Federal contractor · OAKHURST, CA

SIERRA TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC.

SIERRA TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. received $17.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (+166% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $170.5K. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($17.9K). It also received $16.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$17.9K
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
LMEWCLE89BP5
Parent company
SIERRA TEL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 22.7KFY2017
  2. 28.6KFY2018
  3. 6.7KFY2019
  4. 20.2KFY2020
  5. 22.4KFY2021
  6. 13.4KFY2022
  7. 18.5KFY2023
  8. 13.4KFY2024
  9. 6.7KFY2025
  10. 17.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$17.9K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$17.9K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Madera County, CA$17.9K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $17.9K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $17.9K
  • 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

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$17.9K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. SIERRA TELECOM RECOMPETE$17.9K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Madera County, CA· IT & telecom· Mar 3, 2026 – Jul 1, 2026· 36C10B26C0019

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.

SIERRA TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. received $16.7M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 63 actions (10 new awards), −38% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost ($16.6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$16.7M
New awards
10
Actions
63
Since FY2021
$87.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 8.2MFY2021
  2. 10MFY2022
  3. 12MFY2023
  4. 13.4MFY2024
  5. 26.9MFY2025
  6. 16.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$16.7M100%

Top programs

  1. 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost$16.6M99%
  2. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$64.5K0.4%
  3. 32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline$56.8K0.3%
  4. 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$16.6K0.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Communications Commission$16.7M100%

Largest awards

  1. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$45.4M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143002658-542338-CAFBLS
  2. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$28.1M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143002658-542338-HCL
  3. THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$5.6M
    32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143002658-542338-CAFICC
  4. THE LIFELINE PROGRAM HELPS MAKE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS$634.3K
    32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 1, 2020 – Aug 31, 2026· LI-143002658-542338
  5. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$87.2K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 15, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026· SL-2699025177
  6. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES$53.9K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 31, 2024 – Apr 30, 2026· SL-2499031267

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.

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.