Ohio BEAD Compliance
Program status, award winners, and the compliance requirements every BEAD subgrantee in Ohio must satisfy — from pre-agreement readiness through the 10-year federal-interest period.
Where Ohio 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 Ohio 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.
Ohio's state-specific rules are still being processed into our engine. The federal baseline applies in full today, and state requirements are added as Ohio finalizes program documents.
Ohio BEAD Award Winnerstop 10 of 20
| ISP | Award | Status | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charter Communications, Inc. (Spectrum) | $80.3M | Provisional | Fiber |
| Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Starlink) | $51.7M | Provisional | LEO Satellite |
| Aristotle Unified Communications | $31.3M | Provisional | Fiber |
| Brightspeed (Connect Holding II LLC) | $24.6M | Provisional | Fiber |
| South Central Power Company | $15.7M | Provisional | Fiber |
| Ohio Gig, LLC and subsidiaries | $11.2M | Provisional | Fiber |
| Bascom Communications/Bascom Mutual Telephone Co. | $8.9M | Provisional | Fiber |
| Smart Way Communications LLC | $7.8M | Provisional | licensed_fixed_wireless |
| Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC | $7.4M | Provisional | Fiber |
| IBT Group USA LLC | $6.7M | Provisional | licensed_fixed_wireless |
20 provisional · Award data compiled from state broadband office announcements.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much BEAD funding has Ohio awarded?
Ohio has awarded $277.1M in BEAD subgrants across 20 ISPs. Current program status: Provisional Awards Announced (December 2025).
What compliance requirements apply to BEAD subgrantees in Ohio?
Every BEAD subgrantee in Ohio must satisfy 556+ federal requirements spanning Buy America (BABA), cybersecurity & supply chain risk management, financial & audit controls, environmental review, labor standards, and network performance. State-specific requirements are added as the state finalizes its program rules.
What happens if a Ohio 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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