BEAD Cybersecurity
These templates may be used for applicants in submitting their cybersecurity plans for the VT-BEAD application.
Letter of Credit (LOC) and Performance Bonds
NTIA BEAD Letter of Credit Waiver
The NTIA’s BEAD Letter of Credit Waiver serves as the guidance document for utilizing either a Letter of Credit or Performance Bond in the BEAD application.
BEAD Program Surety Bond Information Kit
This resource is provided by the National Association of Surety Bond Producers and provides information and templates for applicants wishing to utilize the performance bond option under the NTIA’s Letter of Credit Programmatic Wavier.
Permitting
NTIA Permitting Resources
The NTIA’s Permitting Resources page contains all relevant NTIA guidance and permitting tools, including policy guidance, best practice, and mapping tools (and mapping tool instructions).
VT-BEAD Permitting Checklist
VCBB has developed this checklist to guide applicants in the required process at the pre- and post-award stages as well as ongoing project monitoring.
Uniform Guidance
This memo provides an overview of the Uniform Guidance Policy Notice, its applicability of 2 CFR Part 200 for Fixed Amount Subawards, and its implication on the VT-BEAD program.
Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program Overview
The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, provides $42.45 billion to expand high-speed internet access by funding planning, infrastructure deployment and adoption programs in all 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
BEAD Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issues this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to describe the requirements under which it will award grants in connection with the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program (Program), authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, Division F, Title I, Section 60102, Public Law 117-58, 135 Stat. 429 (November 15, 2021) (Infrastructure Act or Act) also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The BEAD Program provides federal funding for grants to Eligible Entities for broadband planning, deployment, mapping, equity, and adoption activities.