 | $1.7M | 4% |
| 6 | Department of Agriculture | 1 | $1.1M | 2% |
Contract industries NAICS
Rank within NAICS 519290: 7 of 47 organisations by $1.0M+ award value; see Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services.
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Shelby County, AL $24M · Montgomery County, MD $10M · Essex County, MA $4.9M · Fairfax County, VA $3.3M · Bexar County, TX $2.4M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | ContractDelivery Order | 519210 Libraries and Archives | $10M | 17 Jun 2026 | MD | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | ContractDefinitive Contract | 513120 Periodical Publishers | $10M | 29 Sep 2025 | AL | USAspending |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | ContractPurchase Order | 519290 Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services | $6.3M | 12 Apr 2023 | AL | USAspending |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | ContractDefinitive Contract | 519290 Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services | $4.9M | 12 Jun 2026 | MA | USAspending |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | ContractDelivery Order | 519290 Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services | $4.2M | 27 Dec 2023 | AL | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDefense Health Agency | ContractDelivery Order | 519290 Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services | $3.3M | 7 Aug 2024 | VA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air Force | ContractDefinitive Contract | 519290 Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services | $2.4M | 30 Aug 2024 | TX | USAspending |
| Department of CommerceNational Institute of Standards and Technology | ContractDelivery Order | 513120 Periodical Publishers | $2.0M | 18 Dec 2025 | AL | USAspending |
| Department of Homeland SecurityOffice of Procurement Operations | ContractDelivery Order | 519290 Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services | $1.7M | 2 Jul 2024 | DC | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureAgricultural Research Service | ContractDelivery Order | 519290 Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services | $1.1M | 6 Aug 2024 | AL | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $10M, Department of Health and Human Services, 17 Jun 2026: TASK ORDER 1: SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES FOR THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
- $10M, Department of Health and Human Services, 29 Sep 2025: NICHD/NLM: SERVICE: SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES FOR NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (NLM): NON-SEVERABLE
- $6.3M, Department of Veterans Affairs, 12 Apr 2023: CINAHL SUBSCRIPTION
- $4.9M, Department of Veterans Affairs, 12 Jun 2026: CINAHL ULTIMATE, MEDLINE COMPLETE, PSYCHOLOGY & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES COLLECTION (PBSC) SUBSCRIPTIONS
- $4.2M, Department of Veterans Affairs, 27 Dec 2023: THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER (TO) IS TO OBTAIN EBSCO SUBSCRIPTION FOR ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDLINK CONTRACT LCFDL23D0067.
- $3.3M, Department of Defense, 7 Aug 2024: DENTAL AND ORAL SCIENCES SOURCE AND MEDLINE ULTIMATE SUBSCRIPTION
- $2.4M, Department of Defense, 30 Aug 2024: THE TEST PREPARATION DATABASE SHALL RESIDE ON A FULLY INTEGRATED PLATFORM THAT PROVIDES BOTH PRACTICE TESTS AND PREPARATION RESOURCES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO SUPPO
- $2.0M, Department of Commerce, 18 Dec 2025: OU13-25-NEW-031 SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Ebsco Information Services, LLC receive?
$79M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $9.3M; FY2024: $19M; FY2025: $26M; FY2026: $25M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Ebsco Information Services, LLC?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Health and Human Services ($21M), Department of Veterans Affairs ($15M), Department of Defense ($5.7M), Department of Commerce ($2.0M) and Department of Homeland Security ($1.7M).
What is the money for?
Contracts are classified under NAICS 519290 Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services, NAICS 513120 Periodical Publishers and NAICS 519210 Libraries and Archives.
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: AL ($24M), MD ($10M), MA ($4.9M) and VA ($3.3M).
Is Ebsco Information Services, LLC a large federal recipient?
It ranks 6,728 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 146 of 545 located in AL. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.