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Grant Reporting & Advisory for Confident BEAD Oversight

The CQI team is your support system for every step. Every milestone. Every BEAD compliance requirement. 

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BEAD oversight solutions your future self will thank you for

For State Broadband Office Officials, obtain end-to-end, fabric-native compliance, advisory, reporting, and field verification solutions for effective BEAD post-award oversight across the 4- to 6-year compliance lifecycle.

About CQI

Three teams in the foxhole with you: technical, advisory, and field.

The Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program is unlike past initiatives – it comes with an entirely new compliance model for grant award oversight. CostQuest, Quadra Partners, and ITG – collectively “CQI” – have partnered to provide services and CostQuest’s Compliance and Reporting system, GrantLight, to support State Broadband Offices (SBOs) through the unprecedented BEAD post-award oversight process.

Together, CQI provides SBOs with end-to-end Fabric-Native compliance & reporting solutions that alleviate the complexity of the new location-level grant oversight requirements and effectively manage all aspects of the monitoring, reporting, and auditing compliance lifecycle.

CQI Capabilities

All the tools you need to run an effective compliance and reporting program for granular BEAD award oversight.

Monitoring, evidence validation & milestone reimbursements

Financial oversight & early risk detection

Location ID management, validation & address matching

Provide BEAD-specific compliance management system

EHP/permitting support

Satellite/LEO monitoring

Reporting, auditing & NTIA semi-annual reporting (SAR)

Advisory & program/project management

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Fabric-native workflows & Location ID precision

  • Fabric-native Location ID expertise and matching algorithms 
  • Advanced data validation, integrity workflows, and applied geospatial intelligence 
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Financial risk protection for SBOs on the hook for award success

  • Flag downstream risk to reduce fiscal exposure  
  • Early alerts for cost escalation or market risks that could affect awarded projects  
  • Benchmark costs at milestones vs receipts to validate cost reasonableness
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Extensive experience to guide you through the new & complex

  • Decades of end‑to‑end grant compliance management experience from intake to closeout 
  • 20+ years of experience in telecom policy and federal grant program advisory  
  • First‑hand federal/state compliance execution and predictive regulatory insight 
  • Former FCC/NTIA and state broadband staff, Fabric creators, and seasoned policy experts 
  • Technical implementers, network architects, and hands‑on subgrantee compliance  

 

GrantLight – CostQuest’s Compliance & Reporting System

Get access to a Fabric-native compliance and reporting software that turns complex, location-level grant program oversight into a streamlined, auditable, and data-driven process. Built for BEAD, scalable for what’s next. 

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Alleviate Complex Compliance Burdens, Protect State Liability

BEAD represents an unprecedented shift in broadband program oversight, placing compliance liability on states while requiring location-level reporting using the National Broadband Fabric Location ID – a first for federal broadband programs. State Broadband Offices must now track millions of location-level records, respond to federal audits and monitoring, manage semi-annual reporting requirements, and navigate multi-year oversight timelines – all while keeping stakeholders informed of progress and community benefits.

CQI combines decades of policy, mapping, data analysis, engineering, and field verification experience to support states through the entire BEAD post-award lifecycle. We facilitate compliance management and public transparency through advisory services, data solutions, and visualizations that demonstrate progress toward connecting unserved and underserved communities.

About CQI

CostQuest

CostQuest Associates® (CQA) is an employee‑owned broadband consulting, data, and technology firm. CostQuest is the creator and maintainer of the Broadband Serviceable Location (BSL) Location Fabric and an active NTIA/FCC Fabric contractor for BEAD and BDC programs. CostQuest brings geospatial engineering, analytics, network costing and valuation, and policy expertise developed over 20+ years across federal, state, county, and private broadband programs. Built on this Fabric-native data architecture, CostQuest developed the GrantLight compliance ecosystem to turn complex regulatory requirements introduced in BEAD into precise, streamlined, and auditable workflows.  

Quadra Partners

Quadra Partners is a strategic-advisory firm providing integrated expertise across business, finance, public policy, and engineering.  Staffed entirely by senior practitioners (former FCC leaders, NTIA and state broadband officials, and industry executives), Quadra Partners translates statutes and guidance into clear, defensible program policies and implementation playbooks. Quadra Partners' combination of policy depth and extensive private sector experience keep field practice aligned with policy intent—even as programs evolve—to convert regulatory complexity into effective program delivery.

ITG

ITG provides delivery, monitoring, and field verification specialists with audit‑ready operating models for statewide broadband programs. ITG provides intake‑to‑closeout grant operations grounded in 2 C.F.R. Part 200 controls, risk‑based monitoring, fiscal and performance review, cure/appeal processes, subrecipient technical assistance, and deep EHP/NEPA/Section 106 and permitting fluency – including coordination with federal land managers and state DOTs. 

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