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USAC committed $2M to Bright Star Schools (California) over FY2024-2026 across 7 funding requests from 2 providers; $322K Category 2 budget is left in the FY2026-2030 cycle, 0 contracts end in the next 12 months and 0 Form 470s are open.
Selling to Bright Star Schools? USAC committed $2M to it over FY2024-2026, $754K in FY2026. Here is who holds its services today, which contracts end soon, what equipment is already installed, and how much Category 2 budget it still has to spend.
When Bright Star Schools posts a Form 470 it takes bids for 28 days. The alert below tells you the day it does.
Category 2 budget left in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed).
Budget $730KE-rate contracts at Bright Star Schools that reach their end date in the next year.
| Funding year | Committed | Funding requests | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $754,287 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2025 | $496,639 | 3 | 2 |
| FY2024 | $712,697 | 2 | 2 |
Every provider with a funded request at Bright Star Schools in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.
| Provider | Services | Years | Committed FY2024-2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. TelePacific Corp. | Data and internet | FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | $1,364,474 |
| Nationwide Network Professionals | Internal connections | FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | $599,150 |
Category 2 line items FY2024-2026: the installed base a competing bid has to fit, or replace.
| Manufacturer | Line items | Quantity | Cost | Models | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tripp Lite (Eaton) | 3 | 46 | $32,480 | Tripplite Double Side Vertical Cable Manager, Tripplite Horizontal Cable Manager 1U/2U, Tripplite Standing Rack equal to SR42UBDPWD | FY2026 |
| APC (Schneider) | 2 | 15 | $30,288 | SMTL1500RM3UC, APC Smart UPS 1500VA 240Wh | FY2026 |
| Cabinets and Racks Wide and Deep 42U Enclosures APC NetShelter SX 600 1200 | 1 | 10 | $28,400 | Cabinets and Racks Wide and Deep 42U Enclosures APC NetShelter SX 600 1200 | FY2026 |
| APC UPS 3000VA Smart-UPS Sine Wave | 1 | 9 | $23,850 | SMX3000LVNC | FY2026 |
| Cat 5 or 6 | 1 | 75 | $20,250 | Cat 5 or 6 | FY2025 |
| J-hooks in order to hang cabling | 1 | 1,000 | $7,990 | J-hooks in order to hang cabling | FY2026 |
| 10 Ft Cat 6A Patch Cable for active Jack | 1 | 700 | $6,650 | 10 Ft Cat 6A Patch Cable for active Jack | FY2026 |
| Cat 6A molded 5ft patch cable for active port | 1 | 700 | $3,500 | Cat 6A molded 5ft patch cable for active port | FY2026 |
| Ladder bracket rack for runway, wall bracket and terminations | 1 | 10 | $2,988 | Ladder bracket rack for runway, wall bracket and terminations | FY2026 |
| Data inserts for terminating data cabling | 1 | 735 | $2,940 | Data inserts for terminating data cabling | FY2026 |
| Tiger boxes to install faceplates in walls to LV1 or LV2 | 1 | 420 | $2,835 | Tiger boxes to install faceplates in walls to LV1 or LV2 | FY2026 |
| 48 Port Patch Panel Black 2U | 1 | 16 | $2,384 | 48 Port Patch Panel Black 2U | FY2026 |
| Patch cords | 1 | 75 | $1,571 | Patch cords | FY2025 |
| two port data faceplates | 1 | 700 | $1,113 | two port data faceplates | FY2026 |
| The Bonding and Grounding Kit grounds a cabinet from its' door to its' body. It | 1 | 10 | $950 | The Bonding and Grounding Kit grounds a cabinet from its' door to its' body. It provides all cable and hardware necessary to ground across the door gap. | FY2026 |
| patch panel | 1 | 2 | $832 | patch panel | FY2025 |
| Basic multiple outlet PDU 20A | 1 | 20 | – | Basic multiple outlet PDU 20A | FY2026 |
| Cycle | Budget | Left | Status | Consultant on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026-2030 | $730,288 | $321,523 | Confirmed | GETFUNDED |
U.S. TelePacific Corp. (Data and internet, $1.4M); Nationwide Network Professionals (Internal connections, $599K).
$322K of a $730K budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed), as of Nov 5, 2026.
Tripp Lite (Eaton) (3 line items); APC (Schneider) (2 line items); Cabinets and Racks Wide and Deep 42U Enclosures APC NetShelter SX 600 1200 (1 line items); APC UPS 3000VA Smart-UPS Sine Wave (1 line items); Cat 5 or 6 (1 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.
Not as of Nov 5, 2026. Form 470s post most weeks in the fall and winter and take bids for 28 days.
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Compiled from public records and refreshed nightly; last updated Nov 5, 2026. Figures are as USAC publishes them; committed amounts are funding commitments, not payments. Contract end dates on June 30 are left out because many applicants enter the funding-year end instead. Check the source before acting. See something wrong? Tell us and we will correct it.