Project · BEAD

Central Rural Electric Cooperative fiber build: 850 locations in Oklahoma. $17.2M award.

Not signed as of Nov 12, 2026Updated Sep 17, 2026Sources: NTIA federal reporting

Central Rural Electric Cooperative holds a $17.2M BEAD award for a fiber build to 850 locations in Oklahoma. NTIA federal reporting carries it as of Sep 5, 2026. No signed agreement is linked to it as of Nov 12, 2026.

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Awarded to Central Rural Electric Cooperative: $17.2M; NTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Planned locations: 850; NTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Technology: Fiber; NTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Award status: Not reported; No signed agreement is linked to it as of Nov 12, 2026.

What this means for you

If you run fiber crews in Oklahoma, this is the vendor list to be on.

No signed agreement is linked to it as of Nov 12, 2026. Central Rural Electric Cooperative contracts crews after it signs.

Striped: planned build window, NTIA federal reporting
Mint dot: data as of Nov 12, 2026

Mar 7, 2026 · Planned start

The start date the record gives. No dated construction record exists yet.

Not signed yet

No signed agreement linked as of Nov 12, 2026.

Nov 30, 2026 · Planned end

The record's planned completion. Certify what you have today so you're set up when this one lands.

The job in numbers

Holder: Central Rural Electric CooperativeNTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Reported award: $17.2MNTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Planned locations: 850NTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Technology: FiberNTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Planned window: Mar 7, 2026 to Nov 30, 2026NTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Project code: CM61-BEAD-OK-33-3808NTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
State: OklahomaNTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026

What the public record lacks: the county, the aerial and underground miles, the contractors and a signed agreement.

Numbers Kapwork worked out

None of these is in a source; redo the math from the facts beside them.

Award per location
$20,235
$17.2M ÷ 850 planned locations

How far along it is

Won. No signed agreement is linked to it as of Nov 12, 2026. Building needs its own dated record, and none exists yet.

Sep 5, 2026
In NTIA federal reporting (won)
Not yet
Subgrant agreement, as of Nov 12, 2026

Who's involved

Award holder: Central Rural Electric Cooperative
State program: BEAD in Oklahoma
Contractor named: Appears here the day a record names one

Where

Oklahoma. The record carries no county for this award, so the county is open.

How to get on this job

Nothing public yet on how Central Rural Electric Cooperative signs up crews or pays them.

A row appears here the day a source shows one, with that source beside it. Worked with Central Rural Electric Cooperative? Tell us how they bring on subs and pay, and we'll add it with your source, named or not.

What this means for you

Two ways in.

Questions this page answers

Who holds BEAD award CM61-BEAD-OK-33-3808 in Oklahoma?

Central Rural Electric Cooperative. $17.2M for a fiber build to 850 locations, not signed as of Nov 12, 2026.

Is the Central Rural Electric Cooperative fiber build signed?

Not yet. No signed agreement is linked to it as of Nov 12, 2026. The award is in NTIA federal reporting as of Sep 5, 2026.

What work does this build need?

The record lists fiber for 850 locations. No public record names the contractors yet.

When will this build start invoicing?

No public source dates it. The agreement is not signed yet, as of Nov 12, 2026. The record plans the build from Mar 7, 2026 to Nov 30, 2026.

How does a subcontractor on this build get paid sooner?

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Sources, updates and data

NTIA federal reporting · read Nov 12, 2026

Where this comes from

NTIA federal reporting
As of Sep 5, 2026 · Record: program79:OK:CM61-BEAD-OK-33-3808

Updates

No dated updates yet.

What we don't know yet

The county; the record doesn't carry one.
The signed agreement; none linked as of Nov 12, 2026.
The aerial and underground miles.
The contractors on it.
How Central Rural Electric Cooperative pays its crews: no public source.

Limitations

An award is a research signal. The award holder decides its own bids and subcontracts. Confirm project status and vendor needs with them.
The approval stage is inherited from a state-program milestone; individual project execution is not independently confirmed by that milestone.

An award is not an open solicitation, revenue, cash received, or guaranteed contractor demand. A planned date alone does not establish construction or completion. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.

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Cite: Kapwork Grow, “Central Rural Electric Cooperative · Fiber · Oklahoma”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/bead/projects/oklahoma-broadband-project-cm61-bead-ok-33-3808-pr_ebfa979e7bb8e9d47be8, materially updated Sep 17, 2026.

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