Hawaii finalizes $34M BEAD contract with Hawaiian Telcom for 5,800 homes
The Office of the Governor and the University of Hawaii finalized a $34 million contract with Hawaiian Telcom to bring fiber-optic broadband to about 5,800 underserved homes. The move signals Hawaii has moved from planning into active BEAD construction.
Providers named: Hawaiian Telcom
Award amount: $34.0M
What this means for BEAD compliance
Hawaiian Telcom as the newly awarded BEAD subgrantee in Hawaii, along with the Hawaii Broadband and Digital Equity Office overseeing contract execution and monitoring.
Execution of the $34 million contract triggers active-deployment obligations, starting clocks for construction permitting, procurement documentation, and expenditure/cost-share reporting tied to the 5,800-home fiber build. Hawaiian Telcom must now demonstrate ongoing compliance with buy America sourcing, contractor oversight, bonding, and covered-equipment prohibitions as construction procurements begin, and must establish internal controls to track and report project expenditures and non-federal cost share to the state administering entity. Failure to document permit acquisition, procurement competition, or cost-sharing contributions from this point forward creates audit and clawback risk under federal BEAD financial rules.
Analysis by BeadComply Compliance Intelligence, grounded in the BEAD requirements registry.
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