Support closing the broadband availability GAP and support the development of a five-year action plan

Active Project Grant Awarded Last action

Award ID
2320B059
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$276,977,723

Award facts

Completion date 41% complete
Originally
Funding agency
National Telecommunications and Information Administration Department of Commerce
Place of performance
Augusta, ME 04330, USA

Award details come from USAspending.gov.

Description

As the agency reported it.

Purpose
The purpose of this grant is to support closing the broadband availability GAP and support the development of a five-year action plan. The proposed project includes the following planning and pre-deployment activities: research and data collection, including initial identification of unserved locations and underserved locations consistent with rules, regulations, and processes commission has established for making determinations in broadband data maps; the development of a preliminary budget for pre-planning activities; publications, outreach, and communications support; providing technical assistance to potential subgrantees, including through workshops and events; training for employees of broadband program or office of eligible entity or employees or political subdivisions of eligible entity, and related staffing capacity or consulting or contracted support to effectuate goals of bead program; establishing, operating, or increasing capacity of a broadband office that oversees broadband programs and broadband deployment in an eligible entity; asset mapping across the eligible entity to catalogue broadband adoption, affordability, equity, access and deployment activities occurring within the eligible entity; conducting surveys of unserved, underserved, and underrepresented communities to better understand barriers to adoption; costs associated with meeting the local coordination requirements in section IV.c.1.c of this nofo including capacity building at the local and regional levels or contracted support; and reasonable post-nofo, pre-award expenses

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Amendment The bead program provides federal funding for grants to eligible entities for broadband planning, deployment, mapping, equity, and adoption activities. The… $266,977,723
Amendment $5,000,000
Original award $5,000,000

Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
Fidium Enterprise Services, LLC BEAD deployment project. Project encompasses Ashland and Houlton with fiber to the home network and provides services to underserved and unserved locations… $3,675,784
Fidium Enterprise Services, LLC BEAD deployment project. Project encompasses Bar Harbor and Columbia and Deer Isle and East Millinocket and Ellsworth and Franklin and Hermon and Jonesport… $4,730,037
Fidium Enterprise Services, LLC BEAD deployment project. Project encompasses Rangeley and Adams Township with a fiber to the home network providing services to underserved and unserved… $753,828
Fidium Enterprise Services, LLC BEAD deployment project. Project encompasses Sanford with a fiber to the home network providing services to underserved and unserved locations throughout the… $299,994
Fidium Enterprise Services, LLC BEAD deployment project. Project encompasses Bangor and Belfast and Brewer and Brooks and Bucksport and Camden and Eddington and Freedom and Old Town and… $1,522,798
Fidium Enterprise Services, LLC BEAD deployment project. Project encompasses Bath and Boothbay Harbor and Phippsburg and Wiscasset with a fiber to the home network providing services to… $100,000
Fidium Enterprise Services, LLC BEAD deployment project. Project encompasses Augusta and Calais and Clinton and Cutler and Eastport and Fairfield and Gardiner and Madison and Newport and North… $2,810,649
Fidium Enterprise Services, LLC BEAD deployment project. Project encompasses Bingham and Brownville and Corinth and Dexter and Dover Foxcroft and Greenville and Guilford and Jackman and Milo… $2,300,000
Fidium Enterprise Services, LLC BEAD deployment project. Project encompasses Goodwin Mills and Kennebunk and North Sanford and Wells and Wilsons Mills and York with a fiber to the home network… $280,882
Fidium Enterprise Services, LLC BEAD deployment project. Project encompasses Caribou with a fiber to the home network providing services to underserved and unserved locations throughout the… $387,987
Fidium Enterprise Services, LLC BEAD deployment project. Project encompasses Bridgton and Brunswick and Cornish and Denmark and Freeport and Fryeburg and Harrison and Limerick and Lovell and… $6,634,967
Fidium Enterprise Services, LLC BEAD deployment project. Project encompasses East Winthrop with a fiber to the home network providing services to underserved and unserved locations… $28,633
Fidium Enterprise Services, LLC BEAD deployment project. Project encompasses Island Falls and Littleton and Patten and Sherman Mills and Smyrna Mills with a fiber to the home network providing… $3,316,975
Fidium Enterprise Services, LLC BEAD deployment award. Project encompasses Eagle Lake and Easton and Fort Kent and Frenchville and Madawaska with fiber to the home network providing services… $2,190,476
Fidium Enterprise Services, LLC BEAD deployment project. Project encompasses Kingman and Lee and Lincoln and Mattawamkeag and Winter Harbor with a fiber to the home network providing… $2,559,378
Fidium Enterprise Services, LLC BEAD deployment project. Project encompasses Danforth and Fort Fairfield and Grand Isle and Limestone and Mars Hill and New Sweden and Presque Isle and… $4,261,562
Fidium Enterprise Services, LLC BEAD deployment project. Project encompasses Dixfield and Farmington and Greene and Lewiston and Lisbon Falls and Litchfield and Livermore Falls and Monmouth… $2,463,358
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Quick answers

Who received award 2320B059?

2320B059 was awarded to Maine Connectivity Authority by National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce) on November 15, 2022.

How much is award 2320B059 worth?

$276,977,723 has been obligated on 2320B059.

Which agency awarded 2320B059?

National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce) awarded 2320B059, with funding from National Telecommunications and Information Administration (Department of Commerce).

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