Federal contractor · ELK GROVE, CA

CITIZENS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA INC.

CITIZENS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA INC. received $1,382 in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (−0.5% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $188.8K. Its largest customer was Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons ($1,382). It also received $4.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$1,382
New awards
2
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 20.5KFY2017
  2. 20.6KFY2018
  3. 74.3KFY2019
  4. 43.5KFY2020
  5. 32.1KFY2021
  6. -5.6KFY2022
  7. 562.3FY2023
  8. 0FY2024
  9. 1.4KFY2025
  10. 1.4KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$1,382100%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$1,382100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Sacramento County, CA$1,382100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $1,382
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $1,382
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. P1TS FRONTIER PAY PHONE FY2025 SERVICE$1,387
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Sacramento County, CA· Professional services· Sep 10, 2024 – Oct 16, 2025· 15B61924P00000113
  2. P1TS FRONTIER PAY PHONE FY2026 SERVICE$1,384
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Sacramento County, CA· Professional services· Sep 12, 2025 – Mar 19, 2026· 15B61925P00000092

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

CITIZENS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA INC. received $4.5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 284 actions (228 new awards). Its largest program was 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries ($4.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$4.5M
New awards
228
Actions
284
Since FY2023
$6.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 474.4KFY2023
  2. 1.5MFY2024
  3. 4.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$4.5M100%

Top programs

  1. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$4.4M99%
  2. 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$252.4K5.7%
  3. 32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline$142.7K3.2%
  4. 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost-$336.7K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Communications Commission$4.5M100%

Largest awards

  1. THE LIFELINE PROGRAM HELPS MAKE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS$525.7K
    32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 1, 2020 – Aug 31, 2026· LI-143002646-542308
  2. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$156K
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 31, 2022 – Jul 31, 2026· HC-143002646-210328-RDOF
  3. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$130.5K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· SL-2599038048
  4. THE LIFELINE PROGRAM HELPS MAKE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS$116K
    32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 1, 2020 – Aug 31, 2026· LI-143002646-542315
  5. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$110.9K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· SL-2599031410
  6. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$103.6K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· SL-2599025185

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2023–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.