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USAC committed $1.3M to Houston Public Library System (Texas) over FY2024-2026 across 15 funding requests from 5 providers; $5.1M 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 Houston Public Library System? USAC committed $1.3M to it over FY2024-2026, $231K 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 Houston Public Library System 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 (Confirmed).
Budget $5.1ME-rate contracts at Houston Public Library System that reach their end date in the next year.
Next: Netsync Network Solutions, Sep 30, 2027| Funding year | Committed | Funding requests | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $230,511 | 5 | 5 |
| FY2025 | $900,665 | 7 | 5 |
| FY2024 | $217,542 | 3 | 3 |
Every provider with a funded request at Houston Public Library System in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.
| Provider | Services | Years | Committed FY2024-2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netsync Network Solutions | Internal connections | FY2025, FY2026 | $691,138 |
| Southwestern Bell Telephone Company | Data and internet | FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | $512,730 |
| PS LIGHTWAVE, Inc. | Data and internet | FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | $126,328 |
| Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, LLC | Data and internet | FY2025, FY2026 | $13,530 |
| Comcast Business Communications | Data and internet | FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | $4,993 |
Contract end dates as filed on the Form 471; June 30 funding-year boundaries are left out.
| Provider | Service | Committed | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netsync Network Solutions | Internal connections | $12,077 | 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 | 11 | 219 | $747,041 | C9300X-48HX-A, C9300-DNA-A-48-5Y, C9000-HSEC | FY2026 |
| APC (Schneider) | 2 | 88 | $58,775 | SMT2200R2X106, AP9640 | FY2025 |
| Stack-T1-50Cm | 1 | 67 | $3,404 | STACK-T1-50CM | FY2025 |
| Cab-Spwr-30Cm | 1 | 67 | $3,236 | CAB-SPWR-30CM | FY2025 |
| Eaton | 1 | 44 | $647 | P044-06I | FY2025 |
| Cycle | Budget | Left | Status | Consultant on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026-2030 | $5,077,892 | $5,063,683 | Confirmed | E-Rate Advantage |
Netsync Network Solutions (Internal connections, $691K); Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (Data and internet, $513K); PS LIGHTWAVE, Inc. (Data and internet, $126K); Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, LLC (Data and internet, $14K); Comcast Business Communications (Data and internet, $5K).
$5.1M of a $5.1M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed), as of Nov 5, 2026.
Netsync Network Solutions, Internal connections, ends Sep 30, 2027.
Cisco (11 line items); APC (Schneider) (2 line items); Stack-T1-50Cm (1 line items); Cab-Spwr-30Cm (1 line items); Eaton (1 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.