It will be interesting to see how that works with LEO satellite.
Also what percentage of awardees back out or get disqualified before ever starting. Like oh hell, now I see why we were the low bidder. I’m assuming that even if you can document higher expenditures, they won’t give you more than you bid. Or even though there bidders were vetted, there could be some qualification they can’t meet and they get disqualified. From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 2:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] how does BEAD subsidy work IRL? I've had no involvement with BEAD. In the NY Broadband program, you'd get reimbursed for actual expenses, and then they do a physical plant audit. If you submitted invoices for reimbursement for 17 Arista 7250 switches you'd better be able to show them 17 Arista 7250 switches either installed in the field or as spares on the shelf. I cannot imagine why a state would do it any other way. They must have lots of faith in the honesty of their utility companies. _____ From: AF <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > on behalf of Chuck <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 28, 2025 9:22 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] how does BEAD subsidy work IRL? Yep, you get the whole enchalada. So hopefully your costs are way below you bid. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 28, 2025, at 6:41 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I know that BEAD is supposed to pay 75% and the provider 25%, with some exceptions. But the states are administering the program, and the award goes to the provider who bid the lowest price for the project area. So is their bid what they get, or do they get 75% of that? Or do they still need to submit actual labor & materials costs and they get 75% of that? I’m confused. For example, let’s say the winning bid for an area with 200 locations is $5,000 per location, $1 million total. And let’s say it only costs $500K to connect all 200 locations, but nobody bid lower than $1 million. Does BEAD pay out 75% of the $500K actual documented cost? 75% of the $1 million bid? Or the full $1 million because the bids were already supposed to factor in the 75/25 split? -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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