Centurylink Communications, LLC

Centurylink Communications, LLC, operating under the business name Lumen Technologies Group, is a subsidiary of Lumen Technologies, Inc. and a major telecommunications and information technology service provider to the federal government. The company is a for-profit limited liability company registered in SAM.gov since January 24, 2006, with its principal address in Denver, Colorado. Centurylink Communications specializes in delivering comprehensive voice, data, telecommunications, and network infrastructure services to support the communications requirements of federal agencies across both civilian and defense sectors. The company competes for federal awards on a full and open competitive basis and has established itself as a significant and recurring vendor for federal telecommunications procurement.

Through its extensive portfolio of prime federal contract awards, Centurylink Communications has provided a diverse range of telecommunications and network services to numerous federal agencies since 2021. The company has secured firm fixed-price purchase orders and definitive contracts valued from approximately $1,000 to over $2.8 million for local exchange services, local voice and data circuits, telephone services, circuit services, and selective routing emergency services. Prime contract awards have been issued by major defense agencies including the U.S. Army Cyber Command, U.S. Navy Installations Command, U.S. Air Force components (Air Combat Command, Air Education and Training Command, Air Mobility Command, and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center), Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, and Naval Computer and Telecommunications. Civilian federal agencies awarding contracts to Centurylink Communications include the Smithsonian Institution Office of the Chief Information Officer, Bureau of Reclamation, Office of Personnel Management, and the U.S. Coast Guard, as well as various regional offices of unnamed civilian agencies. Services provided have supported critical military installations such as Fort Stewart Georgia, Fort Riley Kansas, Redstone Arsenal Alabama, Carlisle Barracks Pennsylvania, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Ohio, Keesler Air Force Base Mississippi, Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases Nevada, and the Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station Arizona. The company has also provided services to federal facilities including the Hoover Dam and federal retirement services facilities in Pennsylvania. Contract scopes have encompassed commercial local and long-distance telephone services, commercial subscriber lines, Integrated Services Digital Network primary rate interface trunks, point-to-point data circuits, E911/311 emergency services routing, and related telecommunications infrastructure. None of the prime contract awards utilized small business set-aside designations, indicating competition on a full and open basis. Centurylink Communications has also served as a subcontractor on federal contracts awarded to The Mitre Corporation and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, demonstrating its role within the broader federal contractor ecosystem.

Centurylink Communications has received federal grant sub-awards related to surface transportation infrastructure programs. The company received two sub-grant awards dated March 15, 2022, under the Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) Flexibility program, with one award issued through the Colorado Department of Transportation as the prime grantee. These sub-grants indicate the company's involvement in supporting federal transportation initiatives, though detailed information regarding the specific nature of services provided, performance locations, award values, and exact grant deliverables is limited in the available award documentation. The Surface Transportation Block Grant program represents a federal funding mechanism administered through state departments of transportation for eligible surface transportation projects, and Centurylink Communications' participation as a sub-grantee suggests the company provided telecommunications or related infrastructure services in support of transportation-related federal grant objectives.