Federal contractor · WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI

WOOD COUNTY TELEPHONE COMPANY

WOOD COUNTY TELEPHONE COMPANY received $4,034 in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (−82% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $182.7K. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($4,034). It also received $1.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026: $4,034
New awards: 1
Sole-source: 100%
Single offer: 0.0%

UEI: QF2VQZDKRW56

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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

2.2KFY2017
5KFY2018
2.9KFY2019
5.2KFY2020
18.3KFY2021
61.8KFY2022
30.1KFY2023
30.1KFY2024
23KFY2025
4KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Department of Veterans Affairs$4,034100%
1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

IT & telecom$4,034100%

Where the work was performed

Wood County, WI$4,034100%

Integrity signals

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

Low competition100%
US 39% · $4,034
Sole-source awards100%
US 30% · $4,034
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.

Largest awards

LEC TELECOM DATA SERVICES WISCONSIN RAPIDS CBOC (TOMAH)$117.5K
Department of Veterans Affairs· Wood County, WI· IT & telecom· Mar 15, 2022 – Mar 17, 2026· 36C10A22C0007

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.

WOOD COUNTY TELEPHONE COMPANY received $1.4M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 13 actions (5 new awards), +455% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost ($650K).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.4M
New awards: 5
Actions: 13
Since FY2021: $46.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

10.1MFY2021
13.1MFY2022
14.3MFY2023
6.9MFY2024
244.2KFY2025
1.4MFY2026

By type

Direct payments$1.4M100%

Top programs

32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost$650K48%
32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$524.4K39%
32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$170.5K13%
32.003 · Universal Service Fund - Lifeline$9,7950.7%

Awarding agencies

Federal Communications Commission$1.4M100%

Largest awards

THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$38.7M
32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Aug 31, 2026· HC-143001855-330974-CAFBLS
THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$8M
32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026· HC-143001855-330974-CAFICC
THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS$2.3M
32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2020 – Aug 31, 2026· HC-143001855-330974-HCL
THE RURAL HEALTH CARE (RHC) PROGRAM SUPPORTS HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN BRINGING WORLD CLASS MEDICAL CARE TO RURAL AREAS THROUGH INCREASED…$519.4K
32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Mar 31, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026· RHCHCF-RHC20250012546
THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$110K
32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· SL-2699012313
THE HIGH COST PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMPANIES WORKING TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY IN UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS.$94.8K
32.002 · Universal Service Fund - High Cost· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· HC-143001855-330974-EACAM

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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

HORIZON TELCOM INC$52.5K
CHILLICOTHE, OH · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Wired and wireless telecommunications carriers
IWA TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC$113.2K−100% in FY2026
DALLAS, TX · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Wired and wireless telecommunications carriers
NORSEMAN CONSULTING LLC$115.1K−100% in FY2026
FULTON, MD · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Wired and wireless 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 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.