Maine Opens BEAD Subgrantee Prequalification Round

Maine opened its prequalification process for NTIA’s broadband equity, access and deployment (BEAD) program, the Maine Connectivity Authority said Wednesday. It will remain open through Oct. 18, the MCA said. In this first phase of Maine’s subgrantee selection process, “MCA will evaluate a prospective applicant’s technical, financial, operational and managerial capacity,” it said. NTIA allocated nearly $272 million to Maine for BEAD. North Carolina started prequalifying ISPs earlier this week (see 2409160033).