How NTIA is Asking States to Revise BEAD Plans
States could have to rebid certain areas, people familiar with the process said.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2025 – States may have to rebid their most expensive areas under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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As part of the process to get their final spending plans approved by the Commerce Department, these officials said, the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration will compare a state’s tentatively approved projects under the $42.45 billion program to a broadband deployment cost model.
States will need to negotiate downward or potentially award to another provider areas where costs are above certain thresholds, the people said.
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