Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program

BEAD is administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the US Department of Commerce. The Oklahoma Broadband Office (OBO) is managing the competitive grant process, subgrantee selection process and awardee monitoring and compliance.

BEAD Office Hours (Every Thursday at 11am): OBO hosts a weekly 30-minute virtual meeting where Oklahoma BEAD subrecipients can ask programmatic and technical questions.

Meeting link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/21437759957338?p=7UBY2FQL1NUfEyNRtS

BEAD Subs FAQ Updated 11:00 a.m. CT, September 2, 2026

Note: The OBO BEAD Portal is where subrecipients will access mandatory programmatic reports. 

On September 3, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a Supplemental Deployment Policy Notice. The notice outlines a process for a Benefit of the Bargain Round 2. A list of eligible locations for the new round has not been finalized by NTIA. However, the OBO has developed a draft list of locations that follow the guidance of the new policy notice and IIJA. 

The OBO is requesting all ISPs to review the locations and provide feedback on the following: 

1. Interest in Supplemental Locations: Are you interested in applying for any of the locations included in the attached draft dataset? If so, please identify the locations or areas in which you may be interested.
2. Existing Grant Agreement Execution: Would you prefer to continue moving forward with execution of your existing BEAD grant agreement(s), or would you prefer to wait until the conclusion of the supplemental round before executing? Note: the timing of the supplemental round has not been determined by NTIA.
3. Locations Above NTIA’s Updated Cost per Pass: NTIA has tentatively established Oklahoma’s updated cost per pass at $11,207.82. If adding new locations to your existing award includes locations with an anticipated cost per pass above this amount, please provide:
   • The anticipated cost for the applicable location(s); and
   • A brief explanation of any extenuating circumstances or location-specific factors contributing to a cost above NTIA’s assumed cost per pass.

Feedback is welcome from all ISPs, regardless of being awarded a BEAD grant. Please email your feedback to BEAD@broadband.ok.gov no later than October 2.

Download location data here: 

CSV list

Shapefile

As of 9/23/26

Note: If your entity feels the information presented below is not up-to-date please email our office at BEAD@broadband.ok.gov. ISPs can access location data for their projects below the dashboard. 

To view BEAD projects and their overlapping Tribal areas click here: BEAD Subgrantee Projects

NTIA

BEAD Process Map for Subgrantees and States

FAQ NEPA for BEAD

NTIA BEAD Policy Notice Published by NTIA on June 6, 2025. 

NTIA BEAD Final Proposal Guidance Published by NTIA in June, 2025. 

NTIA BEAD NOFO

NIST Cybersecurity Framework

Tribal

Oklahoma BEAD Tribal Consent

Oklahoma BEAD Tribal Request for Support Letter

Below are templates approved by the specific Tribes:

Choctaw Nation

Cherokee Nation

BEAD Final Proposal

As originally submitted to NTIA.

Attachments:

• Download the BEAD Agency Policy Documentation Draft
• Download the Program Monitoring Plan Draft 
• Download the Environmental and Historic Preservation Documentation Draft
• Tribal Consent Letters
• OBO BEAD Grant Agreement 
  • Updated on August 31, 2026.
• OBO BEAD Grant Agreement (Redline)
  • Updated on August 31, 2026.