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Cellco Partnership
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Federal agencies obligated $785M to Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ, in the listed fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $145M, of which $111M (76%) came through contracts.
That is about level on FY2025 ($140M).
Cellco Partnership ranks 21 of 712 listed organisations located in NJ by five-year obligations, and 1,043 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense and Department of Agriculture and 5 other agencies: 60 awards worth $285M in total award value.
Its largest contract industry is NAICS 517312 (Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)), where it ranks 2 of 8 organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $262,754,766 | $218,346,029 | $44,408,737 | — |
| FY2024 | $237,071,312 | $205,438,562 | $31,632,750 | -10% |
| FY2025 | $139,897,124 | $142,573,755 | $0 | -41% |
| FY2026 | $145,219,545 | $110,752,938 | $34,466,607 | +4% |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in NJ | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $785M | $79B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $145M | $22B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $677M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $108M | $79B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 1,043 of 30,000 | 1 of 712 in NJ | 1 |
Largest in state: Human Services, New Jersey Department of. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Veterans Affairs | 1 | $78M | 29% |
| 2 | Department of Defense | 28 | $77M | 28% |
| 3 | Department of Agriculture | 2 | $41M | 15% |
| 4 | Department of the Interior | 6 | $28M | 10% |
| 5 | Department of Transportation | 3 | $18M | 6% |
| 6 | Department of Commerce | 4 | $12M | 4% |
| 7 | Department of Justice | 5 | $9.6M | 4% |
| 8 | Department of Health and Human Services | 2 | $9.0M | 3% |
Contract industries NAICS
Rank within NAICS 517312: 2 of 8 organisations by $1.0M+ award value; see Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite).
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Somerset County, NJ $152M · Larimer County, CO $27M · District of Columbia, DC $20M · Chesterfield County, VA $13M · Madison County, AL $12M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Veterans Affairs | ContractDefinitive Contract | 517112 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) | $78M | 7 Mar 2023 | NJ | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureOffice of the Chief Financial Officer | ContractBpa Call | 517312 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) | $27M | 28 Jun 2024 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Highway Administration | ContractBpa Call | 517312 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) | $14M | 24 Aug 2023 | DC | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureOffice of the Chief Financial Officer | ContractBpa Call | 517312 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) | $14M | 18 Dec 2025 | NJ | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDefense Information Systems Agency | ContractDelivery Order | 517312 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) | $10M | 7 Jun 2024 | NJ | USAspending |
| Department of the InteriorBureau of Land Management | ContractDelivery Order | 517312 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) | $8.5M | 5 Aug 2024 | NJ | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army | ContractDelivery Order | 517112 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) | $7.9M | 1 Jul 2024 | AL | USAspending |
| Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey | ContractBpa Call | 517312 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) | $6.2M | 28 Mar 2024 | VA | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources | ContractBpa Call | 517312 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) | $5.9M | 25 Sep 2024 | NJ | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDefense Logistics Agency | ContractDelivery Order | 517112 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) | $5.9M | 21 Mar 2025 | VA | USAspending |
| Department of the InteriorU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | ContractDelivery Order | 517312 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) | $5.6M | 22 May 2024 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of JusticeOffices, Boards and Divisions | ContractBpa Call | 517312 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) | $5.2M | 27 Oct 2022 | NJ | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $78M, Department of Veterans Affairs, 7 Mar 2023: WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TO INCLUDE DATA (EMAIL), TELEPHONE/VOICE (INCLUDING VOICEMAIL) AND/OR WIRELESS INTERNET FOR THE VA ENTERPRISE
- $27M, Department of Agriculture, 28 Jun 2024: VERIZON WIRELESS SERVICES AND SERVICE ENABLED DEVICES CALL ORDER PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE - JULY 01, 2024 - JUNE 30, 2025
- $14M, Department of Transportation, 24 Aug 2023: TO ISSUE A NEW BPA CALL FOR VERIZON WIRELESS SERVICE AND SUPPORT.
- $14M, Department of Agriculture, 18 Dec 2025: USDA WIRELESS SERVICES AND SERVICE ENABLED DEVICES BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT VERIZON FUNDING
- $10M, Department of Defense, 7 Jun 2024: WIRELESS DEVICES AND SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY (WHCA)
- $8.5M, Department of the Interior, 5 Aug 2024: FY24 VERIZON
- $7.9M, Department of Defense, 1 Jul 2024: CIOG6 S24-0087 VERIZON WIRELESS DON SPIRAL 4 THE DON SPIRAL 4 CONTRACTS PROVIDE COMMERCIAL CELLULAR WIRELESS VOICE AND DATA SERVICES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT DATA
- $6.2M, Department of the Interior, 28 Mar 2024: CELLULAR VOICE AND MOBILE DATA
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Cellco Partnership receive?
$785M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $263M; FY2024: $237M; FY2025: $140M; FY2026: $145M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Cellco Partnership?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Veterans Affairs ($78M), Department of Defense ($77M), Department of Agriculture ($41M), Department of the Interior ($28M) and Department of Transportation ($18M).
What is the money for?
Contracts are classified under NAICS 517312 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite), NAICS 517112 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) and NAICS 541519 Other Computer Related Services.
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: NJ ($152M), CO ($33M), VA ($30M) and DC ($20M).
Is Cellco Partnership a large federal recipient?
It ranks 1,043 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 21 of 712 located in NJ. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.