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$77,856,330

Department of Veterans Affairs·Department of Veterans Affairs

to CELLCO PARTNERSHIP

telecomactive
ACTION DATE2026-05-12·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_36C10B23C0015_3600_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TO INCLUDE DATA (EMAIL), TELEPHONE/VOICE (INCLUDING VOICEMAIL) AND/OR WIRELESS INTERNET FOR THE VA ENTERPRISE

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Provides wireless telecommunications, data, voice, and internet services across the VA enterprise infrastructure.

Sub-sectors
wireless-servicesva-enterprise-itgovernment-communications
Why this matters

Ensures reliable communications for VA operations serving millions of veterans; critical for healthcare delivery and benefits administration.

Supply-chain signal

Large-scale wireless carrier contract signals sustained demand for enterprise-grade telecom infrastructure and managed services from major carriers.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. government reliance on domestic telecom carriers (Cellco/Verizon) reflects policy to exclude Chinese telecom equipment from federal networks.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002167.

Period of performance
Start
2023-03-07
End
2026-09-30
Status
activein 138 days
Sources

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