Federal contractor · KINGSTREE, SC

FARMERS TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC.

FARMERS TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC. received $31.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (+13% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $390.8K. Its largest customer was Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons ($31.9K). It also received $61.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$31.9K
New awards
2
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
100%
UEI
NHJEBNLBKXD7
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 33.1KFY2017
  2. 33KFY2018
  3. 80KFY2019
  4. 37.2KFY2020
  5. 27.8KFY2021
  6. 37.2KFY2022
  7. 54.6KFY2023
  8. 27.7KFY2024
  9. 28.1KFY2025
  10. 31.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$31.9K100%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$31.9K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Williamsburg County, SC$31.9K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $31.9K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions100%
    US 8.7% · $31.9K
  • 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. PHONE SERVICES FOR THE 1ST QUARTER OF FY-26$32K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Williamsburg County, SC· Professional services· Feb 10, 2026 – Apr 17, 2026· 15B31626P00000007
  2. PHONE SERVICES FOR FY 25 ESTIMATED AT $3100.00 PER MONTH$28.3K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Williamsburg County, SC· Professional services· Oct 22, 2024 – Feb 10, 2026· 15B31625P00000013

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.

FARMERS TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC. received $61.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 35 actions (4 new awards). Its largest program was 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost ($61.8M).

Assistance · FY2026
$61.9M
New awards
4
Actions
35
Since FY2021
$151.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 17MFY2021
  2. 18.6MFY2022
  3. 23.9MFY2023
  4. 29.6MFY2024
  5. 61.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$61.9M100%

Top programs

  1. 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost$61.8M99.9%
  2. 32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline$52.9K0.1%
  3. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$34.1K0.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Communications Commission$61.9M100%

Largest awards

  1. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$121.1M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143006909-240520-CAFBLS
  2. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$21.4M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143006909-240520-HCL
  3. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$21.3M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143006909-240520-CAFICC
  4. THE LIFELINE PROGRAM HELPS MAKE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS$212.4K
    32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 1, 2020 – Aug 31, 2026· LI-143006909-240520
  5. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$30.2K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· SL-2699051940
  6. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$2,699
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jun 15, 2026 – Jun 15, 2026· SL-2699054387

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. AT&T CORP.$137.1K−100% in FY2026
    ALPHARETTA, GA · 99% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Wired telecommunications carriers
  2. MILLINGTON TELEPHONE CO LLC$327.8K−57% in FY2026
    JONESBORO, AR · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Wired telecommunications carriers
  3. WINDSTREAM NUVOX, LLC$644.8K−7.3% in FY2026
    LITTLE ROCK, AR · 3 entities · 99% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Wired telecommunications carriers

Showing the top 3 of 9 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.