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USAC committed $7.7M to Columbus City Schools (Ohio) over FY2024-2026 across 14 funding requests from 6 providers; $10.1M 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 Columbus City Schools? USAC committed $7.7M to it over FY2024-2026, $556K 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 Columbus City 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 $10.1ME-rate contracts at Columbus City Schools that reach their end date in the next year.
| Funding year | Committed | Funding requests | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $556,311 | 3 | 3 |
| FY2025 | $6,560,380 | 7 | 4 |
| FY2024 | $579,261 | 4 | 4 |
Every provider with a funded request at Columbus City Schools in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.
| Provider | Services | Years | Committed FY2024-2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDW Government LLC | Internal connections, Maintenance | FY2025 | $6,004,069 |
| The Ohio Bell Telephone Company | Data and internet | FY2024, FY2025 | $739,266 |
| OARnet | Data and internet | FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | $486,000 |
| The Ohio Bell Telephone Company, LLC | Data and internet | FY2026 | $369,633 |
| Crown Castle Fiber LLC | Data and internet | FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | $64,476 |
| T-Mobile USA, Inc. | Data and internet | FY2024 | $32,508 |
| Cycle | Budget | Left | Status | Consultant on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026-2030 | $10,111,356 | $10,111,356 | Forecast | Education Plus |
CDW Government LLC (Internal connections, Maintenance, $6M); The Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Data and internet, $739K); OARnet (Data and internet, $486K); The Ohio Bell Telephone Company, LLC (Data and internet, $370K); Crown Castle Fiber LLC (Data and internet, $64K).
$10.1M of a $10.1M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Forecast), as of Nov 5, 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.