Federal contractor · ANCHORAGE, AK

GCI COMMUNICATION CORP.

GCI COMMUNICATION CORP. received $759.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 27 awards (−13% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $10.1M. Its largest customer was Bureau of Land Management ($267.6K). It also received $918.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$759.2K
New awards
27
Sole-source
68%
Single offer
22%
UEI
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Parent company
GCI LIBERTY INC
Other than small business
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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, $773K in FY2026 together.

  1. GCI COMMUNICATION CORP.ANCHORAGE, AK · Family page
    $759.2K
  2. UNITED UTILITIES, INC.ANCHORAGE, AK
    $13.8K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 501.3KFY2017
  2. 537.8KFY2018
  3. 1.2MFY2019
  4. 1MFY2020
  5. 955.6KFY2021
  6. 871.8KFY2022
  7. 2MFY2023
  8. 1.3MFY2024
  9. 870.3KFY2025
  10. 759.2KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Bureau of Land Management$267.6K35%
    2 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$137.3K18%
    2 awards
  3. Department of the Army$106.8K14%
    1 awards
  4. Federal Aviation Administration$103.5K14%
    1 awards
  5. U.S. Coast Guard$57.4K7.6%
    8 awards
  6. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$26.2K3.5%
    1 awards
  7. Federal Emergency Management Agency$19.9K2.6%
    5 awards
  8. Department of Veterans Affairs$11.2K1.5%
    1 awards
  9. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$10.6K1.4%
    4 awards
  10. National Park Service$10.6K1.4%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$761.3K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Anchorage Municipality, AK$649.2K86%
  2. Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK$62.1K8.2%
  3. Kodiak Island Borough, AK$44.6K5.9%
  4. Juneau City and Borough, AK$18.5K2.4%
  5. Snohomish County, WA$1,3700.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition91%
    US 39% · $687.9K
  • Sole-source awards68%
    US 30% · $518.6K
  • Single-offer competitions22%
    US 8.7% · $169.3K
  • Urgency justifications2.4%
    US 5.1% · $18.5K

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. U.S. Coast Guard$59K
    Department of Homeland Security · 2 awards
  2. Federal Emergency Management Agency$18.1K
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards
  3. National Park Service$10.6K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards
  4. Office of the Secretary$8,166
    Department of Commerce · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. GCI CELLULAR SERVICE$1.3M
    Bureau of Land Management· Anchorage Municipality, AK· IT & telecom· Sep 21, 2021 – Sep 24, 2026· 140L6321P0044
  2. INTERNET SERVICES FOR EIELSON AFB DORMITORIES.$317.9K
    Department of the Air Force· Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK· IT & telecom· Jan 21, 2022 – Jan 13, 2026· FA500422P0006
  3. CELLULAR DEVICES AND SERVICES FOR FAA IN ALASKA$234.5K
    Federal Aviation Administration· Anchorage Municipality, AK· IT & telecom· May 28, 2024 – Jul 21, 2026· 6973GH24F00945
  4. JBER, LOCAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES$145.8K
    Department of the Air Force· Anchorage Municipality, AK· IT & telecom· Dec 20, 2024 – Dec 15, 2025· FA500025P0009
  5. TELECOMMUNICATIONS - SOLE SOURCE TO GCI$106.8K
    Department of the Army· Anchorage Municipality, AK· IT & telecom· Mar 5, 2026 – Mar 5, 2026· W91ZRU26PA003
  6. THIS IS AN ACQUISITION FOR 20 LINES OF CELLULAR SERVICE AND 20 SMARTPHONES FOR THE VA TO PROVIDE MOBILITY SERVICES TO EMPLOYEES AT REMOTE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ALASKA.$87.5K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Anchorage Municipality, AK· IT & telecom· Aug 1, 2022 – Sep 21, 2026· 36C10B22C0029
  7. INTERNET - CABLE - PHONE - FWS YUKON DELTA NWR$83.7K
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Bethel Census Area, AK· IT & telecom· Aug 6, 2021 – Mar 23, 2026· 140F0921P0043
  8. AK-ARD-BGT AND ADMIN-RO PHONE SERVICE$82.5K
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Humboldt County, CA· IT & telecom· Feb 4, 2021 – Mar 30, 2026· 140F0921P0011

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.

GCI COMMUNICATION CORP. received $918.5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 563 actions (485 new awards). Its largest program was 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries ($554.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$918.5M
New awards
485
Actions
563
Since FY2021
$2.3B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 321.4MFY2021
  2. 461.6MFY2022
  3. 267.6MFY2023
  4. 318.5MFY2024
  5. -1.3KFY2025
  6. 918.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$918.5M100%

Top programs

  1. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$554.1M60%
  2. 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$318.1M35%
  3. 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost$33.2M3.6%
  4. 32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline$13.1M1.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Communications Commission$918.5M100%

Largest awards

  1. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$586.3M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Mar 31, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026· HC-143001199-619014-AKPLAN
  2. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$75.8M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 31, 2026 – May 31, 2026· SL-2699000421
  3. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$75.8M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Mar 31, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026· SL-2599027532
  4. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$73M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Mar 31, 2026 – Apr 30, 2026· SL-2499056055
  5. THE LIFELINE PROGRAM HELPS MAKE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS$42.6M
    32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Dec 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· LI-143001199-619014
  6. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$39.7M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Mar 31, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026· SL-2399051903

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

  • Sub-contracts: $336K (4 subawards)

1 prime

  1. LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.$336K100%
    DENVER, CO · 4 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $42.6M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $28.7M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $336K 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 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

4 companies · $71.7M reported

  1. BETHEL NATIVE CORPORATION$42.4M
    BETHEL, AK · 1 subaward
  2. NATIVE VILLAGE OF PORT LIONS$28.7M
    PORT LIONS, AK · 1 subaward
  3. LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.$336K
    DENVER, CO · 4 subawards

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 23 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. WORLDNET TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC$860.4K+88% in FY2026
    GUAYNABO, PR · 27% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Wired telecommunications carriersFederal Aviation Administration · Wired telecommunications carriersU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · Wired and wireless telecommunications carriers+3 more
  2. BEAR COMMUNICATIONS INC$820.4K+490% in FY2026
    GARLAND, TX · 21% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Wired telecommunications carriers
  3. DEFENSE INTEGRATION SOLUTIONS LLC$1M−11% in FY2026
    NASHVILLE, TN · 23% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Wired telecommunications carriersAir Force · Wired telecommunications carriersAir Force · Wired and wireless telecommunications carriers+1 more

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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.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of GCI COMMUNICATION CORP. (2 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • GCI COMMUNICATION CORP.AI match · 95%
Lobbying · 2023
$240K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$560K
PAC giving · 2026
$21K
1 PAC

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$240K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$40K
    1 reports
  3. 2025$120K
    3 reports
  4. 2026$160K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Telecommunications5 reports
  2. Communications, broadcasting, radio and TV4 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES7 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE7 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Avoq, LLC$400K
    8 reports
  2. BGR Government Affairs$160K
    2 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle

  1. Republican$18K86%
  2. Democratic$3,00014%

PACs sponsored

  • GCI COMMUNICATION CORP. PAC (GCI PAC)$48.7K raised this cycle

PACs these organizations sponsor (connected organizations in FEC records). A PAC gives employees' and members' voluntary contributions, not the company's own money.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

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.