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

USAC committed $1.4M to Chico Unified School District (California) over FY2024-2026 across 25 funding requests from 3 providers; $2.6M Category 2 budget is left in the FY2026-2030 cycle, 0 contracts end in the next 12 months and 1 Form 470 is open.

Selling to Chico Unified School District? USAC committed $1.4M to it over FY2024-2026, $461K 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 Chico Unified School District
1open 470s

Taking bids now

Form 470s Chico Unified School District has open; the first window closes Nov 25, 2026.

$2.6MC2 budget left

Money still to spend

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

Budget $2.6M
0contracts ending

Within 12 months

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

See its 470s, incumbents and budget →Free account. Opens on Chico Unified School District with every open 470, who holds each service and the Category 2 budget left.
1 of 3 FY2026 requests had a single bidder80% discount rate: pays 20 cents on the dollarIncumbents: Butte County Office of Education, Comcast Business CommunicationsEmail me when Chico Unified School District opens a 470
$1.4M
committed FY2024-2026
25
funding requests
3
providers
$2.6M
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Form 470s open for bids

The 28-day bidding window; Chico Unified School District cannot sign a contract before it closes.

SeekingWindow closes
Category 2Nov 25, 2026 20 days

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$461,15832
FY2025$511,544193
FY2024$458,33232

Who serves Chico Unified School District

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

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
Butte County Office of EducationData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$739,202
Comcast Business CommunicationsData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$640,795
CDW Government LLCInternal connectionsFY2025$51,038

What is already installed

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

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
Vertiv50151$56,645GXT5-48VBATKIT, GXT5-36VBATKIT, GXT5-72VBATKITFY2025

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$2,556,311$2,556,311ForecastMattison Enterprises

Common questions

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

Butte County Office of Education (Data and internet, $739K); Comcast Business Communications (Data and internet, $641K); CDW Government LLC (Internal connections, $51K).

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

$2.6M of a $2.6M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Forecast), as of Nov 5, 2026.

What network equipment does Chico Unified School District use?

Vertiv (50 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

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

Yes, 1 as of Nov 5, 2026; the first bidding window closes Nov 25, 2026.

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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.