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USAC committed $6.5M to Paterson Public Schools (New Jersey) over FY2024-2026 across 15 funding requests from 4 providers; $2.2M 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 Paterson Public Schools? USAC committed $6.5M 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 Paterson Public Schools 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 $4.3ME-rate contracts at Paterson Public Schools that reach their end date in the next year.
Next: Core BTS, Inc., Sep 30, 2027| Funding year | Committed | Funding requests | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $2,657,969 | 4 | 3 |
| FY2025 | $2,090,495 | 5 | 3 |
| FY2024 | $1,719,544 | 6 | 4 |
Every provider with a funded request at Paterson Public Schools in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.
| Provider | Services | Years | Committed FY2024-2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core BTS, Inc. | Internal connections, Maintenance | FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | $4,271,333 |
| Crown Castle Fiber LLC | Data and internet | FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | $1,911,126 |
| Cablevision Lightpath NJ LLC | Data and internet | FY2024, FY2025, FY2026 | $199,354 |
| Cablevision Lightpath of New Jersey | Data and internet | FY2024 | $86,196 |
Contract end dates as filed on the Form 471; June 30 funding-year boundaries are left out.
| Provider | Service | Committed | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core BTS, Inc. | Internal connections | $1,748,626 | 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 Meraki | 5 | 5,000 | $3,385,006 | CW9176-RTG, LIC-ENT-7YR, LIC-MS150-48-7YR | FY2026 |
| Cisco | 14 | 617 | $1,307,112 | SFP-10GBase-SR=, C9K-PWR-650WAC-R/2 650W AC Config 4 Power Supply, C9500-DNA-L-A-7Y DNA Advantage 7 Year License | FY2026 |
| Cycle | Budget | Left | Status | Consultant on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026-2030 | $4,252,119 | $2,194,912 | Confirmed | E-Rate Central |
Core BTS, Inc. (Internal connections, Maintenance, $4.3M); Crown Castle Fiber LLC (Data and internet, $1.9M); Cablevision Lightpath NJ LLC (Data and internet, $199K); Cablevision Lightpath of New Jersey (Data and internet, $86K).
$2.2M of a $4.3M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed), as of Nov 5, 2026.
Core BTS, Inc., Internal connections, ends Sep 30, 2027.
Cisco Meraki (5 line items); Cisco (14 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.