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

USAC committed $4M to Richmond Public Schools (Virginia) over FY2024-2026 across 17 funding requests from 8 providers; $2.4M Category 2 budget is left in the FY2026-2030 cycle, 2 contracts end in the next 12 months and 0 Form 470s are open.

Selling to Richmond Public Schools? USAC committed $4M to it over FY2024-2026, $2M 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.

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

No 470 open today

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

$2.4MC2 budget left

Money still to spend

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

Budget $4.2M
2contracts ending

Within 12 months

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

Next: DISYS Solutions, Inc., Dec 13, 2026
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1 of 6 FY2026 requests had a single bidder90% discount rate: pays 10 cents on the dollarIncumbents: Comcast Business Communications, DISYS Solutions, Inc., Layer One Corp., Lumos Networks, Inc.Email me when Richmond Public Schools opens a 470
$4M
committed FY2024-2026
17
funding requests
8
providers
$2.4M
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$1,991,55665
FY2025$1,027,71554
FY2024$1,013,00466

Who serves Richmond Public Schools

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

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
DISYS Solutions, Inc.Internal connections, MaintenanceFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$2,264,800
Wanrack LLCData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$626,110
Lumos Networks, Inc.Data and internetFY2025, FY2026$450,969
Windstream Communications, LLCData and internetFY2024$342,709
LUMOS Networks Inc.Data and internetFY2024$224,222
Layer One Corp.Internal connectionsFY2026$68,340
Express Technologies Inc.Internal connectionsFY2024$44,524
Comcast Business CommunicationsData and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$10,601

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
DISYS Solutions, Inc.Internal connections$536,067Dec 13, 2026
DISYS Solutions, Inc.Maintenance$56,586Dec 13, 2026

What is already installed

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

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
Cisco212,567$2,423,657Wireless License - Advantage, CW9176I-CFG - Wireless 9176I - Configurable - wireless access point - Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth, CW9178I-CFG - Wireless 9178I - Configurable - wireless access point - with quad-radio mode - Wi-Fi 7, BluetoothFY2026
Layer One1134$80,400CAT 6 STP AVG 200FY2026
eXpress Technologies33$52,3816 ct MM (OM1)FY2024
Dsitech22$4,3961U Rack Mounted Fiber Box, OM3 FiberFY2025
Oberon115$2,430AP Enclosure for GYM areas - Oberon Hi-Bar 1016-00 - Network device enclosure - ceiling mountable, surface mountable, wall mountable - opaque white, textured whiteFY2026

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$4,170,685$2,432,157ConfirmedE-Rate Central

Common questions

Who provides E-rate services to Richmond Public Schools?

DISYS Solutions, Inc. (Internal connections, Maintenance, $2.3M); Wanrack LLC (Data and internet, $626K); Lumos Networks, Inc. (Data and internet, $451K); Windstream Communications, LLC (Data and internet, $343K); LUMOS Networks Inc. (Data and internet, $224K).

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

$2.4M of a $4.2M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed), as of Nov 5, 2026.

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

DISYS Solutions, Inc., Internal connections, ends Dec 13, 2026; DISYS Solutions, Inc., Maintenance, ends Dec 13, 2026.

What network equipment does Richmond Public Schools use?

Cisco (21 line items); Layer One (1 line items); eXpress Technologies (3 line items); Dsitech (2 line items); Oberon (1 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

Does Richmond 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.