E-rate / Georgia

Georgia E-rate: 15 districts are taking bids right now

USAC committed $129.8M to 328 Georgia schools and libraries in FY2026, $87.2M of it for Category 2 equipment and services. Here is who is buying, who holds the contracts today, and where the money is still unspent.

FY2026 · updated nightly from USAC open data
For E-rate providers and resellersWhat's in Georgia for you this month
15open Form 470s

Districts buying now

Each one is taking bids for 28 days. Miss the window and you wait a year.

First window closes in 4 days
$264.8MC2 unspent

Money still on the table

Category 2 budget left at 429 Georgia applicants, with years to spend it in the FY2026-2030 cycle.

Largest: $22.7M at one applicant
158contracts ending

Incumbents up for replacement

E-rate contracts that end in the next 12 months, with who holds each one today.

$48.5M of current service
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12% of FY2026 Georgia requests had a single bidder247 applicants at 80%+ discount pay 20 cents on the dollar or less79 applicants changed provider this year75% of Georgia Category 2 budget is filed through 69 consultantsEmail me when a Georgia 470 opens in my category

Form 470s open for bids

Closing soonest first. "Closes" is the day the 28-day bidding window ends and the applicant can sign a contract.

ApplicantCitySeekingCloses
Troup County School SystemLagrangeSee the 470Oct 22, 2026 4 days
Blessed Sacrament SchoolSavannahCategory 1Oct 23, 2026 5 days
Augusta Christian SchoolMartinezCategory 1 and Category 2Oct 27, 2026 9 days
Middle Georgia Regional LibraryMaconCategory 2Oct 28, 2026 10 days
Middle Georgia Regional LibraryMaconCategory 1Nov 2, 2026 15 days
Jackson County School DistrictJeffersonCategory 1Nov 3, 2026 16 days
Hancock County School DistrictSpartaCategory 1Nov 4, 2026 17 days
Hancock County School DistrictSpartaCategory 2Nov 4, 2026 17 days
Appling County School DistrictBaxleyCategory 1Nov 4, 2026 17 days
Georgia Military SchoolMilledgevilleCategory 1Nov 4, 2026 17 days
Troup-Harris Reg LibLagrangeCategory 1Nov 5, 2026 18 days
Northside Education, Inc Dba Atlanta Classical AcademyAtlantaCategory 1Nov 5, 2026 18 days
Colquitt Co School DistrictMoultrieCategory 1Nov 10, 2026 23 days
Bartram Trail Regional Library SystemWashingtonCategory 1Nov 11, 2026 24 days
Houston County Public LibraryPerryCategory 1Nov 12, 2026 25 days

Funding by year

Funding yearCommittedCategory 2ApplicantsFunding requests
FY2026$129,825,757$87,215,240328897
FY2025$75,533,490$36,439,017296829
FY2024$67,704,331$28,218,386290785

Top service providers

ProviderCommitted, FY2025-2026Applicants
Zayo Education, LLC$17,891,85021
Lockstep Technology Group LLC$16,205,90114
CDW Government LLC$14,596,4508
Verinext Corp.$13,817,0052
PC Solutions & Integration, Inc.$12,517,47937
BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC$11,910,32517
Computacenter United States Inc.$11,120,8074
Layer 3 Communications, LLC$9,880,7063
ENA Services, LLC$8,659,29428
1 Accord Technologies, LLC$5,874,43936
DISYS Solutions, Inc.$5,403,9155
MGT Impact Solutions, LLC$4,539,9157
Aios Group LLC$4,415,69434
Unite Private Networks, LLC$4,228,2473
Cloud59 Networks LLC$3,806,68219

Equipment on Category 2 requests

From Form 471 line items, FY2024-2026.

ManufacturerLine itemsApplicantsRequested
HPE Aruba81066$36,342,066
Cisco Meraki72261$9,439,347
Cisco55545$39,381,362
Extreme Networks51439$9,881,208
Juniper Networks27619$16,918,647
Ruckus (CommScope)19628$4,006,213
Ubiquiti10818$690,660
Fortinet7733$3,123,133
APC (Schneider)7230$1,623,947
Orion Power Systems4012$393,838
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise391$667,067
Vertiv3918$496,992

Contracts ending in the next 12 months

158 E-rate contracts in Georgia end in the next 12 months; the 25 largest are shown.

ApplicantProviderServiceCommittedEnds
Cobb County School DistrictComputacenter United States Inc.Internal connections$5,727,468Mar 31, 2027
Clayton County Public SchoolsCDW Government LLCInternal connections$5,084,857Mar 31, 2027
Fulton County School DistrictLayer 3 Communications, LLCInternal connections$4,581,409Sep 30, 2027
Bartow County School DistrictPC Solutions & Integration, Inc.Internal connections$1,802,491Sep 30, 2027
Houston County SchoolsLockstep Technology Group LLCInternal connections$1,746,437Sep 30, 2027
Columbia County Board Of EducationDISYS Solutions, Inc.Internal connections$1,702,085Sep 30, 2027
Dougherty County School SystemDISYS Solutions, Inc.Internal connections$1,678,758Sep 30, 2027
Whitfield County School DistTelenet Systems, Inc.Internal connections$1,364,390Sep 30, 2027
Gainesville City School DistPC Solutions & Integration, Inc.Internal connections$1,287,440Sep 30, 2027
Effingham County SchoolsLockstep Technology Group LLCInternal connections$1,166,832Sep 30, 2027
Polk County School District1 Accord Technologies, LLCInternal connections$1,163,523Sep 30, 2027
Henry County School DistrictVerinext Corp.Internal connections$1,111,248Sep 30, 2027
Tift County School DistrictPC Solutions & Integration, Inc.Internal connections$1,103,952Sep 30, 2027
Walker County School DistrictMike Collins & Associates, Inc.Internal connections$1,052,763Sep 30, 2027
Clarke County School DistrictComputacenter United States Inc.Internal connections$923,352Sep 30, 2027
Colquitt Co School DistrictHoward Technology SolutionsInternal connections$892,882Sep 30, 2027
Floyd County School DistrictKopesky Enterprise Inc. DBA SureLock TechnologyInternal connections$791,542Sep 30, 2027
Dekalb County School DistrictCDW Government LLCInternal connections$791,521Sep 30, 2027
Bibb County Public SchoolsDISYS Solutions, Inc.Internal connections$639,349Sep 30, 2027
Liberty County School DistrictPatcomp, Inc.Internal connections$638,455Sep 30, 2027
Dawson County School DistrictCirrus Networks, Inc.Internal connections$618,773Sep 30, 2027
Pickens County School DistrictEllijay Telephone CompanyInternal connections$594,402Sep 30, 2027
Newton County School DistrictElectrical Contractor IncorporatedInternal connections$580,109Sep 30, 2027
Newton County School DistrictPC Solutions & Integration, Inc.Internal connections$527,703Sep 30, 2027
Rome City School DistrictKopesky Enterprise Inc. DBA SureLock TechnologyInternal connections$493,356Sep 30, 2027

Category 2 budget left

429 applicants in Georgia have $264.8M of Category 2 budget left in the FY2026-2030 cycle.

ApplicantBudgetLeftStatus
GWINNETT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS$35,967,949$22,651,898Preliminary
DEKALB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$18,882,271$17,213,199Preliminary
COBB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$20,619,603$13,416,878Preliminary
FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$10,859,785$10,424,224Confirmed
FULTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$16,145,959$9,556,766Preliminary
ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS$7,712,270$7,712,270Forecast
MUSCOGEE COUNTY SCHOOL DIST$6,000,537$6,000,537Forecast
RICHMOND COUNTY SCHOOL DIST$5,420,822$5,420,822Forecast
HALL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$5,299,074$5,299,074Forecast
DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM$4,807,646$4,807,646Forecast
COWETA COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM$4,472,032$4,368,032Preliminary
CLAYTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS$9,902,731$3,920,546Confirmed
FULTON COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM$3,719,029$3,719,029Forecast
HOUSTON COUNTY SCHOOLS$6,005,778$3,654,778Preliminary
PAULDING COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$6,167,236$3,442,964Confirmed

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Compiled from public records and refreshed nightly; last updated Oct 18, 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.