Federal contractor · DENVER, CO
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC received $28.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 151 awards (+176% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $663.6M. Its largest customer was Defense Information Systems Agency ($27.9M). It also received $18.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $28.8M
- New awards
- 151
- Sole-source
- 4.4%
- Single offer
- 1.4%
- UEI
- N8YPPEHV2VB3
- Parent company
- LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Company family
Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.
Part of the LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC. company family: 62 registered entities, $420.8M in FY2026 together. See the family
- LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.DENVER, CO · Family page$321.6M
- $51.8M
- $14.4M
- LEVEL 3 TELECOM HOLDINGS, LLCDENVER, CO$3.6M
- $524.1K
AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 176.6MFY2017
- 64.7MFY2018
- 101.3MFY2019
- 119.2MFY2020
- 33.6MFY2021
- 94.5MFY2022
- 10.2MFY2023
- 24.2MFY2024
- 10.4MFY2025
- 28.8MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Defense Information Systems Agency$27.9M97%133 awards
- Department of the Army$429.8K1.5%2 awards
- Department of the Air Force$374.8K1.3%4 awards
- 1 awards
- Smithsonian Institution$23.4K0.1%1 awards
- 4 awards
- Drug Enforcement Administration$16.9K0.1%3 awards
- 1 awards
- 2 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$28.7M99.8%
- Equipment maintenance$58.5K0.2%
- Facilities & utilities$12.4K0.0%
Where the work was performed
- Loudoun County, VA$19.6M68%
- Abroad$4M14%
- Broomfield County, CO$1.2M4.0%
- Monterey County, CA$1.1M3.9%
- Honolulu County, HI$532.2K1.8%
- Anne Arundel County, MD$401.6K1.4%
- Sacramento County, CA$261.9K0.9%
- Lander County, NV$175.7K0.6%
- Bexar County, TX$137.1K0.5%
- El Paso County, CO$100.2K0.3%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition5.8%US 39% · $1.7M
- Sole-source awards4.4%US 30% · $1.3M
- Single-offer competitions1.4%US 8.8% · $398.5K
- 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
- Department of Defense · 13 awards
- Department of Justice · 2 awards
- Department of Justice · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Defense Information Systems Agency· Loudoun County, VA· IT & telecom· Mar 15, 2022 – Mar 18, 2026· HC102122FA009
- Defense Information Systems Agency· Loudoun County, VA· IT & telecom· Mar 15, 2022 – Mar 18, 2026· HC102122FA010
- GNS TOT-A$2.5MDefense Information Systems Agency· Broomfield County, CO· IT & telecom· Sep 12, 2022 – Dec 15, 2025· HC101322F0114
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Feb 1, 2017 – Nov 19, 2025· NNG14AT28D
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.
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC received $18.5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 865 actions (754 new awards), −80% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care ($16.6M).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $18.5M
- New awards
- 754
- Actions
- 865
- Since FY2025
- $111.2M
Assistance by fiscal year
- 92.7MFY2025
- 18.5MFY2026
By type
- Direct payments$18.5M100%
Top programs
- 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$16.6M90%
- 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$1.9M10%
Awarding agencies
- Federal Communications Commission$18.5M100%
Largest awards
- 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 31, 2026 – Jul 31, 2026· RHCHCF-RHC20260006875
- 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· RHCHCF-RHC20260004433
- 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· RHCHCF-RHC20260007360
- 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Mar 31, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026· RHCHCF-RHC20250013864
- 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 31, 2025· RHCHCF-RHC20250008631
- 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Mar 15, 2026 – Mar 15, 2026· RHCHCF-RHC20250013725
Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2025–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
- Sub-contracts: $14.8M (46 subawards)
11 sub-recipients
- L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$5.2M35%LYNCHBURG, VA · 14 subawards
- ATOLLO TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC$4.8M33%LAUREL, MD · 17 subawards
- SILVER SPRING, MD · 5 subawards
- NATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES ASSOCIATES, INC.$592.3K4.0%CALIFORNIA, MD · 1 subaward
- FCN, INC.$238.8K1.6%ROCKVILLE, MD · 1 subaward
- SOUTHERN MARYLAND CABLE, INC.$209.1K1.4%TRACYS LANDING, MD · 2 subawards
- SUPERIOR COMMUNICATIONS INC$153.7K1.0%ROCKVILLE, MD · 2 subawards
- SELECT GROUP FEDERAL, LLC THE$98.4K0.7%HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward
- ARROW ENTERPRISE COMPUTING SOLUTIONS INC$87.9K0.6%CENTENNIAL, CO · 1 subaward
- SIGNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$85.1K0.6%COLUMBIA, MD · 1 subaward
As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026
- Sub-contracts: $269.6K (3 subawards)
2 primes
- VIASAT INC$173.4K64%CARLSBAD, CA · 2 subawards
- PERSPECTA ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LLC$96.2K36%CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward
Its reported sub-contracts equal 51% of its FY2026 contract obligations.
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $6.6M received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.3M received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $194.9K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $3.6M received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $594.6K received
- FY2026: $14.8M paid out · $269.6K 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
Teaming partners
Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.
Companies it pays
38 companies · $53.6M reported
- EPOCH CONCEPTS LLC$12.6MLITTLETON, CO · 2 subawards
- SAN JOSE, CA · 16 subawards
- GREENVILLE, TX · 14 subawards
Primes that pay it
21 companies · $57.5M reported
- ARLINGTON, VA · 23 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
- MELBOURNE, FL · 16 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
- SERCO INC$6.4MHERNDON, VA · 7 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 104 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC$3.9B−6.9% in FY2026CHANTILLY, VA · 71 entities · 61% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Wired telecommunications carriersDefense Information Systems Agency · Wired telecommunications carriersOffice of the Chief Financial Officer · Wired telecommunications carriers+4 more
- VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK SERVICES LLC$1.9B−12% in FY2026ASHBURN, VA · 78 entities · 37% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Information Systems Agency · Wired telecommunications carriersSocial Security Administration · Wired telecommunications carriersVeterans Affairs · Wired telecommunications carriers+2 more
- AOC CONNECT, LLC$169.9M−88% in FY2026ASHBURN, VA · 12% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Information Systems Agency · Wired telecommunications carriersDepartmental Offices · Wired telecommunications carriersU.S. Customs and Border Protection · Wired telecommunications carriers
Showing the top 3 of 25 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC. (62 recipients).
Matched organizations
- LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.AI match · 97%
- Lobbying · 2025
- $3M
- 16 reports
- Lobbying · 2023–2026
- $12M
- $12M in its own reports
- PAC giving · 2026
- $120K
- 1 PAC
Lobbying by year
- 2023$3.8M12 reports
- 2024$3.8M14 reports
- 2025$3M16 reports
- 2026$1.5M7 reports
Top issues
- Telecommunications35 reports
- Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code18 reports
- Trade (domestic and foreign)3 reports
- Defense1 reports
Who was contacted
- U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES35 reports
- U.S. SENATE35 reports
- Commerce - Dept of (DOC)17 reports
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)14 reports
Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).
Lobbying firms hired
- Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$580K14 reports
- RIDGE PATH STRATEGIES$110K7 reports
- DiNino Associates, LLC$014 reports
Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.
PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle
- Republican$70.5K59%
- Democratic$49.5K41%
PACs sponsored
- LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$161.8K 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 5, 2026, loaded Oct 5, 2026 · 2023–2026.
Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 5, 2026, loaded Oct 5, 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.