Federal contractor · WALL, SD

GOLDEN WEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE INC

GOLDEN WEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE INC received $138.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 10 awards (+54% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.5M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($98.8K). It also received $32.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$138.2K
New awards
10
Sole-source
55%
Single offer
45%
UEI
HVTCHSMPK8H9
Other than small businessNonprofit
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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, $138.2K in FY2026 together.

  1. GOLDEN WEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE INCWALL, SD · Family page
    $138.2K
  2. GOLDEN WEST TECHNOLOGIES INCRAPID CITY, SD
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 148.1KFY2017
  2. 126.6KFY2018
  3. 148.8KFY2019
  4. 139.2KFY2020
  5. 164.2KFY2021
  6. 153.9KFY2022
  7. 152.9KFY2023
  8. 199.4KFY2024
  9. 89.8KFY2025
  10. 138.2KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$98.8K72%
    3 awards
  2. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$39.4K28%
    7 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$138.2K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Fall River County, SD$77.6K56%
  2. Oglala Lakota County, SD$29.3K21%
  3. Meade County, SD$21.3K15%
  4. Pennington County, SD$10.1K7.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $138.2K
  • Sole-source awards55%
    US 30% · $76.5K
  • Single-offer competitions45%
    US 8.7% · $61.7K
  • 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. Department of Veterans Affairs$77.6K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICES NORTH DAKOTA$162.2K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Oglala Lakota County, SD· IT & telecom· Jul 5, 2023 – May 20, 2026· 36C10A23P0024
  2. TELEPHONE SERVICE FOR PINE RIDGE SCHOOL$127.1K
    Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Oglala Lakota County, SD· IT & telecom· Aug 28, 2024 – Sep 8, 2026· 140A2324P0665
  3. GOLDEN WEST$77.6K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Fall River County, SD· IT & telecom· Jun 25, 2026 – Jun 25, 2026· 36C10B26P0013
  4. DIGITAL CABLE TV B+4$57.6K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Meade County, SD· IT & telecom· Oct 1, 2023 – Sep 21, 2026· 36C26324P0009
  5. TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (BIA), PINE RIDGE AGENCY IN PINE RIDGE, SD.$50.7K
    Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Oglala Lakota County, SD· IT & telecom· Dec 12, 2023 – May 29, 2026· 140A0124P0012
  6. TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, PINE RIDGE AGENCY IN PINE RIDGE, SD.$28.7K
    Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Oglala Lakota County, SD· IT & telecom· Sep 10, 2021 – Mar 10, 2026· 140A0121P0061
  7. TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR THE PINE RIDGE AGENCY$27.6K
    Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Oglala Lakota County, SD· IT & telecom· Nov 2, 2022 – Mar 10, 2026· 140A0123P0004
  8. TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, ROSEBUD AGENCY IN MISSION, SOUTH DAKOTA$15.2K
    Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Pennington County, SD· IT & telecom· Jun 16, 2025 – May 4, 2026· 140A0125P0028

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.

GOLDEN WEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE INC received $32.8M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 145 actions (19 new awards), +744% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost ($32.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$32.8M
New awards
19
Actions
145
Since FY2021
-$109.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 4MFY2021
  2. 4.2MFY2022
  3. 4.1MFY2023
  4. -158.4MFY2024
  5. 3.9MFY2025
  6. 32.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$32.8M100%

Top programs

  1. 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost$32.5M99%
  2. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$150.5K0.5%
  3. 32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline$115.2K0.4%
  4. 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$6,4400.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Communications Commission$32.8M100%

Largest awards

  1. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS.$30.1M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jan 31, 2026 – Jan 31, 2026· HC-143002233-391659-EACAM
  2. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$10.9M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143002233-391686-CAFICC
  3. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$6.4M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143002233-391659-CAFICC
  4. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$3.6M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143002233-391677-CAFICC
  5. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$1.7M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143002233-391640-CAFICC
  6. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$1.6M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143002233-391684-CAFICC

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. COX FLORIDA TELCOM, L.P.$270K+8.2% in FY2026
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Wired telecommunications carriers
  2. LIBERTY COMMUNICATIONS OF PUERTO RICO LLC$303.7K+44% in FY2026
    SAN JUAN, PR · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Wired telecommunications carriers
  3. ARMSTRONG UTILITIES INC$369.9K+3.5% in FY2026
    BUTLER, PA · 2 entities · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Wired telecommunications carriers

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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 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.