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Fairfax County Public Schools E-rate: who serves it, contracts ending, C2 budget left

USAC committed $18.1M to Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) over FY2024-2026 across 19 funding requests from 4 providers; $26.6M Category 2 budget is left in the FY2026-2030 cycle, 2 contracts end in the next 12 months and 0 Form 470s are open.

Selling to Fairfax County Public Schools? USAC committed $18.1M to it over FY2024-2026, $5.6M 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.

Virginia · FY2026 · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersSelling to Fairfax County Public Schools
0open 470s

No 470 open today

When Fairfax County Public Schools posts a Form 470 it takes bids for 28 days. The alert below tells you the day it does.

$26.6MC2 budget left

Money still to spend

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

Budget $35.4M
2contracts ending

Within 12 months

E-rate contracts at Fairfax County Public Schools that reach their end date in the next year.

Next: CDW Government LLC, Dec 13, 2026
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0 of 4 FY2026 requests had a single bidder60% discount rate: pays 40 cents on the dollarIncumbents: CDW Government LLC, Cox Virginia Telcom, LLC, Quality Communications, Inc., Zayo Group, LLCEmail me when Fairfax County Public Schools opens a 470
$18.1M
committed FY2024-2026
19
funding requests
4
providers
$26.6M
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$5,573,64444
FY2025$7,112,12074
FY2024$5,375,24784

Who serves Fairfax County Public Schools

Every provider with a funded request at Fairfax County Public Schools in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
CDW Government LLCInternal connections, MaintenanceFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$16,469,713
Quality Communications, Inc.Internal connectionsFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$793,808
Cox Virginia Telcom, LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$669,855
Zayo Group, LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$127,634

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
CDW Government LLCMaintenance$120,041Dec 13, 2026
Quality Communications, Inc.Internal connections$274,644Feb 28, 2027

What is already installed

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

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
Cisco785,143$16,948,536C9200L-DNA-E-48-3Y, C9200L-48PXG4X-EDU, C9200L-DNA-E-48-5YFY2025
Juniper Networks612,090$9,657,584B-AP43-AI-5Y-E, B-AP47-AI-5Y-E, MIST-AP63-AI-5YFY2025
Fortinet88$791,861FPM-7620F, FG-7121F, FG-3001FFY2024
Superior Essex5157,500$83,475Cat-6 PlenumFY2025
OM3 plenum114,400$75,74424 strandmm 50 MicronFY2024
Ortronics101,260$8,758Jack, Cat-6 TracJack, Faceplate, 1 port Ortronics, Faceplate, 1 portFY2025

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$35,426,129$26,614,625PreliminaryFunds for Learning

Common questions

Who provides E-rate services to Fairfax County Public Schools?

CDW Government LLC (Internal connections, Maintenance, $16.5M); Quality Communications, Inc. (Internal connections, $794K); Cox Virginia Telcom, LLC (Data and internet, $670K); Zayo Group, LLC (Data and internet, $128K).

How much E-rate Category 2 budget does Fairfax County Public Schools have left?

$26.6M of a $35.4M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Preliminary), as of Nov 5, 2026.

Which of Fairfax County Public Schools's E-rate contracts end soon?

CDW Government LLC, Maintenance, ends Dec 13, 2026; Quality Communications, Inc., Internal connections, ends Feb 28, 2027.

What network equipment does Fairfax County Public Schools use?

Cisco (78 line items); Juniper Networks (6 line items); Fortinet (8 line items); Superior Essex (5 line items); OM3 plenum (1 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

Does Fairfax County Public Schools 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.