Arizona BEAD Compliance
Program status, award winners, and the compliance requirements every BEAD subgrantee in Arizona must satisfy — from pre-agreement readiness through the 10-year federal-interest period.
Where Arizona stands: Provisional Awards Announced — December 2025
Provisional awards are public. Winners are now in the pre-agreement window: SCRM documentation, letters of credit, federal certifications, and SAM.gov registration all need to be in place before the subgrant agreement is executed.
What Arizona BEAD Subgrantees Must Comply With
NTIA NOFO, 2 CFR 200, Build America Buy America, Davis-Bacon, NIST cybersecurity & SCRM, environmental review, and network performance obligations — 318 of them critical severity. These apply to every BEAD subgrantee in every state.
Layered on top of the federal baseline by the Arizona broadband office — 116 critical severity. State rules routinely add reporting cadences, performance thresholds, and documentation formats that differ from the federal defaults.
Arizona BEAD Award Winnerstop 10 of 14
| ISP | Award | Status | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wecom Fiber | $195.8M | Provisional | fiber_leo_satellite |
| Navajo Nation | $148.6M | Provisional | fiber_fixed_wireless_leo_satellite |
| Hopi Telecommunications | $41.4M | Provisional | unlicensed_fixed_wireless |
| TransWorld Network | $23.5M | Provisional | fiber_licensed_fixed_wireless |
| Trico Electric Cooperative, Inc. | $19.7M | Provisional | Fiber |
| Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Starlink) | $17.1M | Provisional | LEO Satellite |
| Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | $13.6M | Provisional | Fiber |
| Yavapai-Apache Nation | $13.3M | Provisional | Fiber |
| WeLink Communications, Inc. | $11.0M | Provisional | fiber_licensed_fixed_wireless |
| Tohono O'odham Utility Authority | $7.0M | Provisional | fiber_unlicensed_fixed_wireless |
14 provisional · Award data compiled from state broadband office announcements.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much BEAD funding has Arizona awarded?
Arizona has awarded $512.1M in BEAD subgrants across 14 ISPs. Current program status: Provisional Awards Announced (December 2025).
What compliance requirements apply to BEAD subgrantees in Arizona?
Every BEAD subgrantee in Arizona must satisfy 556+ federal requirements spanning Buy America (BABA), cybersecurity & supply chain risk management, financial & audit controls, environmental review, labor standards, and network performance — plus 181 Arizona-specific requirements (116 critical severity) layered on by the state broadband office.
What happens if a Arizona BEAD subgrantee falls out of compliance?
Consequences escalate from corrective action plans and payment withholding to letter-of-credit seizure, full clawback of disbursed funds, and — for False Claims Act violations such as BABA sourcing failures — up to treble damages and debarment from all federal programs.
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