Nemont Telephone Co-Operative Inc.

Nemont Telephone Co-Operative Inc., doing business as Nemont Long Distance, provides wired and wireless telecommunications services—landline telephone, voice over internet protocol, data connectivity, and broadband internet—to federal agencies in rural Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming, operating as a prime contractor on purchase orders and as a grant recipient with no subcontract footprint.

Nemont is a for-profit cooperative telecommunications provider headquartered in Scobey, Montana, competing on full-and-open purchase orders with no set-aside designations across its federal footprint. The vendor operates through four named subsidiaries: Project Telephone Company, Nemont Communications Inc., Missouri Valley Communications Inc., and Sagebrush Cellular Inc. All recent federal contract work is firm fixed-price purchase order activity—acquisition category matching a facilities-based carrier's incumbent-provider posture in geographically constrained rural service territories where Nemont operates existing network infrastructure. Combined potential value across 127 federal awards is $6.3 million, though obligated dollars total $81.3 million, reflecting the vendor's long history of contract performance and renewal cycles spanning back to 1983.

Customer concentration is acute and mission-driven. The Indian Health Service accounts for 36 awards worth $3.8 million in combined potential value (61% of dollars), followed by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Rocky Mountain Region with 41 awards worth $1.8 million (29% of dollars). These two agencies anchor 76 of 127 awards and 95% of combined potential value. The Bureau of Reclamation, Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, and the Department of Homeland Security comprise the remaining active customer set. Named contract examples include a $600 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from Indian Health Service through September 30, 2030 for telecommunications services at Poplar, Montana; a $119.3 thousand order from the Interior Rocky Mountain Region through April 30, 2030 for landline and internet service supporting the Office of the Solicitor District V operations at Crow Agency; a $159 thousand order from Interior Rocky Mountain Region through July 31, 2029 for landline service to the Fort Peck Agency; and a $44.1 thousand order from the Bureau of Reclamation through July 19, 2026 for Cisco Voice over Internet Protocol services at the Yellowtail Field Office.

Nemont's federal grant footprint anchors significant broadband and telemedicine expansion in rural areas. The vendor is a prime recipient on three grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service: a $15.3 million Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant (CFDA 10.855) awarded December 2, 2024, through December 2, 2026; a $35 million Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program grant (CFDA 10.752) awarded March 13, 2023, through March 13, 2025, to expand broadband in Scobey; and a $24.9 million Distance Learning and Telemedicine grant (CFDA 10.855) awarded June 24, 2022, through June 24, 2024. Nemont also receives sub-award activity, documented as a sub-recipient under a North Dakota state broadband grant in July 2023. Combined grant value is approximately $75.3 million over the three-year period, dwarfing contract revenues and positioning Nemont as a rural infrastructure expansion platform for USDA's broadband and telemedicine objectives.

Award velocity is flat—five awards per year across 2022 through 2025, with only two awards recorded in 2026 (most recent July 10, 2026). Six awards carrying $373 thousand in combined potential value reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, exposing the vendor to moderate recompete activity. The top parent vehicle is a Basic Ordering Agreement (DCA200XX00000) supporting three task orders; the vendor holds no seats on government-wide acquisition contracts or civilian agency IDIQs. Nemont competes exclusively on direct purchase orders and grant vehicles—no GSA Schedule, no GWAC, no agency-wide IDIQ. The vendor's footprint reflects the economics of rural telecommunications: small order value, long performance periods, incumbent provider advantage, and mission-critical infrastructure underpinning federal field operations and Indian Health Service delivery in geographically remote regions.

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