Federal contractor · MINNEAPOLIS, MN

MIDCONTINENT COMMUNICATIONS

MIDCONTINENT COMMUNICATIONS received $191.7K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 11 awards (−6.6% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2.4M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($139.7K). It also received $5.3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$191.7K
New awards
11
Sole-source
76%
Single offer
24%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 482.8KFY2017
  2. 246.2KFY2018
  3. 140.7KFY2019
  4. 181.7KFY2020
  5. 160.2KFY2021
  6. 327.4KFY2022
  7. 157.8KFY2023
  8. 305.8KFY2024
  9. 205.2KFY2025
  10. 191.7KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$139.7K73%
    6 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$24.4K13%
    1 awards
  3. U.S. Marshals Service$14.8K7.7%
    1 awards
  4. Department of the Army$9,2704.8%
    1 awards
  5. Drug Enforcement Administration$3,4541.8%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$113.3K59%
  2. Facilities & utilities$78.4K41%

Where the work was performed

  1. Meade County, SD$61.3K32%
  2. Cass County, ND$51K27%
  3. Stearns County, MN$36.7K19%
  4. Ward County, ND$24.4K13%
  5. Hennepin County, MN$14.8K7.7%
  6. Minnehaha County, SD$3,4291.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $191.7K
  • Sole-source awards76%
    US 30% · $145.7K
  • Single-offer competitions24%
    US 8.8% · $46K
  • Urgency justifications11%
    US 5.1% · $20.4K

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$103K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 2 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$24.4K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  3. U.S. Marshals Service$14.8K
    Department of Justice · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. INTERNET & BASIC CABLE SERVICE$131.3K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Cass County, ND· Facilities & utilities· Jul 11, 2022 – Jun 23, 2026· 36C26322P0707
  2. CABLE TV AND INTERNET SERVICE$110.2K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Stearns County, MN· Facilities & utilities· Jun 27, 2024 – Jun 24, 2026· 36C26324P0826
  3. CABLE AND INTERNET SERVICES - BASE YEAR$54.3K
    Department of the Army· Cass County, ND· IT & telecom· Nov 9, 2023 – Nov 10, 2025· W50S8824PA001
  4. CABLE, INTERNET, PHONE, AND DIGITAL MUSIC SERVICES BASE + 4 OPTION YEARS EO 14398$40.9K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Meade County, SD· IT & telecom· Jul 1, 2026 – Jul 1, 2026· 36C26326P0492
  5. CABLE TV, DIGITAL MUSIC AND INTERNET SERVICES FOR THE BLACK HILLS VA MEDICAL CENTER$40.2K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Meade County, SD· IT & telecom· Dec 27, 2024 – Sep 11, 2026· 36C26325P0293
  6. PREMIUM CABLE SERVICE$35.3K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Cass County, ND· Facilities & utilities· Jul 11, 2022 – Jun 23, 2026· 36C26322P0715
  7. CABLE TV SERVICES$24.4K
    Department of the Air Force· Ward County, ND· IT & telecom· Mar 2, 2026 – Mar 2, 2026· FA452826P0005
  8. VHA BLACK HILLS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FORT MEADE TELECOM SERVICES 6-MONTH EMERGENCY BRIDGE$20.4K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Meade County, SD· IT & telecom· Jan 6, 2026 – Aug 20, 2026· 36C26326P0189

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.

MIDCONTINENT COMMUNICATIONS received $5.3M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 254 actions (157 new awards), −5.2% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost ($3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$5.3M
New awards
157
Actions
254
Since FY2021
$26.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.3MFY2021
  2. 8.5MFY2022
  3. -615.4KFY2023
  4. 6.7MFY2024
  5. 5.6MFY2025
  6. 5.3MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$5.3M100%

Top programs

  1. 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost$3M58%
  2. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$902.9K17%
  3. 32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline$728.5K14%
  4. 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$604.5K11%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Communications Commission$5.3M100%

Largest awards

  1. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$7.5M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jan 31, 2022 – Feb 28, 2026· HC-143001179-369015-RDOF
  2. THE LIFELINE PROGRAM HELPS MAKE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS$1.7M
    32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· LI-143001179-399005
  3. THE LIFELINE PROGRAM HELPS MAKE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS$1.4M
    32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· LI-143001179-389011
  4. THE LIFELINE PROGRAM HELPS MAKE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS$1.3M
    32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· LI-143001179-369015
  5. THE RURAL HEALTH CARE (RHC) PROGRAM SUPPORTS HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN BRINGING WORLD CLASS MEDICAL CARE TO RURAL AREAS THROUGH INCREASED…$1M
    32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 31, 2023 – Nov 30, 2025· RHCHCF-RHC20220006275
  6. THE RURAL HEALTH CARE (RHC) PROGRAM SUPPORTS HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN BRINGING WORLD CLASS MEDICAL CARE TO RURAL AREAS THROUGH INCREASED…$394.2K
    32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jan 31, 2025 – May 31, 2026· RHCHCF-RHC20240013220

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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-grants: $360.8K (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. NORTH DAKOTA, STATE OF$191.5K53%
    BISMARCK, ND · 1 subaward
  2. MINNESOTA$169.3K47%
    SAINT PAUL, MN · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $3.4M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $360.8K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

2 companies · $3.7M reported

  1. MINNESOTA$3.5M
    SAINT PAUL, MN · 6 subawards
  2. NORTH DAKOTA, STATE OF$191.5K
    BISMARCK, ND · 1 subaward

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

  1. SERVICE ELECTRIC CABLE T.V., INC.$172.5K−0.8% in FY2026
    BETHLEHEM, PA · 25% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Media streaming, social networks, and other media networks and content providersDrug Enforcement Administration · Wired telecommunications carriers
  2. NATIONSAT, INC$368K+1.5% in FY2026
    LUVERNE, MN · 28% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Media streaming, social networks, and other media networks and content providers
  3. M.D.M. COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES, LLC$136.4K+10% in FY2026
    PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL · 20% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Media streaming, social networks, and other media networks and content providers

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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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.