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$58,808,863

Department of the Interior·Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education

to VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK SERVICES LLC

telecomactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2020 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2020-08-01·LATEST ACTION2026-05-06·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_140A1620F0013_1450_GS00Q17NSD3009_4732
Award description

EDUCATION NATIVE AMERICAN NETWORK TRANSPORT SERVICES FOR BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Network transport and connectivity services for Native American K-12 and higher education institutions under the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Sub-sectors
broadband-infrastructuretribal-education-connectivitytransport-services
Why this matters

Critical infrastructure supporting internet access and digital equity for underserved tribal education communities across the United States.

Supply-chain signal

Strengthens telecom backbone supporting tribal broadband, boosting demand for transport equipment and network infrastructure providers.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. telecom provider leadership in tribal broadband supports domestic infrastructure control and reduces dependence on foreign network equipment.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-07. Cost: $0.009254.

Period of performance
Start
2020-08-01
End
2027-06-30
Status
activein 365 days
Sources

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