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Ceres Unified School District E-rate: who serves it, contracts ending, C2 budget left

USAC committed $3.5M to Ceres Unified School District (California) over FY2024-2026 across 14 funding requests from 4 providers; $2.4M Category 2 budget is left in the FY2026-2030 cycle, 1 contract ends in the next 12 months and 0 Form 470s are open.

Selling to Ceres Unified School District? USAC committed $3.5M to it over FY2024-2026, $632K 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.

California · FY2026 · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersSelling to Ceres Unified School District
0open 470s

No 470 open today

When Ceres Unified School District posts a Form 470 it takes bids for 28 days. The alert below tells you the day it does.

$2.4MC2 budget left

Money still to spend

Category 2 budget left in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed).

Budget $2.7M
1contracts ending

Within 12 months

E-rate contracts at Ceres Unified School District that reach their end date in the next year.

Next: AMS.NET, Inc., Sep 30, 2027
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2 of 4 FY2026 requests had a single bidder90% discount rate: pays 10 cents on the dollarIncumbents: AMS.NET, Inc., CVIN, LLC, Conterra Wireless Broadband, LLCEmail me when Ceres Unified School District opens a 470
$3.5M
committed FY2024-2026
14
funding requests
4
providers
$2.4M
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$632,48343
FY2025$1,689,63043
FY2024$1,142,13664

Who serves Ceres Unified School District

Every provider with a funded request at Ceres Unified School District in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
AMS.NET, Inc.Internal connectionsFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$2,337,036
Conterra Wireless Broadband, LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$1,014,714
CVIN, LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$100,012
Kajeet, Inc.Data and internetFY2024$12,487

Contracts ending in the next 12 months

Contract end dates as filed on the Form 471; June 30 funding-year boundaries are left out.

ProviderServiceCommittedEnds
AMS.NET, Inc.Internal connections$33,290Sep 30, 2027

What is already installed

Category 2 line items FY2024-2026: the installed base a competing bid has to fit, or replace.

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
Cisco31820$2,317,806C9300-48U-EDU, C9300-DNA-E-48-3Y, C9300-NM-8XFY2026
APC (Schneider)8165$69,804APCRBC115, SYBTU1-PLP, SMX1500RM2UCNCFY2026
Hoffman39$10,397EWMWG242425-R5614, EWMWG362425-R5615, E19SMWM20U20FY2026
Juniper Networks110$7,936B-AP33-2S-3Y-EFY2024
RXL26$5,534RXL-4500-BK1223GT, RXL-4500-BK1923GTFY2024
Panduit774$1,945UTP28SP1BU, FRME1U, FAP6WBUDLCZFY2026
Arrow Wire & Cable29$1,029FRPW3448FY2026
General Cable21,250$990AP0121ANU.BKFY2026
Ilsintech24$195PLCUS2123003FY2026

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$2,690,556$2,385,754ConfirmedCSM Consulting Inc

Common questions

Who provides E-rate services to Ceres Unified School District?

AMS.NET, Inc. (Internal connections, $2.3M); Conterra Wireless Broadband, LLC (Data and internet, $1M); CVIN, LLC (Data and internet, $100K); Kajeet, Inc. (Data and internet, $12K).

How much E-rate Category 2 budget does Ceres Unified School District have left?

$2.4M of a $2.7M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed), as of Nov 5, 2026.

Which of Ceres Unified School District's E-rate contracts end soon?

AMS.NET, Inc., Internal connections, ends Sep 30, 2027.

What network equipment does Ceres Unified School District use?

Cisco (31 line items); APC (Schneider) (8 line items); Hoffman (3 line items); Juniper Networks (1 line items); RXL (2 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

Does Ceres Unified School District have an E-rate Form 470 open right now?

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.