GCI Communication Corp.

GCI Communication Corp. is Alaska's largest telecommunications provider, delivering wireless cellular service, internet connectivity, cable television, and voice communications to federal agencies as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) operating predominantly outside set-aside categories on full-and-open and sole-source procurements. The company is headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, and operates under parent company GCI Communication Corporation, with subsidiary entities United Utilities, Inc. and Unicom, Inc.

GCI's federal work is concentrated in telecommunications infrastructure serving remote and rural Alaskan locations where commercial alternatives are limited or absent. Recent representative contracts include a $1.61 billion firm fixed-price award from the VA Technology Acquisition Center (through August 31, 2029) for mobile, internet, cable TV, and voice services across Alaska; a $629,047 single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Federal Aviation Administration (through May 31, 2029) for cellular devices and services supporting FAA operations statewide; a $1.05 million sole-source Bureau of Land Management contract (through September 30, 2026) for cellular voice and internet services throughout Alaska; a $364,485 firm fixed-price Air Force Pacific Air Forces order (through December 31, 2029) for local telecommunications services at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson; and a $317,864 Air Force Pacific Air Forces contract (through January 20, 2027) for commercial internet at Eielson Air Force Base dormitories. GCI also holds a $250,000 blanket purchase agreement with the Alaska Region (through April 30, 2031) for ROIP circuit services at Fort Yukon. The portfolio spans 473 total awards with $36.1 million combined potential value, of which $23.8 million (66%) has been obligated.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward agencies with Alaska operations. The top five customers by award count account for 40% of awards, led by the Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard (105 awards, $3.6 million combined potential value), Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 (32 awards, $908 thousand), Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (21 awards, $65 thousand), Federal Emergency Management Agency (18 awards, $60 thousand), and Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (12 awards, $201 thousand). Dollar concentration tracks differently: the top five by potential value account for 70% of total dollars, led by GSA Federal Acquisition Service ($9.8 million across 9 awards), Department of Veterans Affairs Technology Acquisition Center Austin ($4.7 million across 5 awards), Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard ($3.6 million across 105 awards), Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Alaska Region ($3.6 million across 6 awards), and Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Headquarters ($3.6 million across 11 awards). The Coast Guard's large award count with relatively modest total dollars reflects numerous small connectivity orders; GSA's smaller count with substantially higher dollars reflects larger indefinite delivery vehicle placements.

GCI places task orders against several parent indefinite delivery contracts, most notably an Indefinite Delivery Contract (GS10F14LPD0002) carrying ten task orders worth $988 thousand combined potential value. Activity over the past five years has remained flat — 15 awards in 2022, 15 in 2023, 15 in 2024, 14 in 2025, and 5 in 2026 to date — with 12 awards (combined potential value $2.3 million) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.

Service Contract Inventory data shows GCI self-performed all labor on SCI-reportable contracts with no subcontractor engagement reported. Across FY2022–FY2024, SCI-reported invoicing totaled $2 million: $644 thousand in FY2022, $715 thousand in FY2023, and $663 thousand in FY2024. Government-paid hourly rates on federal services contracts captured in SCI ranged from approximately $867/hr at the 10th percentile to a median of $1,350/hr, with senior labor priced through $2,987/hr at the 90th percentile. FTE delivery to the federal government was nominal across all three years (0.3 FTEs in FY2022 and FY2023, 0.1 FTEs in FY2024), reflecting GCI's infrastructure-and-services-delivery model rather than labor-hour-intensive contracting. As a strict subset, SCI covers only federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold and excludes goods, products, and micro-purchases; the bulk of GCI's federal revenue flows through connectivity and equipment supply contracts not captured in SCI.

GCI competes predominantly as a full-and-open prime on firm fixed-price purchase orders and indefinite delivery contracts without set-aside designations, reflecting its position as an incumbent sole-source provider in Alaska's remote communications environment. The company operates 99% of awards as prime and carries nominal subcontractor engagement (5 named subs reported across all SCI prime contracts, with 0% average sub-hours share). Recent sub-award activity appears limited to satellite services subcontracts under Indo-Pacific Transport Services contracts awarded in November and December 2025. The award portfolio spans 62 distinct customer agencies across telecommunications and network infrastructure categories, with top NAICS codes clustering in wired telecommunications carriers (131 awards), wireless telecommunications carriers (40 awards), and cable and subscription programming (37 awards).