Saudi Telecom Company

Saudi Telecom Company (STC), doing business as STC, operates as a prime contractor delivering cellular phone services, mobile data connectivity, internet services, and telecommunications equipment to the U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense, and Army Materiel Command in Saudi Arabia on full-and-open contract vehicles without set-aside utilization, leveraging its sole-source status as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's national telecommunications provider. STC is a for-profit international organization headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with registration in SAM.gov since December 2021. As an international entity without U.S. small business certifications, STC competes exclusively on full-and-open basis, using its indigenous telecommunications infrastructure and monopoly position within Saudi Arabia as the primary competitive advantage rather than socioeconomic set-asides.

STC's federal footprint concentrates on cellular and mobile connectivity delivery to military and diplomatic missions. Representative prime work includes a $9 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Department of the Air Force (awarded October 2021, extended through October 2027) that has generated over 50 delivery orders ranging from $704 to $484,288 for cellular services supporting the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS), Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), National Defense University (NDU), Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), United States Military Training Mission (USMTM), and U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM); a $7 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with Army Materiel Command Security Assistance Command (awarded February 2025, performance through August 2029) for commercial telecommunications equipment and services supporting the Office of the Program Manager-Saudi National Guard (OPM-SANG) and U.S. Military Assistance Group (USAMAG); and a $4.47 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with Army Materiel Command Security Assistance Command (awarded April 2022, running through March 2027) that has supported six call orders totaling approximately $1.9 million for mobile phone and internet services. Recent fiscal 2026 activity includes a $551,760 delivery order for United States Military Training Mission support across four SIM plans (324 total SIMs), an $850,000 delivery order for OPM-SANG cellular and telephone services, and a $10,732.80 order for 25 data SIMs for WINDAR laptops.

Customer concentration skews heavily toward the Department of the Army Materiel Command Security Assistance Command by potential value—11 awards accounting for $15.1 million (52% of combined potential value)—while the Department of the Air Force dominates award count with 71 orders representing $3.5 million combined value. The Office of the Secretary of Defense places 18 orders valued at $9.8 million, a secondary dollar concentration driver, reflecting multi-agency reliance on STC's services. Activity has declined year over year: 35 awards in 2022, 27 in 2023, 20 in 2024, 18 in 2025, and only 3 in 2026 (through June), suggesting either seasonality or customer consolidation of call orders. Over the next twenty-four months, 16 awards carrying $880 thousand in combined potential value reach ultimate completion date and face recompete exposure.

STC holds three significant parent vehicles: the $9 million Air Force Indefinite Delivery Contract (91 task orders, $4.4 million potential value), the $4.47 million Army Security Assistance Command Blanket Purchase Agreement (6 task orders, $1.9 million potential value), and the $7 million Army Security Assistance Command Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded in February 2025 (3 task orders, $1.8 million potential value). All vehicles are single-award, sole-source vehicles structured without competitive set-asides, reflecting the government's recognition of STC's monopoly telecommunications capability within Saudi Arabia. Work performance occurs exclusively in Saudi Arabia, leveraging STC's national network infrastructure. No subcontract footprint exists in the source—STC performs as prime contractor on 106 awards with zero sub-award activity.

STC's service portfolio, grounded in delivery order language across the award history, centers on cellular phone services (voice and SMS), mobile data connectivity (measured in SIMs and data plans), internet access (fixed broadband circuits), and commercial telecommunications equipment provisioning to support U.S. military, diplomatic, and security cooperation personnel and programs. The vendor uses standard telecommunications service terminology—ATB Plans, NDU Plans, USMTM Plans, FMS admin cell phone services—indicating standardized service tiers and pricing structures for recurring government demand. Despite the Kingdom's regulatory environment and foreign ownership, STC's federal contracting activity demonstrates sustained demand across multiple U.S. agencies; however, the year-over-year decline in award frequency and the relatively modest combined potential value ($28.7 million total across 106 orders) suggest a stable but narrowly scoped vendor relationship focused on the unique geographic and regulatory niche it occupies rather than expansion into broader federal IT or telecommunications modernization work.