Federal contractor · BEMIDJI, MN

PAUL BUNYAN RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE

PAUL BUNYAN RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE received $269.4K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−27% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2.7M. Its largest customer was Indian Health Service ($246.9K). It also received $4.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026: $269.4K
New awards: 4
Sole-source: 0.0%
Single offer: 8.4%

UEI: QWU3VFH9BQA9

Other than small business

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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

390.6KFY2017
277.6KFY2018
286.3KFY2019
162.6KFY2020
318.3KFY2021
272.7KFY2022
128.8KFY2023
201.5KFY2024
370.6KFY2025
269.4KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Indian Health Service$246.9K92%
2 awards
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$22.5K8.4%
2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

IT & telecom$269.4K100%

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

Low competition7.2%
US 39% · $19.4K
Sole-source awards0.0%
US 30% · -$3,112
Single-offer competitions8.4%
US 8.7% · $22.5K
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.

Largest awards

VOIP TELEPHONE SERVICE.$500K
Indian Health Service· Beltrami County, MN· IT & telecom· Aug 1, 2025 – Jul 24, 2026· 75H70525C00013
300MB METRO ETHERNET CIRCUIT FOR WEHC MONTHLY FEE $3,650.00 X 12 MONTHS $43,800.00$161.8K
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Becker County, MN· IT & telecom· Mar 8, 2021 – Apr 23, 2026· 75H70521P00024
IAW TERMS AND CONDITIONS$22.9K
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Cass County, MN· IT & telecom· Apr 10, 2024 – May 6, 2026· 75H70524P00037
HOSTED VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL (VOIP)$17.9K
Indian Health Service· Beltrami County, MN· IT & telecom· Jul 2, 2025 – Jan 8, 2026· 75H70525P00050

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.

PAUL BUNYAN RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE received $4.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 43 actions (22 new awards), +266% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost ($4.4M).

Assistance · FY2026: $4.9M
New awards: 22
Actions: 43
Since FY2021: -$21.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

761KFY2021
16.8MFY2022
10.6MFY2023
-56.3MFY2024
1.4MFY2025
4.9MFY2026

By type

Direct payments$4.9M100%

Top programs

32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost$4.4M88%
32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$376.8K7.6%
32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$129.6K2.6%
32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline$68.4K1.4%

Awarding agencies

Federal Communications Commission$4.9M100%

Largest awards

THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$3.7M
32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143002128-361451-CAFICC
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· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· HC-143002128-361451-EACAM
THE LIFELINE PROGRAM HELPS MAKE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS$227.9K
32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· LI-143002128-361451
THE RURAL HEALTH CARE (RHC) PROGRAM SUPPORTS HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN BRINGING WORLD CLASS MEDICAL CARE TO RURAL AREAS THROUGH INCREASED…$115.8K
32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· RHCHCF-RHC20260006026
THE LIFELINE PROGRAM HELPS MAKE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS$105.7K
32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Dec 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· LI-143048348-369049
THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$78.1K
32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· SL-2699060099

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.

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: $366.2K (2 subawards)

1 prime

MINNESOTA$366.2K100%
SAINT PAUL, MN · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

FY2024: $0 paid out · $6.2M received
FY2026: $0 paid out · $366.2K 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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

1 company · $6.6M reported

MINNESOTA$6.6M
SAINT PAUL, MN · 5 subawards

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

SACRED WIND COMMUNICATIONS, INC.$618.9K+131% in FY2026
ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 62% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveIndian Health Service · Wired telecommunications carriersOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources · Wired telecommunications carriers
RANGE TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE INC$343.5K−13% in FY2026
FORSYTH, MT · 3 entities · 40% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveIndian Health Service · Wired telecommunications carriers
SELECTPATH HOLDING, INC$292.2K+90% in FY2026
ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 38% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveIndian Health Service · 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.