The Ponderosa Telephone CO.
O'Neals, CA
- UEI
- K6AXPCWDKEK4
- CAGE
- 0B645
- Primary NAICS
- 517111 Wired Telecommunications Carriers
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Corporate family
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- Ponderosa Cablevision · O'Neals, CA CK2TU5XLASG6
- Ajo, AZ KBPMYKG8H1L5
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 47034 Rd 201, O'Neals, CA 93645, USA
- Website
- goponderosa.com
- Founded
- 1908
- 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 | $33,772 |
| FY2025 | $33,070 |
| FY2024 | $31,890 |
| FY2023 | $48,055 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Interior | $33,772 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant awards
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About the company
The Ponderosa Telephone Co., a rural telecommunications service provider headquartered in O'Neals, California, delivers wired telecommunications and broadband infrastructure services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) and as a prime grant recipient. The company operates through two named subsidiaries — Table Top Telephone Co Inc. and Ponderosa Cablevision — and competes on full-and-open procurement without set-aside designations across NAICS 517111 (Wired Telecommunications Carriers) and PSC codes spanning network access services and telecommunications infrastructure.
Ponderosa's federal work splits sharply between two customer agencies. The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation dominates the contract portfolio, accounting for ten awards with a combined potential value of $446 thousand, primarily purchase orders for telephone services and T1 data circuits supporting Friant Dam and the Bureau's South-Central California Area Office. Recent Bureau of Reclamation awards include a September 2026 purchase order valued at $26,607.60 for facilities access service supporting a T1 data circuit connecting Friant Dam to the Area Office (base period through August 2031 with four option years), a September 2023 purchase order for $37,711.43 for telephone services at Friant Dam Field Office (extending through September 2028), and a March 2022 modification valued at $102,129.39 for VoIP PriCircuit service. The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service anchors the grant portfolio with four awards totaling $27.7 million in combined potential value, structured as direct grants to Ponderosa for rural broadband infrastructure deployment. Notable grant recipients include a $21.3 million ReConnect Program (CFDA 10.752) award on May 6, 2026, for fiber-optic and ethernet infrastructure deployment in O'Neals structured as a 50-50 loan-grant combination funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (performance through May 2028), a $6.5 million Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants award (CFDA 10.855) on June 10, 2024, for broadband expansion supporting telemedicine and distance learning access in O'Neals (completion June 2026), and two prior ReConnect and pilot broadband loan-grant awards dated June 2023 and July 2022.
Ponderosa's award activity remained modest and episodic over the past five years — one award in 2021 and 2024, two awards each in 2022 and 2023, and two in 2026 — with fifteen total prime awards generating a combined potential value of $448 thousand against $28.1 million in obligated dollars, indicating substantial dollar value concentrated in a small number of large grants. Three awards (combined potential value $140 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating modest recompete exposure. Ponderosa does not operate as a subcontractor and carries no sub-award footprint in the source data. The company has maintained a continuous SAM registration since 2004, anchoring a geographically concentrated practice serving its home region and the federal water and broadband agencies with jurisdiction there.
Quick answers
Is The Ponderosa Telephone CO. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. The Ponderosa Telephone CO.'s SAM.gov registration is active through September 4, 2027.
How much has The Ponderosa Telephone CO. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $33,070 to The Ponderosa Telephone CO. in fiscal year 2025 and $146,786 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
What is The Ponderosa Telephone CO.'s most recent federal award?
The Ponderosa Telephone CO.'s most recent federal contract award is EO 14398: facilities access service for T1 data circuit used for providing a dedicated means of communication between… (140R2026P0077), from Bureau of Reclamation, on September 1, 2026.
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