Federal contractor · PITTSBURGH, PA

DQE COMMUNICATIONS LLC

No contract obligations recorded for DQE COMMUNICATIONS LLC in FY2026. Since FY2017: $787.3K. It also received $2.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Sole-source
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Single offer
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UEI
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Parent company
CASTOR HOLDINGS, LLC
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 180KFY2017
  2. 130.4KFY2018
  3. 130.4KFY2019
  4. 90KFY2020
  5. 90KFY2021
  6. 82.5KFY2022
  7. 90KFY2023
  8. -6KFY2024

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

No contract obligations recorded for DQE COMMUNICATIONS LLC in FY2026.

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

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.

DQE COMMUNICATIONS LLC received $2.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 130 actions (109 new awards), −44% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries ($2.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$2.9M
New awards
109
Actions
130
Since FY2021
$16.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. -99.2KFY2021
  2. 2.7MFY2022
  3. 2.4MFY2023
  4. 3.7MFY2024
  5. 5.1MFY2025
  6. 2.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$2.9M100%

Top programs

  1. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$2.1M73%
  2. 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$774.4K27%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Communications Commission$2.9M100%

Largest awards

  1. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$574.5K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 31, 2026 – May 31, 2026· SL-2699013908
  2. THE RURAL HEALTH CARE (RHC) PROGRAM SUPPORTS HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN BRINGING WORLD CLASS MEDICAL CARE TO RURAL AREAS THROUGH INCREASED…$197.1K
    32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 31, 2025· RHCHCF-RHC20250013432
  3. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$179.9K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 15, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025· SL-2499020705
  4. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$168.5K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 30, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026· SL-2699057899
  5. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$121.1K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 15, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025· SL-2499037190
  6. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$120.1K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 31, 2025· SL-2599042855

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $52.8K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$52.8K100%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $75.7K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $52.8K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

1 company · $128.5K reported

  1. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$128.5K
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.