22Nd Century Networks, Inc.

22Nd Century Networks, Inc., operating as BT Federal Inc., is a foreign-owned subsidiary of the United Kingdom–based BT Group plc, headquartered in Reston, Virginia, that delivers commercial telecommunications carriers and mission-critical communications infrastructure to the Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies as a prime contractor. The vendor competes full-and-open, holding no small business set-asides across its prime portfolio; as a large telecommunications enterprise, BT Federal Inc. operates entirely through prime contracts (572 of 574 total awards, or 100% of primes).

BT Federal's capability portfolio centers on fiber optic and copper cabling installations, leased dedicated data circuits, Ethernet connectivity, network infrastructure upgrades, and outside and inside plant services. Representative recent work includes a $43.8 million delivery order from the Department of Defense Education Activity under the GSA Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract for site survey and Internet Protocol Services (0–35,000 Mbps) in the Pacific region (awarded September 3, 2024); a $2.37 million delivery order from U.S. Air Forces Europe and Africa for Royal Air Force dormitory infrastructure engineering, installation, and testing (September 5, 2025); and a $1.39 million delivery order from the Defense Information Systems Agency for a 10.709 Gbps commercial lease circuit between Robinson Barracks and Kelley Barracks in Germany (November 13, 2023). The vendor also holds 80 awards from the Defense Information Systems Agency valued at $794.1 million combined potential value, spanning commercial lease circuits ranging from 50 Mbps to 10.709 Gbps connecting European and Southwest Asian military installations and diplomatic missions.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed to Department of Defense and DISA. U.S. Air Forces Europe and Africa leads by award count (113 awards, $150.5 million) and represents the vendor's primary focus on European theater military installations. The Department of the Air Force broadly (Air Force commands across Air Force Materiel Command, Air Combat Command, and Air Mobility Command) accounts for 148 awards, though with lower combined potential value ($24.9 million). DISA dominates the potential-value ranking at $794.1 million across 80 awards—a concentration reflecting BT Federal's role as a carrier for high-capacity backbone circuits supporting defense communications globally. GSA Federal Acquisition Service shows a $50 billion potential-value ceiling on 3 awards, indicating BT Federal's position on government-wide vehicles such as EIS, though actual dollars obligated remain modest relative to the ceiling. The top five agencies account for approximately 79% of awards in the source data.

BT Federal Inc. anchors its vehicle position on the DISA Global Network Services indefinite delivery contract (57 task orders, $248.5 million combined potential value) and a $95 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with U.S. Air Forces Europe and Africa for outside plant services (effective December 2024 through December 2034, with a five-year extension option). The vendor also places work under multiple Air Force Materiel Command indefinite delivery contracts (including FA558719DA001 with 190 task orders valued at $25.3 million, and FA558725D0001 with 41 task orders valued at $5.8 million) and holds positions on the GSA Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract, enabling rapid procurement of specialized telecommunications infrastructure across federal agencies. The air force–specific IDCs and BPAs (a $7 million blanket purchase agreement for inside plant services and regional agreements for UPS maintenance and outside plant work) provide the foundation for the vendor's recurring delivery order stream at military installations.

Activity has remained stable year over year across 2022–2025 (63, 62, 62, and 60 awards respectively), with 10 awards recorded in 2026 through mid-July. Fifty-five awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $102.6 million—representing near-term recompete exposure across Air Force and DISA vehicles. The Service Contract Inventory dataset shows minimal federal service-contract reporting: $18.2 million invoiced in FY2023 across 0.5 FTEs, declining to $231 thousand in FY2024. This reflects SCI's limitation to labor-intensive contracts above $150,000; BT Federal's revenue model is dominated by telecommunications circuit leases and commercial item procurements (purchase orders and delivery orders for bandwidth and cabling), which fall outside SCI's scope. Median government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable work ran approximately $216/hr, consistent with project-management and engineering labor on infrastructure projects.

BT Federal Inc. operates as a pure prime contractor—across the award sample, subcontracting is negligible (0% sub-hour share on SCI records and only 2 sub awards historically). The vendor builds its own delivery teams and carries internal capacity for fiber installation, network design, and infrastructure engineering rather than relying on feeder relationships with larger primes. This posture differentiates BT Federal as a vertically integrated provider within the BT Group ecosystem, leveraging the parent company's global telecommunications operations and engineering talent.

BT Federal Inc. is a child entity of 22Nd Century Technologies, Inc., a minority-owned (Subcontinent Asian American) parent holding companies in the federal contracting space. The corporate structure positions 22Nd Century Networks as an operational subsidiary focused on defense telecommunications, distinct from the parent's broader IT portfolio. The subsidiary's branding as "BT Federal Inc." aligns its identity with the UK parent's global telecommunications presence while maintaining a U.S. federal contracting profile. Primary NAICS coding runs to 517111 (Wired Telecommunications Carriers) across the majority of awards, with secondary coding under 517112 (All Other Telecommunications) reflecting the vendor's focus on commercial-item carrier services and network infrastructure rather than professional services.

BT Federal's federal footprint—574 total awards with $56.47 billion combined potential value—reflects its entrenchment in defense communications infrastructure, particularly on high-capacity backbone circuits and military installation outside/inside plant projects across Europe and Africa. The recompete cliff of $102.6 million in the next two years, concentrated on Air Force Materiel Command and DISA vehicles, signals both vulnerability to incumbent pressure and opportunity for task order volume growth on established IDCs through contract year 2034.