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76--PROJECT BLUE 2026

OFC OF ACQUSITION GRANTS-NATIONAL

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Historical record

Aug 24, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC

This notice is no longer open.

Posted
Aug 14, 2026
Archive date
Sep 24, 2026
SAM status
Active
This is a preserved solicitation record. The response window is closed because the published deadline passed.

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • OFC OF ACQUSITION GRANTS-NATIONAL published this special notice.
  • The notice uses NAICS 513120 (Periodical Publishers).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
788f6c5f1f064f64a1e41a5f60f9debd
Solicitation
140G0126Q0245
Base type
Special Notice
Version
2 of 2

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Special Notice
Solicitation number
140G0126Q0245
NAICS
513120 — Periodical Publishers
PSC
7630 — NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS
Set-aside
—
Set-aside code
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Posted
Aug 14, 2026
Responses due
Aug 24, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Sep 24, 2026
Archive type
autocustom
Base type
Special Notice
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
—
Category confidence
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Category source
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Last seen
Sep 5, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE
Department code
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Subagency
US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Subagency code
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Office
OFC OF ACQUSITION GRANTS-NATIONAL
Organization path
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Organization path codes
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Office address
RESTON, VA, 20192, USA
Place of performance
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City code
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State
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State code
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Postal code
—
Country
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Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

Intend to Award Notice - PROJECT BLUE 2026 The US Geological Survey (USGS) has a requirement for a one-year subscription to The Project Blue Group Limited to purchase 26 reports. Project Blue services are required by the Mineral Commodity Specialists within the Mineral Commodities Section of the National Minerals Information Center to provide center-wide access to comprehensive information on 22 critical mineral commodities. The services provide periodic reports, market intelligence, and data covering a broad range of mineral commodities, with information regularly updated throughout the year to support research, analysis, and mission requirements. The total anticipated period of performance will be 09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027. The USGS is aware of no other source that can provide the above. Therefore, it intends to make an award to The Project Blue Group Limited unless it is contacted by any vendor who believes they have similar product that can meet the needs of this requirement. Vendors are invited to contact the Contract Specialist, Patrick Anderson via email at patrick_anderson@usgs.gov no later than 09:00 AM Eastern, Monday, August 24, 2026, with an affirmative answer.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

Low end (p25)$23,466
Median$75,002
High end (p75)$122,099
Comparable awards
50
Median
$75,002
Computed
Aug 17, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
FOREIGN POLICYTHE SLATE GROUP LLC$122,217.00Jul 29, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OPTION YEAR 2.ELSEVIER INC.$4,834,834.99Apr 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SUBSCRIPTION FOR ELECTRONIC ACCESS FOR ALL USDA USERS TO THE NEWSBANK ACCESS WORLD NEWS RENEWSBANK INC$36,900.00Jul 28, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FPAC FSA FARM LOAN PROGRAMS FARM EQUIPMENT VALUATION RESOURCE SUBSCRIPTIONS OF FARM EQUIPMCATALYST COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, LLC$147,216.00Jul 8, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
RENEW ELECTRONIC ACCESS FOR ALL USDA USERS TO SPECIFIED CONTENT OF FOUR PUBLICATIONS (SCIEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE$54,733.70Jul 29, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ELSEVIER SCOPUS AND SCIENCEDIRECT SUBSCRIPTION SERVICESELSEVIER INC.$3,409,670.55Jun 28, 202352Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
NATIONAL MINERALS INFORMATION CENTER (NMIC) REQUIRES CENTER-WIDE ACCESS SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR CRU INTERNATIONAL LTD.$114,862.33Mar 17, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR BLM LIBRARYVESEQU LLC$111,340.93Jul 15, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
LEGAL PUBLICATIONSCCH INCORPORATED$24,278.00Mar 5, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
LEGAL PUBLICATIONSRELX INC.$18,018.00Apr 9, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
IBISWORLD REPORTSIBISWORLD, INC.$17,200.00May 13, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
VITALLAW LITIGATION INTEGRATED LIBRARY, LOGINSCCH INCORPORATED$240,318.57Jun 25, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ACCESS WORLD NEWS AND HERITAGE HUBNEWSBANK INC$51,229.00Jul 16, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDER IS TO ACQUIRE 2026 TAX ANALYSTS ELECTRONIC ACCESS FOR INTERNAL RTAX ANALYSTS$313,855.00Mar 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
S&P GLOBAL CAPITAL IQ PRO SUBSCRIPTION - INCORPORATE 52.222-90 CLAUSES&P GLOBAL MARKET INTELLIGENCE LLC$595,000.00May 28, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
WILEY CORE COLLECTION SUBSCRIPTION: JOURNALS - INCORPORATE DEI CLAUSE AND UPDATE THE CONTRCOX SUBSCRIPTIONS, INC.$173,737.23Jul 9, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SOLUTION FOR THE ATTORNEYS AT FEDERAL MINE SAFETY & HEALTCERIFI LLC$42,527.46Apr 16, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
INCLUDES 1 BASE AND 4 OPTION YEARSCQ-ROLL CALL, INC$89,522.00May 29, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
AGENCY-WIDE LOGIN ACCESS TO VARIOUS SELECT ONLINE RESOURCES VIA VITALLAW SEARCH PLATFORM.CCH INCORPORATED$119,046.22Jun 5, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
WEB-BASED LEGAL RESEARCH SUBSCRIPTION SERVICESWEST PUBLISHING CORPORATION$15,759.24Apr 28, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

Amendment history

A version is preserved whenever the normalized notice contents change.

VersionNotice typeObservedResponses dueContent hash
1Special NoticeAug 16, 2026Aug 24, 2026, 1:00 PM UTCf23775cf582077e3
2Special NoticeAug 28, 2026Aug 24, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC1febad8095fb4fbe

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Sep 5, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 50 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Aug 17, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.

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