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Free Library Of Philadelphia E-rate: who serves it, contracts ending, C2 budget left

USAC committed $1.9M to Free Library Of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) over FY2024-2026 across 9 funding requests from 6 providers; $4.7M 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 Free Library Of Philadelphia? USAC committed $1.9M to it over FY2024-2026, $487K 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.

Pennsylvania · FY2026 · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersSelling to Free Library Of Philadelphia
0open 470s

No 470 open today

When Free Library Of Philadelphia posts a Form 470 it takes bids for 28 days. The alert below tells you the day it does.

$4.7MC2 budget left

Money still to spend

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

Budget $4.7M
0contracts ending

Within 12 months

E-rate contracts at Free Library Of Philadelphia that reach their end date in the next year.

See its 470s, incumbents and budget →Free account. Opens on Free Library Of Philadelphia with every open 470, who holds each service and the Category 2 budget left.
1 of 2 FY2026 requests had a single bidder90% discount rate: pays 10 cents on the dollarIncumbents: Crown Castle Fiber LLC, Verizon Pennsylvania LLCEmail me when Free Library Of Philadelphia opens a 470
$1.9M
committed FY2024-2026
9
funding requests
6
providers
$4.7M
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$486,64822
FY2025$677,48433
FY2024$727,99144

Who serves Free Library Of Philadelphia

Every provider with a funded request at Free Library Of Philadelphia in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
Verizon Pennsylvania LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$1,180,224
Iron Bow Technologies, LLCInternal connectionsFY2025$235,980
Computer Design & Integration LLCInternal connectionsFY2024$197,199
Crown Castle Fiber LLCData and internetFY2025, FY2026$164,160
COGENT COMMUNICATIONS, Inc. dba PSINet, Inc.Data and internetFY2024$109,002
CNI Sales Inc.Internal connectionsFY2024$5,557

What is already installed

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

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
Cisco18276$508,422CON-L1NCD-C9200L4X, C9200L-48P-4X-E, C9200L-DNA-E-48-3YFY2025
APC (Schneider)12$6,538AR3355WFY2024

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$4,688,935$4,688,935ForecastCSM Consulting Inc

Common questions

Who provides E-rate services to Free Library Of Philadelphia?

Verizon Pennsylvania LLC (Data and internet, $1.2M); Iron Bow Technologies, LLC (Internal connections, $236K); Computer Design & Integration LLC (Internal connections, $197K); Crown Castle Fiber LLC (Data and internet, $164K); COGENT COMMUNICATIONS, Inc. dba PSINet, Inc. (Data and internet, $109K).

How much E-rate Category 2 budget does Free Library Of Philadelphia have left?

$4.7M of a $4.7M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Forecast), as of Nov 5, 2026.

What network equipment does Free Library Of Philadelphia use?

Cisco (18 line items); APC (Schneider) (1 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

Does Free Library Of Philadelphia 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.