Virginia BEAD Compliance
Program status, award winners, and the compliance requirements every BEAD subgrantee in Virginia must satisfy — from pre-agreement readiness through the 10-year federal-interest period.
Where Virginia stands: Subgrants Executed — December 2025
Subgrant agreements are signed — the compliance obligation is live. Deployment milestones, BABA sourcing documentation, reporting cadences, and disbursement gates now apply, and they run for the full 10-year federal-interest period.
What Virginia 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 Virginia broadband office — 123 critical severity. State rules routinely add reporting cadences, performance thresholds, and documentation formats that differ from the federal defaults.
Virginia BEAD Award Winners
| ISP | Award | Status | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | $150.0M | Executed | Fiber/HFC |
| Verizon Virginia LLC | $100.0M | Executed | Fiber |
| Brightspeed (Connect Holding II LLC) | $80.0M | Executed | Fiber |
| Charter Communications, Inc. (Spectrum) | $60.0M | Executed | Fiber |
| Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Starlink) | $30.0M | Executed | LEO Satellite |
5 subgrants executed · Award data compiled from state broadband office announcements.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much BEAD funding has Virginia awarded?
Virginia has awarded $420.0M in BEAD subgrants across 5 ISPs. Current program status: Subgrants Executed (December 2025).
What compliance requirements apply to BEAD subgrantees in Virginia?
Every BEAD subgrantee in Virginia 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 209 Virginia-specific requirements (123 critical severity) layered on by the state broadband office.
What happens if a Virginia 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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