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

USAC committed $1.4M to Manchester Public Schools (Connecticut) over FY2024-2026 across 14 funding requests from 3 providers; $665K 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 Manchester Public Schools? USAC committed $1.4M to it over FY2024-2026, $559K 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.

Connecticut · FY2026 · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersSelling to Manchester Public Schools
0open 470s

No 470 open today

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

$665KC2 budget left

Money still to spend

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

Budget $1.1M
1contracts ending

Within 12 months

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

Next: ePlus Technology, Inc., Sep 30, 2027
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1 of 6 FY2026 requests had a single bidder90% discount rate: pays 10 cents on the dollarIncumbents: Dept of Admin Services, CT, Town of Manchester, ePlus Technology, Inc.Email me when Manchester Public Schools opens a 470
$1.4M
committed FY2024-2026
14
funding requests
3
providers
$665K
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$559,49663
FY2025$508,28453
FY2024$288,46533

Who serves Manchester Public Schools

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

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
ePlus Technology, Inc.Internal connectionsFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$895,984
Town of ManchesterData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$367,921
Dept of Admin Services, CTData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$92,340

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
ePlus Technology, Inc.Internal connections$115,780Sep 30, 2027

What is already installed

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

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
Cisco35800$979,736LIC CW A, CW91741-CFG, C9200L-STACK-KIT=FY2026
Schneider438$52,676SMTL 1500RM3UC, SCL500RM1UNC, SMTL1500RM3UCNCFY2025
APC (Schneider)118$33,592SMTL 1500RM3UCFY2026

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$1,143,103$665,367ConfirmedE-RATE ONLINE LLC

Common questions

Who provides E-rate services to Manchester Public Schools?

ePlus Technology, Inc. (Internal connections, $896K); Town of Manchester (Data and internet, $368K); Dept of Admin Services, CT (Data and internet, $92K).

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

$665K of a $1.1M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed), as of Nov 5, 2026.

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

ePlus Technology, Inc., Internal connections, ends Sep 30, 2027.

What network equipment does Manchester Public Schools use?

Cisco (35 line items); Schneider (4 line items); APC (Schneider) (1 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

Does Manchester 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.