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USAC committed $4.2M to Hartford Consortium (Connecticut) over FY2024-2026 across 12 funding requests from 6 providers; no filed Category 2 budget is left in the FY2026-2030 cycle, 3 contracts end in the next 12 months and 0 Form 470s are open.
Selling to Hartford Consortium? USAC committed $4.2M to it over FY2024-2026, $2.7M 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 Hartford Consortium posts a Form 470 it takes bids for 28 days. The alert below tells you the day it does.
Providers funded at Hartford Consortium this year.
E-rate contracts at Hartford Consortium that reach their end date in the next year.
Next: STEP CG, LLC, Sep 30, 2027| Funding year | Committed | Funding requests | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $2,685,464 | 5 | 5 |
| FY2025 | $511,056 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2024 | $998,648 | 5 | 3 |
Every provider with a funded request at Hartford Consortium in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.
| Provider | Services | Years | Committed FY2024-2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEP CG, LLC | Internal connections | FY2026 | $1,627,177 |
| Crown Castle Fiber LLC | Data and internet | FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | $1,448,496 |
| Whalley Computer Associates, Inc. | Internal connections | FY2024 | $464,696 |
| ePlus Technology, Inc. | Internal connections | FY2026 | $278,667 |
| Total Communications, Inc. | Internal connections | FY2026 | $268,563 |
| Dept of Admin Services, CT | Data and internet | FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | $107,568 |
Contract end dates as filed on the Form 471; June 30 funding-year boundaries are left out.
| Provider | Service | Committed | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEP CG, LLC | Internal connections | $1,627,177 | Sep 30, 2027 |
| ePlus Technology, Inc. | Internal connections | $278,667 | Sep 30, 2027 |
| Total Communications, Inc. | Internal connections | $268,563 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extreme Networks | 20 | 412 | $546,701 | 10099, XCIQ-PT054-CEW-3YK12, XN-ACPWR-920W | FY2024 |
STEP CG, LLC (Internal connections, $1.6M); Crown Castle Fiber LLC (Data and internet, $1.4M); Whalley Computer Associates, Inc. (Internal connections, $465K); ePlus Technology, Inc. (Internal connections, $279K); Total Communications, Inc. (Internal connections, $269K).
STEP CG, LLC, Internal connections, ends Sep 30, 2027; ePlus Technology, Inc., Internal connections, ends Sep 30, 2027; Total Communications, Inc., Internal connections, ends Sep 30, 2027.
Extreme Networks (20 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.