Federal contractor · PERHAM, MN

EAST OTTER TAIL TELEPHONE COMPANY

EAST OTTER TAIL TELEPHONE COMPANY received $7,125 in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−88% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $474.5K. Its largest customer was Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources ($33.4K). It also received $34.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$7,125
New awards
4
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 85KFY2017
  2. 88.2KFY2018
  3. 72.6KFY2019
  4. -18.6KFY2020
  5. 89.2KFY2021
  6. 3.2KFY2022
  7. 18.7KFY2023
  8. 67.4KFY2024
  9. 61.8KFY2025
  10. 7.1KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$33.4K100%
    2 awards
  2. Indian Health Service-$26.3K0.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$20.7K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Becker County, MN$7,125100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $7,125
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $7,125
  • 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. FIBER OPTIC TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE$182K
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Becker County, MN· IT & telecom· Mar 3, 2022 – Feb 23, 2026· 75H70522P00024
  2. NETWORK UPGRADE$167.3K
    Indian Health Service· Becker County, MN· IT & telecom· Dec 21, 2016 – Aug 26, 2026· HHSI239201700033P
  3. FIBER OPTIC TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE$47.9K
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Becker County, MN· IT & telecom· Mar 21, 2022 – Nov 19, 2025· 75H70522P00029
  4. REPAIR DAMAGED FIBER OPTIC CABLES$6,406
    Indian Health Service· Becker County, MN· Construction & real property· Aug 11, 2025 – Dec 15, 2025· 75H70525P00054

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.

EAST OTTER TAIL TELEPHONE COMPANY received $34.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 42 actions (1 new awards), +3,754% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost ($34.8M).

Assistance · FY2026
$34.9M
New awards
1
Actions
42
Since FY2021
$387.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 739.1KFY2021
  2. 801.6KFY2022
  3. 805.6KFY2023
  4. 349.4MFY2024
  5. 904.6KFY2025
  6. 34.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$34.9M100%

Top programs

  1. 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost$34.8M99.9%
  2. 32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline$30.3K0.1%
  3. 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$5,3710.0%
  4. 32.008 · Affordable Connectivity Program-$2,6140.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Communications Commission$34.9M100%

Largest awards

  1. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS.$34M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jan 31, 2026 – Jan 31, 2026· HC-143002091-361385-EACAM
  2. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$4.7M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143002091-361385-CAFICC
  3. THE LIFELINE PROGRAM HELPS MAKE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS$164.4K
    32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· LI-143002091-361385
  4. THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM IS AN FCC BENEFIT PROGRAM THAT HELPS ENSURE THAT HOUSEHOLDS CAN AFFORD THE BROADBAND THEY NEED FOR…$14K
    32.008 · Affordable Connectivity Program· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 24, 2024 – Jan 30, 2026· ACOACP143002091836002032024
  5. THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM IS AN FCC BENEFIT PROGRAM THAT HELPS ENSURE THAT HOUSEHOLDS CAN AFFORD THE BROADBAND THEY NEED FOR…$14K
    32.008 · Affordable Connectivity Program· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Feb 23, 2024 – Jan 30, 2026· ACOACP143002091836002012024
  6. THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM IS AN FCC BENEFIT PROGRAM THAT HELPS ENSURE THAT HOUSEHOLDS CAN AFFORD THE BROADBAND THEY NEED FOR…$13.6K
    32.008 · Affordable Connectivity Program· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jan 24, 2024 – Jan 30, 2026· ACOACP143002091836002122023

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 · $1.3M reported

  1. MINNESOTA$1.3M
    SAINT PAUL, MN · 2 subawards

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. UBTA-UBET COMMUNICATIONS INC$96.7K−110% in FY2026
    ROOSEVELT, UT · 55% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources · Wired and wireless telecommunications carriers
  2. HOPI TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC$435.2K+27% in FY2026
    FLAGSTAFF, AZ · 80% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources · Wired and wireless telecommunications carriers
  3. TRIANGLE TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, INC.$626.1K+9% in FY2026
    HAVRE, MT · 3 entities · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources · Wired and wireless telecommunications carriers

Showing the top 3 of 8 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.