Federal contractor · EAGLE BUTTE, SD

CRST TELEPHONE AUTHORITY

CRST TELEPHONE AUTHORITY received $30.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (+7.3% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $394.7K. Its largest customer was Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education ($30.9K). It also received $464.9K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$30.9K
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
FFTRMEMS6194
Other than small businessNative-owned
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $30.9K in FY2026 together.

  1. CRST TELEPHONE AUTHORITYEAGLE BUTTE, SD · Family page
    $30.9K
  2. CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE TELEPHONE AUTHORITYEAGLE BUTTE, SD
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 43.9KFY2017
  2. 40.3KFY2018
  3. 38.1KFY2019
  4. 44.2KFY2020
  5. 52.6KFY2021
  6. 43.2KFY2022
  7. 5.6KFY2023
  8. 67.2KFY2024
  9. 28.8KFY2025
  10. 30.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$30.9K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$30.9K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Dewey County, SD$30.9K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $30.9K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $30.9K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$30.9K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. TELEPHONE / FAX SERVICE$30.9K
    Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Dewey County, SD· IT & telecom· Sep 4, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026· 140A2326P0331

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.

CRST TELEPHONE AUTHORITY received $464.9K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 13 actions (1 new awards), −32% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost ($322.4K).

Assistance · FY2026
$464.9K
New awards
1
Actions
13
Since FY2021
$35.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 4MFY2021
  2. 23.3MFY2022
  3. 4.5MFY2023
  4. 2.1MFY2024
  5. 680.3KFY2025
  6. 464.9KFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$464.9K100%

Top programs

  1. 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost$322.4K69%
  2. 32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline$141K30%
  3. 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$1,4970.3%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Communications Commission$464.9K100%

Largest awards

  1. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$9M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Aug 31, 2026· HC-143002226-391647-CAFBLS
  2. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$2.3M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143002226-391647-CAFICC
  3. THE LIFELINE PROGRAM HELPS MAKE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS$630.4K
    32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· LI-143002226-391647
  4. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS.$140.7K
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· HC-143002226-391647-EACAM
  5. THE RURAL HEALTH CARE (RHC) PROGRAM SUPPORTS HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN BRINGING WORLD CLASS MEDICAL CARE TO RURAL AREAS THROUGH INCREASED…$1,497
    32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 15, 2026 – Jul 15, 2026· RHCHCF-RHC20260013692

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 · FY2021–FY2026.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. NORTHERN ARAPAHO TRIBAL INDUSTRIES$57K0% in FY2026
    RIVERTON, WY · 42% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education · Wired telecommunications carriers
  2. KANREN INC$158.8K−49% in FY2026
    LAWRENCE, KS · 42% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education · Wired telecommunications carriers
  3. SMITH BAGLEY INC$866.6K−27% in FY2026
    SHOW LOW, AZ · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education · Wired and wireless telecommunications carriersBureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education · Wired telecommunications carriers

Showing the top 3 of 16 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

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 · FY2024–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.