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Hickory Utility Services fiber build: 12 locations in Pennsylvania. $17K award.

Not signed as of Nov 3, 2026Updated Sep 17, 2026Sources: NTIA federal reporting

Hickory Utility Services, Inc. holds a $17K BEAD award for a fiber build to 12 locations in Pennsylvania. NTIA federal reporting carries it as of Sep 5, 2026. No signed agreement is linked to it as of Nov 3, 2026.

  1. Announced
  2. Won
  3. Signed
  4. Building
  5. Running
Awarded to Hickory Utility Services
$17K
NTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Planned locations
12
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 3, 2026.

What this means for you

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

No signed agreement is linked to it as of Nov 3, 2026. Hickory Utility Services contracts crews after it signs.

Data as of Nov 3, 2026
  • Striped: planned build window, NTIA federal reporting
  • Mint dot: data as of Nov 3, 2026

Apr 1, 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 3, 2026.

Sep 1, 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
Hickory Utility Services, Inc.NTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Reported award
$17KNTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Planned locations
12NTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Technology
FiberNTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Planned window
Apr 1, 2026 to Sep 1, 2026NTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Project code
CM61-BEAD-PA-4953NTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
State
PennsylvaniaNTIA 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
    $1,436
    $17K ÷ 12 planned locations

How far along it is

Won. No signed agreement is linked to it as of Nov 3, 2026. Building needs its own dated record, and none exists yet.

  1. Sep 5, 2026
    In NTIA federal reporting (won)
  2. Not yet
    Subgrant agreement, as of Nov 3, 2026

Who's involved

Award holder
Hickory Utility Services, Inc.
State program
BEAD in Pennsylvania
Contractor named
Appears here the day a record names one

Where

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

How to get on this job

Nothing public yet on how Hickory Utility Services signs up crews or pays them.

A row appears here the day a source shows one, with that source beside it. Worked with Hickory Utility Services? 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-PA-4953 in Pennsylvania?
Hickory Utility Services, Inc. $17K for a fiber build to 12 locations, not signed as of Nov 3, 2026.
Is the Hickory Utility Services fiber build signed?
Not yet. No signed agreement is linked to it as of Nov 3, 2026. The award is in NTIA federal reporting as of Sep 5, 2026.
What work does this build need?
The record lists fiber for 12 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 3, 2026. The record plans the build from Apr 1, 2026 to Sep 1, 2026.

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Sources, updates and data

NTIA federal reporting · read Nov 3, 2026

Where this comes from

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 3, 2026.
  • The aerial and underground miles.
  • The contractors on it.
  • How Hickory Utility Services 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, “Hickory Utility Services, Inc. · Fiber · Pennsylvania”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/bead/projects/pennsylvania-broadband-project-cm61-bead-pa-4953-pr_92544a1d0f7722bd6986, materially updated Sep 17, 2026.

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