Federal contractor · SUNBRIGHT, TN

HIGHLAND TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC.

HIGHLAND TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC. received $40K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (+56% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $182.8K. Its largest customer was Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons ($40K). It also received $1.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$40K
New awards
2
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
PLMML5JRHS41
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 14.4KFY2017
  2. 14.4KFY2018
  3. 14.4KFY2019
  4. 14.6KFY2020
  5. 14.1KFY2021
  6. 15.4KFY2022
  7. 14KFY2023
  8. 15.9KFY2024
  9. 25.7KFY2025
  10. 40KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$40K100%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$40K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Morgan County, TN$40K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $40K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $41.5K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · -$1,483
  • 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. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$41.5K
    Department of Justice · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. P1- FY26 TELEPHONE SERVICES 1ST QTR OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2025 AND JANUARY 2026$41.5K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Morgan County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 3, 2025 – May 8, 2026· 15B12026P00000020
  2. FY25 TELEPHONE SERVICES$21.1K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Morgan County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 23, 2025 – Oct 14, 2025· 15B12025P00000038

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.

HIGHLAND TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC. received $1.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 46 actions (19 new awards), +2.7% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost ($849.3K).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.2M
New awards
19
Actions
46
Since FY2021
-$7.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.4MFY2021
  2. 3.5MFY2022
  3. 1.8MFY2023
  4. -16.4MFY2024
  5. 1.2MFY2025
  6. 1.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$1.2M100%

Top programs

  1. 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost$849.3K72%
  2. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$257.4K22%
  3. 32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline$75.3K6.3%
  4. 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$5,8040.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Communications Commission$1.2M100%

Largest awards

  1. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$7.9M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143001630-290565-CAFICC
  2. THE LIFELINE PROGRAM HELPS MAKE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS$589.3K
    32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· LI-143001630-290565
  3. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$210.6K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 31, 2026 – May 31, 2026· SL-2699001313
  4. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$57K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 31, 2026 – May 31, 2026· SL-2699000477
  5. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES$57K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 30, 2024 – Apr 30, 2026· SL-2499023193
  6. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$1,943
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 31, 2026 – May 31, 2026· SL-2699014726

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.

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. FRONTIER SOUTHWEST INCORPORATED$372.6K−75% in FY2026
    NORWALK, CT · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Business support servicesFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Wired telecommunications carriers
  2. ON THE RECORD LLC$3M+47% in FY2026
    DALLAS, GA · 69% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Business support services
  3. PITNEY BOWES INC.$115.4M+14% in FY2026
    SHELTON, CT · 10 entities · 69% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Business support services

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.