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USAC committed $1.5M to Columbus Metropolitan Library (Ohio) over FY2024-2026 across 27 funding requests from 8 providers; $4.9M 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 Columbus Metropolitan Library? USAC committed $1.5M to it over FY2024-2026, $540K 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 Metropolitan Library 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 (Preliminary).
Budget $5.4ME-rate contracts at Columbus Metropolitan Library that reach their end date in the next year.
Next: CDW Government LLC, Sep 30, 2027| Funding year | Committed | Funding requests | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $539,932 | 6 | 3 |
| FY2025 | $312,164 | 8 | 3 |
| FY2024 | $607,601 | 13 | 6 |
Every provider with a funded request at Columbus Metropolitan Library in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.
| Provider | Services | Years | Committed FY2024-2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDW Government LLC | Internal connections | FY2026 | $440,422 |
| Xtek Partners, Inc. | Internal connections | FY2024, FY2025 | $341,578 |
| Charter Communications Operating, LLC | Data and internet | FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | $313,801 |
| DINATCO Inc. | Internal connections | FY2024 | $161,542 |
| Kastle Technologies Co., LLC | Internal connections | FY2024 | $143,968 |
| Cadenza LLC | Internal connections, Maintenance | FY2024 | $42,504 |
| Crown Castle Fiber LLC | Data and internet | FY2025, FY2026 | $13,860 |
| Miami Valley Educational Computer Association | Maintenance | FY2024 | $2,022 |
Contract end dates as filed on the Form 471; June 30 funding-year boundaries are left out.
| Provider | Service | Committed | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDW Government LLC | Internal connections | $440,422 | Sep 30, 2027 |
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 Meraki | 25 | 172 | $342,297 | MA-SFP-10GB-SR, LIC-MX100-ENT-1YR, MX105-HW | FY2025 |
| Superior Essex | 8 | 116,200 | $95,194 | 77-240-4B, 04-001-68, 6A-272-4B | FY2024 |
| Ortronics | 45 | 1,519 | $68,302 | KT2J6-36, 576-125-003, 576-A25-003 | FY2024 |
| CommScope | 19 | 82,780 | $57,948 | 6P4P24-BL-P-CMS-TPCE, 6AP4P24-BL-P-CMS-AP, UC1BBB2-0ZF007 | FY2024 |
| Vertiv | 5 | 120 | $51,159 | PSI5-72VBATT, PSI5-2200BATKIT, PSI5-3000BATKIT | FY2024 |
| Cisco | 3 | 8 | $25,938 | SFP-10G-SR-S, FPR3K-PWR-AC-400, FPR3105-ASA-K9 | FY2024 |
| Corning | 3 | 2,030 | $6,586 | 002TU4-T4790D20, 95-050-41-X, 577902QD120003M | FY2024 |
| West Penn | 3 | 13,400 | $6,200 | 25224BBK1000, 25225BGY0500 | FY2024 |
| Erico | 4 | 750 | $5,124 | CAT16HP, CAT32HP | FY2024 |
| ERICO | 1 | 500 | $3,750 | CAT32HP | FY2024 |
| Middle Atlantic | 3 | 23 | $3,482 | PDT-1415C-NS, PB-5A, PDS-615R | FY2024 |
| Allen Tel | 2 | 11 | $3,140 | GBFMC1000-MM-LC, GBFMC-MM-SC | FY2024 |
| Chatsworth | 4 | 33 | $2,703 | 10250-712, 11302-701, 12731-712 | FY2024 |
| Cooper-Crouse-Hinds | 2 | 750 | $990 | 531 | FY2024 |
| Condumex | 2 | 300 | $486 | 3923050, 392305 | FY2024 |
| Panduit | 1 | 5 | $370 | RGRB19U | FY2024 |
| Belden | 1 | 2,000 | $360 | 2C18-CMP-BK-B-FA-BED | FY2024 |
| Cables2Go | 1 | 9 | $123 | 50612.0 | FY2024 |
| Siemon | 1 | 3 | $38 | M1-50 | FY2024 |
| Cycle | Budget | Left | Status | Consultant on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026-2030 | $5,440,556 | $4,922,412 | Preliminary | Education Plus |
CDW Government LLC (Internal connections, $440K); Xtek Partners, Inc. (Internal connections, $342K); Charter Communications Operating, LLC (Data and internet, $314K); DINATCO Inc. (Internal connections, $162K); Kastle Technologies Co., LLC (Internal connections, $144K).
$4.9M of a $5.4M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Preliminary), as of Nov 5, 2026.
CDW Government LLC, Internal connections, ends Sep 30, 2027.
Cisco Meraki (25 line items); Superior Essex (8 line items); Ortronics (45 line items); CommScope (19 line items); Vertiv (5 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.