Federal contractor · FORSYTH, MT
RANGE TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE INC
RANGE TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE INC received $94.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (−13% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.1M. Its largest customer was Indian Health Service ($102K). It also received $1.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $94.2K
- New awards
- 3
- Sole-source
- 100%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
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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.
3 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $94.2K in FY2026 together.
- RANGE TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE INCFORSYTH, MT · Family page$94.2K
- ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, INC.SHERIDAN, WY$0
- RT COMMUNICATIONS, LLCWORLAND, WY$0
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 70.3KFY2017
- 74.3KFY2018
- 98.2KFY2019
- 180.1KFY2020
- 114.1KFY2021
- 131.5KFY2022
- 68.5KFY2023
- 140.4KFY2024
- 108.9KFY2025
- 94.2KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Indian Health Service$102K100%1 awards
- 2 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$94.2K100%
Where the work was performed
- Rosebud County, MT$94.2K100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition100%US 39% · $94.2K
- Sole-source awards100%US 30% · $94.2K
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.7% · $0
- 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 Health and Human Services · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Rosebud County, MT· IT & telecom· Jul 2, 2021 – Jun 29, 2026· 140A0421P0031
- Indian Health Service· Rosebud County, MT· IT & telecom· Aug 27, 2026 – Aug 27, 2026· 75H70926P00122
- Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Rosebud County, MT· IT & telecom· Mar 12, 2025 – May 26, 2026· 140A0425P0012
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.
RANGE TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE INC received $1.7M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 86 actions (31 new awards), −6.8% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost ($1.5M).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $1.7M
- New awards
- 31
- Actions
- 86
- Since FY2021
- $10.5M
Assistance by fiscal year
- 1.9MFY2021
- 1.7MFY2022
- 1.7MFY2023
- 1.8MFY2024
- 1.8MFY2025
- 1.7MFY2026
By type
- Direct payments$1.7M100%
Top programs
- 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost$1.5M90%
- 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$108.9K6.5%
- 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$51.7K3.1%
- 32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline$11.8K0.7%
Awarding agencies
- Federal Communications Commission$1.7M100%
Largest awards
- 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143002578-512251-CAFICC
- 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143002579-482251-CAFICC
- THE LIFELINE PROGRAM HELPS MAKE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS$123.2K32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· LI-143002579-482251
- 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 31, 2026 – May 31, 2026· SL-2699033063
- 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 31, 2026 – May 31, 2026· SL-2699007948
- 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Dec 31, 2024 – Jan 15, 2026· RHCHCF-RHC20240000763
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.
- SELECTPATH HOLDING, INC$292.2K+90% in FY2026ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 93% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveIndian Health Service · Wired telecommunications carriers
- SWC TELESOLUTIONS INC$286.9K−46% in FY2026ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveIndian Health Service · Wired telecommunications carriers
- SACRED WIND COMMUNICATIONS, INC.$618.9K+131% in FY2026ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 99% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveIndian Health Service · Wired telecommunications carriers
Showing the top 3 of 12 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 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.