Oregon Broadband Office Announces Preliminary Awardees for Reassigned BEAD Projects, Preserving Broadband Expansion Across the State

Business Oregon’s Oregon Broadband Office announced the preliminary awardees selected to assume Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment projects that were voluntarily declined by their original awardees. Through a structured replacement process and strong collaboration with broadband providers across Oregon, OBO has successfully identified preliminary awardees to serve all eligible locations affected by the declined awards, ensuring broadband deployment remains on schedule. Following two rounds of competitive reassignment, six preliminary awardees were selected to deliver broadband service across the affected project areas: 

• Alyrica
• Amazon LEO
• City of Sherwood
• Columbia County
• Douglas Fast Net
• Stimulus Technologies 

The reassignment process was initiated after four original awardees declined a total of 15 projects prior to June 10, 2026, Notice of Intent to Award acceptance deadline. Those declined projects represented 13,381 broadband serviceable locations, approximately $122.9 million in requested grant funding, and more than $39.1 million in matching contributions.