ブロードバンド公平アクセスと普及（BEAD）

KDC Grant Portal & BEAD Pre-Registration User Guide

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Registration curing requests will come from a Salesforce automated email address of “KDC SF NoReply <[email protected]>”.   Emails will go to the Lead Project and Lead Technical Project contacts.  If you have a question regarding your curing request, do not reply to that email.  Email questions to the [email protected]v inbox and a team member will respond to you.  

必要書類

• 利害の不一致に関する声明 - 8.20.24更新
• 非共謀声明 - 8.20.24更新
• Updated Attestation from Lead Organization
• Updated Attestations from Consortium Members
• CAI Participation List – Template

Pre-Registration Process

To maximize time for eligible applicants to participate in the BEAD subgrant selection process, KOBD will accept submitted registrations as sufficient to allow applicants to access the BEAD technical application portal. Please note, this does NOT suggest your registration has been accepted as being satisfactory. All applicants must have a successful registration to allow for their submitted technical application to be reviewed by KOBD. Unsuccessful registrations will result in it being returned for curing and technical applications submitted by the applicant cannot be reviewed until all registration curing has been satisfied.

Salesforce Portal Multiple Users

Our Salesforce portal is limited to one unique user working within the Salesforce application. However, our Salesforce team has suggested the following workaround to allow multiple people to collaborate.

To collaborate on your BEAD registration and/or technical application simultaneously, you must be willing to share your login credentials for Salesforce with other people. Once you’ve shared your login information with one or more people, all of you may begin working on separate sections of the same application.

PLEASE NOTE: This workaround will not work if two or more people are attempting to work in the same section of the application. The solution only works if each contributor is working in different sections. Each person working on their specific section must save their progress to ensure that Salesforce registers the entries into the portal. To confirm that the progress of others is within the system, please refresh the page after you save your work (if that does not work, logging out and logging back in should reflect all the latest saved progress).

Project Applications

• BEAD: Benefit of the Bargain Round Technical Application User Guide
• BEAD: Benefit of the Bargain Round Location List Template
• BEAD: Benefit of the Bargain Round Data Dictionary
• BEAD: Benefit of the Bargain Round 採点基準

必要書類

• Updated Bead: Benefit of the Bargain Project Application Attestation from Lead Organization
• Updated Bead: Benefit of the Bargain Project Application Attestation from Member

Salesforce Portal Multiple Users

Our Salesforce portal is limited to one unique user working within the Salesforce application. However, our Salesforce team has suggested the following workaround to allow multiple people to collaborate.

To collaborate on your BEAD registration and/or technical application simultaneously, you must be willing to share your login credentials for Salesforce with other people. Once you’ve shared your login information with one or more people, all of you may begin working on separate sections of the same application.

PLEASE NOTE: This workaround will not work if two or more people are attempting to work in the same section of the application. The solution only works if each contributor is working in different sections. Each person working on their specific section must save their progress to ensure that Salesforce registers the entries into the portal. To confirm that the progress of others is within the system, please refresh the page after you save your work (if that does not work, logging out and logging back in should reflect all the latest saved progress).

KOBD has updated the approved NTIA bead eligible location list with the addition of a new eligibility field. This field will support applications as they are still required to account for the full location list approved by NTIA. This will address the changes in status over time and allow applicants to apply for locations in need of eligible service.

Location status: 0=unserved/eligible, 1=underserved/eligible, 2=served/funded/ineligible.  
*Please note files with an *asterisk* will not open in Excel completely. Will require other software.

Applicants must account for ALL NTIA approved eligible locations (the 0s and 1s in the list) even if it is shown as “ineligible” in the KOBD eligibility field. There will be required fields within the technical application and within the location .csv file where locations flagged as newly ineligible will be recorded. BEAD dollars should not be requested for these newly ineligible locations.

• *All_Kansas_BSLs_Final_July_25.csv: This file is similar to the previous BSL file, (ie All BSLs regardless of classification), but with additional fields to be used by applicants such as PFA and “KOBD_FINAL_ELIGIBILITY”, which includes a new eligibility status based on the NTIA reason codes and current data to be used in the final proposal.  While all 0s and 1s on the list must be accounted for in the application, we are asking applicants to only ask for BEAD dollars for the locations on this list with the “Eligible” status.
• Eligible_Kansas_BSLs_Final_July_25.xlsx: This file is the same as the file above except that it omits the (2) classification. This is the BEAD-Eligible location list.
• Eligible_Kansas_BSLs_Final_July_25_PIVOT.xlsx: This file is the same as the above file, but it has a few additional tools. It includes a separate tab with a Pivot Table that lists all 403 PFAs as well as a count of [BEAD-Eligible] BSLs. You can expand the PFA there, to show a breakdown of those BSLs, showing the BSLs that are “still” eligible, and those that are “Now Ineligible”.
• Final_approved_Kansas_cai_July_25.csv: This is a newly updated CAI file that has been modified slightly to remove records that do not fit the current IIJA CAI definition.
• フリーステート・ミドルマイル・ネットワーク: “Provider Planning” current available .kmz maps available for download
• Kansas_PFAs_Final_09_26_24: (KMZ) Map files – based off of census blocks (opens in Google Earth)
• Kansas_PFAs_Final_09_26_24 (GIS) Map files – based off of census blocks (GIS)
• Final_NTIA_approved_Kansas_locations_July_25.csv: This is a list of ALL Kansas BSLs (served(2), underserved(1), unserved(0)). 

Please note the Project Funding Areas did not change.  The current broadband fabric was used to notate locations that no longer exist. KOBD continues to use all available and allowable information to support applicants. 

The first round of BEAD pre-registration opened on May 13, 2024 and closed on December 20, 2024. The list reflected below indicates all applicants that have been reviewed and approved.  Following a thorough review by the KOBD team, all applicants received notifications on their pre-qualification status, indicating whether their submission was approved, returned for curing, or disqualified. The following organizations successfully registered to participate in the BEAD program.

If you are on the list of BEAD Pre-Registered Applicants, you do not need to complete the BEAD: Benefit of the Bargain Pre-Registration process. Those who submitted, but did not complete registration before the June 6, 2025, Policy Notice may require curing. 

• 3JL Holdings, LLC
• AMG Technology Investment Group, LLC
• Butler Rural Electric Cooperative Assn Inc.
• コフィービル市
• Comcast Cable
• コネクト・ホールディングII LLC d/b/a ブライツスピード
• Cox Communications Kansas, LLC
• Fiber Communications of Columbus, LLC
• ジャイアント・コミュニケーションズ
• ハビランド・ブロードバンド
• アイデアテック
• ITC Broadband Operating, LLC
• カノクラ
• Mercury Wireless
• プレーリー・バンド・ポタワトミ・ネーション
• Pioneer Telephone Association, Inc.
• Pinnacle Broadband, LLC
• Resound Networks
• Southern Kansas Telephone
• S&T Communications LLC
• Twin Valley Communications, Inc.
• Twin Valley Telephone, Inc.
• Wave Wireless, LLC
• Wisper ISP LLC

よくあるご質問

• BEAD: Benefit of the Bargain FAQ Document (updated 7/10/2025)

Guidance

• Revised BEAD Pre-Registration User Guide
• Revised Registration Playbook – Tips for Success
• In Kind Match Guidance – Updated 11.27
• BEAD In-Kind Match Primer – 12.16.24
• PFA Primer Guide to 80/20 Rule
• Locations List Data Dictionary – Updated 7.15.25
• “No – BEAD” Location Policy Guide – Updated 3.3.2025

Quiet Period

In accordance with NTIA’s BEAD NOFO requirements, KOBD has updated internal communication policies to establish a ‘Quiet Period’ until the end of KOBD’s subgrantee selection process to comply with the BEAD NOFO.

Entities eligible to apply for BEAD such as internet service providers, municipalities, etc. with questions about BEAD programmatically including but not limited to verbal or electronic communications such as text, voice calls, emails, etc. will not be responded to unless they are emailed directly to [email protected] or brought up during a public BEAD office hour hosted by KOBD.

When emailing [email protected], eligible entities can expect a response to appear on KOBD’s website, www.kansascommerce.gov/bead as a new FAQ response under リソース if one does not already exist.

Questions posed during a public BEAD office hour hosted by KOBD can be directly responded to by KOBD staff during the office hour and responses will be posted on KOBD’s website as a new FAQ response if one does not already exist. No communications will be sent out with a direct response to a question either from KOBD staff or the [email protected] email address.

Please refer to the BEAD NOFO (page 35):

7. Subgrantee Selection Process

a. General Principles Governing Subgrantee Selection

i. Protecting the Integrity of the Selection Process

In establishing a fair, open, equitable, and competitive selection process, each Eligible Entity must ensure that adequate safeguards are in place to protect the integrity of the competition, including safeguards against collusion, bias, conflicts of interest, arbitrary decisions, and other factors that could undermine confidence in the process.

BEAD: Benefit of the Bargain Webinar

• ウェビナー録音
• PPTスライド

BEAD: Benefit of the Bargain Technical Application Webinar

• PPTスライド
• レコーディング

Industry Roundtables

KOBD continues to engage with industry and broadband partners via the Industry Roundtables.

The upcoming dates are July 24, August 7, August 21, September 4, September 18, October 2, October 16, October 30, November 13, November 27 and December 11. The 2025 Industry Roundtables will be every other Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Roundtables intend to provide a space to discuss and share updates from the Office of Broadband. Additionally, NTIA Federal Program Officer Melinda Stanley will occasionally be on to clarify program questions. The 2025 Industry Roundtables will be every other Thursday at 10:30 a.m.

Meeting Link: これ

To submit questions in advance or be added to the Industry Roundtable distribution list, please email [email protected].

Industry Roundtable Records are linked below:

• June 12, 2025: Industry Roundtable Recording
• June 26, 2025: Industry Roundtable Recording
• July 10, 2025: Industry Roundtable Recording

営業時間

KOBD will hold BEAD Office Hours to support applicants. Meeting link is the same as the Industry Roundtable Link.

• July 17, 2025: Office Hours Recording

BEAD: Benefit of the Bargain Updates

Policy Notice

In accordance with the Policy Notice issued by National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on June 6, 2025, locations served by Unlicensed Fixed Wireless Providers (ULFW) are now permitted to compete for Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) subgrants. Thus, to ensure locations already served by an ULFW service that meets the technical specifications of the BEAD Program are not included in awards for BEAD deployment projects, these locations are eligible for removal from BEAD consideration. Thus, the Kansas Office of Broadband Development (KOBD) have taken, and shall take, the following steps:

• KOBD reviewed the FCC’s National Broadband Map to identify locations that are served by an ULFW service provider (technology code 70) and that currently offer service to any BEAD-eligible Broadband Serviceable Locations (BSLs) within the State of Kansas. The list of identified locations is available for review and download これ.
• ULFW service providers seeking removal of BEAD-eligible locations referenced in the KOBD file must declare their intent to submit evidence that BEAD funding is not required for the location(s) it serves via email to [email protected] within seven (7) calendar days of this notice (deadline: 5:00 p.m. CT, June 19, 2025). Upon submission of the provider’s intent to submit documentation to remove location(s) served by ULFW, providers will then have seven (7) calendar days to provide the supporting documentation and evidence to KOBD.
• The documentation and evidence must demonstrate the existing ULFW services meet the technical and service standards required for an ULFW application for a BEAD subgrant (see Appendix A of the Policy Notice) and the provider is reasonably capable of delivering the service for at least four (4) years after the date of Final Proposal submission.
• KOBD reserves the right to request additional evidence from the ULFW service provider and request information from other sources.

If an ULFW service provider successfully demonstrates compliance with the requirements outlined in the Policy Notice, those served BSLs will be ineligible for BEAD Program funding. Failure to respond to this notice, or to meet the specified requirements, will result in the locations remaining eligible for BEAD funding.

BDCヘルプセンター

• バルク・ファブリック・チャレンジ FAQ

許可

• 許認可リソースページ

報告情報

不正、浪費、濫用の疑いを報告する場合は、米国商務省監察総監室Office of Investigationsに連絡すること。

• レビュー 不正行為の発見と撃退 商務省によるプレゼンテーション
• OIGホットライン： (800) 424-5197
• オンライン苦情フォーム
• 内部告発報復情報ポスター
• KOBDプログラムにおける不正の疑いまたは不正使用の事実を報告する方法

詳細は商務省監察官事務所をご覧ください。 これ.

チャレンジプロセス情報

Policy Notice issued on June 6, did not require us to rerun the Challenge Process.

ベース 初回プロポーザル第1巻 透明性計画（15ページ）において、KOBDは、提出されたすべての異議申し立てと反論を、最終的な異議申し立てが決定される前に、以下の情報とともに公に掲載する：

1. 課題を提出したプロバイダー、非営利団体、または地方自治体、
2. 課題のあるBSLを含む国勢調査ブロックグループ、
3. 挑戦されるプロバイダー、
4. 課題のタイプ（可用性、スピードなど）、および
5. 提供者が反論を提出したかどうかを含む、異議申し立ての概要。

KOBDは、契約者の氏名、住所、IPアドレスなど、個人を特定できる情報(PII)や専有情報を公に掲載することはありません。すべての個人情報が保護されるよう、KOBDはすべての挑戦者および反論者から個人情報を削除してから掲載します。また、どのような情報を公開するかについては、すべての挑戦者にガイダンスが提供されます。以下のリストには、提出されたすべてのチャレンジが含まれていますが、提出されたすべてのチャレンジが反証への掲載を承認されたわけではありません。提出されたチャレンジはすべてダウンロード可能です。 これ.

KOBDはNTIAから初期提案書第1巻の承認を受け、引き続きチャレンジプロセスを進めています。

公式チャレンジプロセスは、12月15日（金）正午（CT）から1月14日（日）午後5時（CT）まで行われた。

チャレンジ・プロセスの4つの段階:

• 対象拠点リストの公表
• 挑戦を受け入れる
• 反論を求める
• 最終決定

適格なチャレンジング・エンターティには以下が含まれる：

• 部族または地方自治体
• 非営利団体
• インターネット・サービス・プロバイダー

ロケーション情報

• このリストは、11月7日現在、繰り返し更新されている全国ブロードバンド利用可能マップのバージョン2に基づいています。最終的な重複排除にはバージョン3が使用されます。 
• KOBDは実施した：技術/DSLの変更、スピードテストの変更、およびBEAD初期提案書第1巻で指定されたNTIAツールキットを使用した重複排除。

重複排除後のプロセス： KOBDは、NTIAツールキットを使用し、現在の州補助金プログラム、LINC、BAG3.0、連邦政府の強化代替コネクト・アメリカ・コスト・モデル（EACAM）を重複排除する。 これらのプログラム・ロケーションに対する強制力のあるコミットメント・チャレンジは必要ない。

ライセンスの注意喚起 ライセンスは、チャレンジポータルからあらかじめ入力されたロケーション情報のテンプレートを使用する際に必要となり、一度に多くのロケーションに関するチャレンジの提出をサポートします。

挑戦する資格のある事業体（部族・地方自治体、非営利団体、インターネット・サービス・プロバイダー）は、CostQuestから無料でライセンスを申請することができます。詳細はNTIAのウェブページをご覧ください。 これ.

正式な異議申し立てのプロセスは、当初提案の第1巻に概説されており、透明性が高く、証拠に基づいた、迅速なプロセスであることが求められていた。

チャレンジ・リソース

ウェビナーリンク

以下に、KOBDが主催したウェビナーへのリンクと、今後のウェビナー情報を掲載しています。

1. 提供されるBSLデータには何が含まれますか？ パブリックコメント用にリンクされたBSLロケーションを含むこれらの.csvファイルは、NTIAから特別に提供されたものである。このデータは強制力のあるコミットメントを持つすべての地域を反映しているわけではありません。この作業は重複排除と呼ばれるプロセスで行われる。KOBDはNTIAからのツールを待っている。
2. チャレンジのためのRDOF賞の更新は？ 連邦政府または州政府の補助金を受けた地域で、BEADの認定ブロードバンド・サービスの100/20の速度を満たす地域は、BEADの補助金を受ける資格がない。従って、すでに支給された地域は、BEADの重複除外プロセスで除外される。重複除外プロセスとは、ブロードバンド・サービスを提供可能な地域を特定し、それを除外することで、BEADによる資金提供の対象外とするものである。
3. カンザス州ブロードバンド開発局が連邦政府に提言する機会はあるのか？ 州政府のような資格のある団体がFCCやNTIAにパブリック・コメントを提供する機会は今後も定期的に設けられる。 また、関連する連邦政府機関に意見を提供する非公式な機会もある。
4. では、"Final_Eligibility "の欄に "2 "が入っているBSLは、すでにサービスを受けたとみなされ、将来このステータスが変更されない限り、これらのBSLは次期BEADプログラムのすべての申請から除外されると考えていいのでしょうか？ プロジェクト地域内の BSL のうち、20% までサービスを提供することができる。 ただし、プロジェクトエリアのコストは、Final_Eligibility フィールドで unserved (0) または underserved (1) となっている BSL に限定される。 KOBDは、サービス提供(2)された場所には明確に資金を提供しない。
5. 重複排除： 強制力のあるコミットメントの対象となるブロードバンドサービスを提供可能なロケーションを特定し、それらのロケーションを "ableigible "のステータスから除外する。