Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Kingstree, SC
- UEI
- NHJEBNLBKXD7
- CAGE
- 1BWU4
- Primary NAICS
- 517111 Wired Telecommunications Carriers
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- Corporate family
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- Kingstree, SC KUS3BJDRP6X8
- Kingstree, SC ZVH8V8Z4BN55
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1101 E Main St, Kingstree, SC 29556, USA
- Website
- ftc.net
- Founded
- 1951
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Telecommunication Services
- Diversified Telecommunication Services
- Integrated Telecommunication Services
- SIC code
- 73 Business Services
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $31,897 |
| FY2025 | $28,122 |
| FY2024 | $27,747 |
| FY2023 | $54,629 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Justice | $31,897 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc., a South Carolina-based non-profit telecommunications cooperative, delivers phone services, commercial internet, and cable television to federal agencies as a prime contractor on full-and-open competitive purchase orders and blanket purchase agreements, with no set-aside utilization across its federal footprint. The cooperative operates two for-profit subsidiaries — FTC Communications, LLC and FTC Diversified Services, LLC — and competes on commodity telecommunications services under NAICS 517311 (Wired Telecommunications Carriers) and PSC IT And Telecom-Telecommunications and Transmission.
Farmers Telephone Cooperative's federal customer base is heavily concentrated. The Department of Justice's Federal Correctional Institution Williamsburg dominates activity by award count — 26 awards (83% coverage) with $508 thousand combined potential value — consisting of recurring quarterly phone services purchase orders averaging $26 thousand to $32 thousand per order. The Department of the Air Force Air Combat Command ranks second by dollar potential with four awards totaling $1.1 million combined potential value and anchors the cooperative's larger-value work: a multiple-award blanket purchase agreement valued at $499,999 for commercial internet and cable television services extending through July 2028, against which FTC placed a $37.8 thousand call in September 2023 for flightline Wi-Fi services at Shaw Air Force Base. The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Central Office and the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 account for the remaining tracked awards. The two customer rankings diverge meaningfully — Air Combat Command's dollar dominance reflects a single large BPA seat, while Williamsburg's volume reflects steady quarterly consumption of lower-dollar phone services.
Activity trajectory is modest and episodic rather than growth-oriented. The source spans awards from 2004 through October 2025, with the last five years showing one award in 2020, two in 2022, three in 2023, one in 2024, and one in 2025 — reflecting the cyclical nature of federal prison telecommunications requisitions and sporadic Air Force purchasing. Combined potential value across all 41 awards totals $1.7 million, with $744 thousand obligated to date (43% realization). One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months — the October 2025 Williamsburg phone services purchase order for $32 thousand expiring September 2026. Farmers Telephone Cooperative operates entirely as a prime contractor (100% of awards) with no subcontract footprint, positioning it as a direct service provider rather than a systems integrator or teaming partner. The cooperative registered in SAM.gov in 2002 and has sustained federal telecommunications supply relationships for over two decades, anchored by the recurring Williamsburg facility requirement and opportunistic military communications infrastructure work.
Quick answers
Is Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through January 7, 2027.
How much has Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $28,122 to Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $142,395 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
What is Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Phone services for the 1ST quarter of FY-26 (15B31626P00000007), from Federal Correctional Institution Williamsburg (BOP), on October 1, 2025.
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