Federal contractor · DENVER, CO

ZAYO GROUP LLC

ZAYO GROUP LLC received $7.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 41 awards (−19% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $67.4M. Its largest customer was Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources ($4.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$7.8M
New awards
41
Sole-source
21%
Single offer
63%
UEI
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Parent company
COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, L.L.C
Other than small business
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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, $7.8M in FY2026 together.

  1. ZAYO GROUP LLCDENVER, CO · Family page
    $7.8M
  2. ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.VANCOUVER, WA
    $0
  3. ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE LLCVANCOUVER, WA
    $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4.2MFY2017
  2. 4.6MFY2018
  3. 4.8MFY2019
  4. 5.7MFY2020
  5. 4.6MFY2021
  6. 8.8MFY2022
  7. 8.5MFY2023
  8. 8.7MFY2024
  9. 9.7MFY2025
  10. 7.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$4.5M58%
    5 awards
  2. National Institute of Standards and Technology$1M13%
    4 awards
  3. Departmental Offices$890.2K11%
    1 awards
  4. National Institutes of Health$569.7K7.3%
    5 awards
  5. District of Columbia Courts$293.3K3.7%
    2 awards
  6. Smithsonian Institution$291K3.7%
    1 awards
  7. Bureau of Land Management$241.9K3.1%
    5 awards
  8. U.S. Census Bureau$171.6K2.2%
    1 awards
  9. Federal Trade Commission$112.5K1.4%
    1 awards
  10. U.S. Agency for Global Media$57.4K0.7%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$5M61%
  2. IT & telecom$3.1M39%
  3. Research & development$5000.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Montgomery County, MD$5.7M73%
  2. Boulder County, CO$1.1M13%
  3. District of Columbia, DC$748K9.5%
  4. Denver County, CO$222.7K2.8%
  5. Prince George's County, MD$171.6K2.2%
  6. Ada County, ID$100K1.3%
  7. Jackson County, OR$50.3K0.6%
  8. Maricopa County, AZ$15K0.2%
  9. Dallas County, TX$12K0.2%
  10. Elmore County, ID$3,4060.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition84%
    US 39% · $6.6M
  • Sole-source awards21%
    US 30% · $1.6M
  • Single-offer competitions63%
    US 8.7% · $5M
  • 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. National Institute of Standards and Technology$957.5K
    Department of Commerce · 1 awards
  2. District of Columbia Courts$293.3K
    District of Columbia Courts · 1 awards
  3. Bureau of Land Management$241.9K
    Department of the Interior · 4 awards
  4. Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$39.7K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$28.9K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. WIDE AREA NETWORK SERVICES$19.8M
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· May 9, 2022 – Sep 25, 2026· 75N97022F00043
  2. DARK FIBER CIRCUITS$7.1M
    Food and Drug Administration· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Feb 26, 2021 – Mar 16, 2026· 75F40121C00026
  3. OU18-FY26-145-NEW TIME SERVICE DARK FIBER, NIST, BOULDER, CO$957.5K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Boulder County, CO· IT & telecom· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 1333ND26CNB190029
  4. NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE NETWORK CONNECTIVITY FIBER NETWORK BACKBONE$890.2K
    Departmental Offices· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 25, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026· 140D0426P0366
  5. NLEC-NG BASIC CONTRACT FOR ALLSTREAM$562.5K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Maricopa County, AZ· IT & telecom· Apr 27, 2022 – Jul 22, 2026· 36C10A22N0032
  6. ZAYO (AMBIS #2275614) - NIAID/OCICB/OEB 12-MONTH FIBER OPTIC LEASE/MAINTENANCE FOR THE OFFICE OF CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY. QUOTE: ZAYO BAN 12506 AND 11613 RENEWAL AND REINSTATEMENT. POP: 4/10/2026 - 4/9/2027.$507.5K
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Apr 8, 2026 – Apr 8, 2026· 75N98026F00081
  7. INCREMENTAL FUNDS FOR DARK FIBER CONNECTIONS.$416K
    Smithsonian Institution· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Mar 12, 2025 – Apr 1, 2026· 33330225CF0010145
  8. MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING, OR PROVISION OF A NEW DARK FIBER RING BETWEEN THE TWO FTC HQ LOCATIONS IN WASHINGTON, DC AND AN INTERNET CONNECTION FOR EACH LOCATION$402.8K
    Federal Trade Commission· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· May 2, 2023 – Sep 10, 2026· 29FTC123F0031

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.

ZAYO GROUP LLC received -$27.5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 614 actions (408 new awards), −123% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries ($13.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
-$27.5M
New awards
408
Actions
614
Since FY2021
$278.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 5MFY2021
  2. 43.7MFY2022
  3. 112.4MFY2023
  4. 24.7MFY2024
  5. 120.4MFY2025
  6. -27.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$13.5M100%
  2. Grants-$41M0.0%

Top programs

  1. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$13.1M0.0%
  2. 32.005 · Universal Service Fund - Rural Health Care$424.8K0.0%
  3. 11.033 · Middle Mile (Broadband) Grant Program-$41M0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Communications Commission$13.5M0.0%

Largest awards

  1. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$3.8M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· SL-2599062672
  2. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES$1.9M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Feb 29, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026· SL-2399048902
  3. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$1.6M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 15, 2025 – Jul 31, 2026· SL-2499034436
  4. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$1.5M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 15, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025· SL-2399038176
  5. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$1.1M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jun 30, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026· SL-2599061227
  6. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$704.7K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 30, 2026 – Apr 30, 2026· SL-2599027463

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.

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-contracts: $49.8K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$49.8K100%
    ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $259.4K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $48.4K received
  • FY2023: $13.6M paid out · $205.1K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $414K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $49.8K 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

1 company · $13.6M reported

  1. VERTICAL BRIDGE REIT, LLC$13.6M
    BOCA RATON, FL · 3 subawards

Primes that pay it

4 companies · $976.7K reported

  1. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED$414K
    PASCAGOULA, MS · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related services
  2. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$276.1K
    GROTON, CT · 3 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  3. ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$254.9K
    ARLINGTON, VA · 2 subawards · Computer systems design and related services

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 32 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. VERGYS LLC$2.6M
    BOWIE, MD · 9.9% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFood and Drug Administration · Computer systems design and related services
  2. S-3 RESEARCH LLC$4.1M−13% in FY2026
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 10% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFood and Drug Administration · Computer systems design and related services
  3. COMMONWEALTH INFORMATICS, INC.$4.3M−32% in FY2026
    WALTHAM, MA · 10% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFood and Drug Administration · Computer systems design and related services

Showing the top 3 of 25 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.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of ZAYO GROUP LLC (3 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • Zayo Group, LLCAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$30K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$122K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$40K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$40K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$30K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$12K
    1 reports

Top issues

  1. Telecommunications12 reports

Who was contacted

  1. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)12 reports
  2. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES12 reports
  3. U.S. SENATE12 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Northfork Strategies$110K
    12 reports
  2. BROWN & WEINRAUB ADVISORS, LLC$12K
    1 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

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.