Cellco Partnership

Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, operates as a prime federal contractor providing wireless voice and data services, mobile devices, and telecommunications infrastructure to civilian and defense agencies entirely on a full-and-open, non-set-aside basis. The company is a child entity of Verizon Communications Inc., one of the nation's largest telecommunications corporations, and headquartered in Basking Ridge, New Jersey as a for-profit partnership.

Cellco Partnership's federal contracting footprint centers on commercial wireless telecommunications delivery. The vendor supplies mobile voice and data plans, wireless network access, smartphones, tablets, MiFi devices, cellular modems, and broadband connectivity across federal agencies. Recent representative awards illustrate the breadth: a $16.0 million delivery order from the Engineer Research and Development Center under the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer Wireless and Telecommunications Services IDIQ for commercial off-the-shelf wireless devices and accessories (January 2026); a $1.06 billion BPA call to the Department of Justice Criminal Division for wireless service and hardware (March 2026); a $750.2 million delivery order to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for wireless services and devices supporting the CBP Office of Field Operations mobile program under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (June 2026); and a $563.4 million delivery order to Customs and Border Protection for wireless communications services (June 2026).

Customer concentration is broad across federal agencies. The top five customer agencies by award count—Drug Enforcement Administration (3,789 awards, $60.3 million), Department of Homeland Security Chief Procurement Officer (2,104 awards, $130.3 million), Customs and Border Protection (1,307 awards, $113.7 million), Department of the Army (1,188 awards, $93.1 million), and U.S. Marine Corps (974 awards, $97.3 million)—account for 24% of awards. By potential value, the FBI Headquarters Division leads with $888.6 million across 473 awards, followed by Naval Sea Systems Command at $277.7 million. The vendor serves 928 distinct customer agencies, reflecting deep penetration across civilian law enforcement, defense, and correctional institutions.

Cellco Partnership holds or receives task orders against two primary vehicle types. The GSA Multiple Award Schedule generates the highest volume and value: 14,793 task orders valued at $5.39 billion, including the $125 million USDA Office of the Chief Information Officer Wireless Services and Service Enabled Devices BPA (effective January 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, single award, no set-aside). The Department of Defense Chief Information Officer Wireless and Telecommunications Services Indefinite Delivery vehicle is the second major vehicle, with numerous five-figure to nine-figure delivery orders for wireless device provisioning and services at military installations and commands worldwide. The vendor also participates in legacy BPAs including the W91RUS11A0006 vehicle (5,253 task orders, $483.6 million) and the DJFJFBI11317 vehicle (3,425 task orders, $97.9 million).

Activity trajectory shows moderate decline. Awards per calendar year dropped from 1,155 in 2023 to 677 in 2025 and 144 through October 2026, a reflection of the task-order based nature of the vendor's federal business and seasonal award timing. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months totals $289.7 million across 615 awards with completion dates through mid-2028.

On Service Contract Inventory reporting, Cellco Partnership's federal services invoicing declined from $132.8 million in FY2022 to $50.5 million in FY2024. The SCI dataset reports zero FTEs across all years, consistent with goods-oriented wireless service delivery (device sales and carrier service charges) rather than labor-intensive services. The vendor engages no subcontractors on SCI-reportable prime contracts, delivering its service portfolio directly.

Cellco Partnership competes exclusively as a prime contractor under full-and-open procurement, with no set-aside certifications and no subcontract footprint in the source data. The vendor's federal positioning is entirely dependent on Verizon Communications' nationwide wireless infrastructure, network capacity, and commercial pricing negotiated into GSA and DOD master vehicles. The modest SCI-reported workforce signals that federal revenue is driven by device sales and recurring service billings rather than staffed professional services, differentiating Cellco from labor-intensive IT or professional services vendors. Recompete risk concentrates on the USDA BPA and DOD CIO vehicle deliveries, both of which are subject to periodic recompetition or task-order rotation among qualified carriers.