West Kentucky Rural Telephone Cooperative Corp Inc.

West Kentucky Rural Telephone Cooperative Corp Inc., doing business as West Kentucky & Tennessee Telecommunications Cooperative, is a not-for-profit rural telecommunications cooperative based in Mayfield, Kentucky that acts as a prime recipient of federal grants for rural broadband and renewable energy infrastructure. The vendor holds no prime federal contracts and operates as a sub-recipient on two grant awards. The cooperative is registered in SAM.gov since 2009 and specializes in rural telecommunications infrastructure serving Kentucky and Tennessee communities.

The cooperative's federal footprint is dominated by the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service, which accounts for nine of twelve total awards across the vendor's grant portfolio. The top four customer agencies account for 100% of awards: the Rural Utilities Service (9 awards), the Rural Business Cooperative Services (1 award), the Department of the Treasury (1 award), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (1 award). Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $96.3 million, with the Rural Utilities Service anchoring the majority of that value.

The cooperative's capability portfolio centers on broadband deployment, telemedicine infrastructure, distance learning systems, and renewable energy integration for rural telecommunications facilities. Representative prime grant work includes a $1.301 million Community Connect Grant (CFDA 10.863) awarded by the Rural Utilities Service on September 16, 2025, funding broadband transmission service deployment in rural communities with a completion date of September 16, 2027; a $2.21 million Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants project awarded April 6, 2023, to address cost overruns for telemedicine and distance learning services in Mayfield; and a $589,592 Rural Energy for America Program grant (CFDA 10.868) awarded July 15, 2024, to implement renewable energy systems and energy efficiency upgrades for telecommunications infrastructure. The cooperative also received an $11.8 million project grant from the Rural Utilities Service in 2020 for broadband infrastructure deployment in partnership with the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs. As a sub-recipient, the cooperative works under the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration on a Broadband CPF Middle Mile Grant Award (July 23, 2024) and under the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs on a public utilities project (November 13, 2023).

Activity remains modest but consistent, averaging two to three awards annually over the past five years. Only one award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. The cooperative's federal engagement is restricted to the grant channel rather than contract vehicles, with no IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs in its portfolio.