Hawaii finalizes $34M BEAD contract with Hawaiian Telcom for 5,800 homes

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.