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USAC committed $60M to Chicago Public Schools (Illinois) over FY2024-2026 across 19 funding requests from 3 providers; $62M 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 Chicago Public Schools? USAC committed $60M to it over FY2024-2026, $10.4M 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 Chicago Public 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 (Forecast).
Budget $62ME-rate contracts at Chicago Public Schools that reach their end date in the next year.
| Funding year | Committed | Funding requests | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $10,387,775 | 6 | 2 |
| FY2025 | $24,138,522 | 7 | 3 |
| FY2024 | $25,431,144 | 6 | 3 |
Every provider with a funded request at Chicago Public Schools in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.
| Provider | Services | Years | Committed FY2024-2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netsync Network Solutions | Data and internet | FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | $34,735,527 |
| Sentinel Technologies, Inc. | Internal connections | FY2024, FY2025 | $13,384,134 |
| Illinois Bell Telephone Company, LLC | Data and internet | FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | $11,837,782 |
Category 2 line items FY2024-2026: the installed base a competing bid has to fit, or replace.
| Manufacturer | Line items | Quantity | Cost | Models | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | 13 | 8,587 | $5,199,383 | CW9164I-B, WS-C3560CX-8XPD-S, C3560CX2-DNAC1E-1Y | FY2024 |
| Cycle | Budget | Left | Status | Consultant on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026-2030 | $62,047,681 | $62,047,681 | Forecast | E-Rate Central |
Netsync Network Solutions (Data and internet, $34.7M); Sentinel Technologies, Inc. (Internal connections, $13.4M); Illinois Bell Telephone Company, LLC (Data and internet, $11.8M).
$62M of a $62M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Forecast), as of Nov 5, 2026.
Cisco (13 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.