E-rate / Washington

Washington E-rate: 8 districts are taking bids right now

USAC committed $65.5M to 325 Washington schools and libraries in FY2026, $42.3M 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 Washington for you this month
8open Form 470s

Districts buying now

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

First window closes tomorrow
$205.1MC2 unspent

Money still on the table

Category 2 budget left at 494 Washington applicants, with years to spend it in the FY2026-2030 cycle.

Largest: $14.5M at one applicant
181contracts ending

Incumbents up for replacement

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

$18.4M of current service
See which ones fit what you sell →Free account. Opens on Washington with every open 470, the incumbent and the C2 budget left at each applicant.
30% of FY2026 Washington requests had a single bidder185 applicants at 80%+ discount pay 20 cents on the dollar or less68 applicants changed provider this year96% of Washington Category 2 budget is filed through 85 consultantsEmail me when a Washington 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
Selah School District 119SelahCategory 2Oct 19, 2026 tomorrow
Brewster School District 111BrewsterCategory 1Oct 21, 2026 3 days
Richland School District 400West RichlandCategory 2Oct 26, 2026 8 days
Richland School District 400West RichlandCategory 1Nov 3, 2026 16 days
Edmonds School District 15LynnwoodCategory 1Nov 6, 2026 19 days
Selah School District 119SelahCategory 2Nov 12, 2026 25 days
Selah School District 119SelahCategory 2Nov 12, 2026 25 days
Seattle Christian SchoolSeatacCategory 1Nov 13, 2026 26 days

Funding by year

Funding yearCommittedCategory 2ApplicantsFunding requests
FY2026$65,450,869$42,276,8463251,006
FY2025$46,855,503$25,513,548328926
FY2024$48,311,187$26,360,300305832

Top service providers

ProviderCommitted, FY2025-2026Applicants
Ednetics, Inc.$23,624,07384
Fatbeam, LLC$9,000,70350
WARRANTY PLUS SERVICE CENTER Inc.$8,518,80910
Cerium Networks, Inc.$7,220,7059
Comcast Business Communications$5,674,41260
MICRO COMPUTER SYSTEMS, Inc.$5,562,04569
WAVEDIVISION HOLDINGS, LLC$4,748,69046
CDW Government LLC$3,480,09319
CenturyLink Qwest Corporation$3,056,2947
Jamestown Sklallam Tribe Economic Development Authority$2,673,1956
ZIPLY FIBER NORTHWEST, LLC$2,454,93423
Pacific Apex Construction, LLC$2,307,6831
King County Institutional Network (KC I-Net)$2,112,1097
StarTouch Inc.$2,069,5571
Zayo Group, LLC$1,815,93813

Equipment on Category 2 requests

From Form 471 line items, FY2024-2026.

ManufacturerLine itemsApplicantsRequested
Cisco88470$30,877,994
HPE Aruba76895$20,717,254
Ortronics6252$359,293
Cisco Meraki52170$9,400,696
Juniper Networks37125$8,844,418
APC (Schneider)26382$2,320,903
Ruckus (CommScope)18322$6,202,988
Ubiquiti17033$736,620
Fortinet15646$1,422,569
Superior Essex1323$510,222
Graybar Vendor871$100,955
Leviton7817$504,817

Contracts ending in the next 12 months

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

ApplicantProviderServiceCommittedEnds
Lake Washington Sch Dist 414Cerium Networks, Inc.Internal connections$2,130,036Sep 30, 2027
Everett School District 2MICRO COMPUTER SYSTEMS, Inc.Internal connections$941,971Sep 30, 2027
Evergreen School DistrictCVE Technologies Group, Inc.Internal connections$921,716Sep 30, 2027
Federal Way School Dist 210WARRANTY PLUS SERVICE CENTER Inc.Internal connections$862,993Sep 30, 2027
King County Library SystemCDW Government LLCInternal connections$856,635Sep 30, 2027
Lake Washington Sch Dist 414Cerium Networks, Inc.Data and internet$786,614Sep 30, 2027
Kennewick School District 171 Stop Computer Shop, Inc.Internal connections$770,612Sep 30, 2027
Tumwater School District 33Right! Systems, Inc.Internal connections$573,331Sep 30, 2027
Edmonds School District 15Ednetics, Inc.Internal connections$549,779Sep 30, 2027
Highline School DistrictConvergeOne, Inc.Internal connections$438,491Sep 30, 2027
Wenatchee School District 246C2 ENTERPRISES, LLCInternal connections$357,435Sep 30, 2027
Everett School District 2ALE USA Inc.Internal connections$337,808Sep 30, 2027
Marysville School District 25MICRO COMPUTER SYSTEMS, Inc.Internal connections$332,268Dec 31, 2026
Cheney Public Sch District 360MICRO COMPUTER SYSTEMS, Inc.Internal connections$331,417Sep 30, 2027
Lake Washington Sch Dist 414Eastside Communications Inc.Internal connections$319,926Sep 30, 2027
Clover Park School Dist 400Ednetics, Inc.Internal connections$283,536Sep 30, 2027
Central Valley Sch Dist 356WARRANTY PLUS SERVICE CENTER Inc.Internal connections$274,889Sep 30, 2027
Inspire Development CentersEdnetics, Inc.Internal connections$260,046Sep 30, 2027
Northshore School District 417Ednetics, Inc.Internal connections$254,743Sep 30, 2027
North Thurston School Dist 3CompuNet, Inc.Internal connections$237,529Sep 30, 2027
Puyallup School DistrictWARRANTY PLUS SERVICE CENTER Inc.Internal connections$237,504Sep 30, 2027
Battle Ground School Dist 119PNW Security, LLCInternal connections$235,364Sep 30, 2027
Kelso School District 458PC SpecialistInternal connections$224,328Dec 31, 2026
Evergreen School DistrictCDW Government LLCInternal connections$215,458Sep 30, 2027
College Place School District 250SHI International CorpoInternal connections$194,695Sep 30, 2027

Category 2 budget left

494 applicants in Washington have $205.1M of Category 2 budget left in the FY2026-2030 cycle.

ApplicantBudgetLeftStatus
EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DIST 113 - DEFUNCT$14,541,865$14,541,865Forecast
SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT 81$5,754,420$5,258,372Confirmed
VANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT$4,754,633$4,670,722Preliminary
NORTHSHORE SCHOOL DISTRICT 417$4,642,560$4,133,074Confirmed
PASCO SCHOOL DISTRICT 1$3,834,869$3,671,511Preliminary
PUYALLUP SCHOOL DISTRICT$4,660,097$3,483,494Confirmed
ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT 411$3,840,916$3,452,043Confirmed
FEDERAL WAY SCHOOL DIST 210$4,327,103$3,311,818Confirmed
EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT 15$4,038,455$3,111,240Confirmed
EVERGREEN SCHOOL DISTRICT$4,415,794$2,994,326Confirmed
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY$3,319,212$2,981,284Confirmed
HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT$3,553,679$2,964,827Confirmed
SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT 1$10,274,224$2,936,370Confirmed
MUKILTEO SCHOOL DISTRICT 6$3,053,584$2,910,369Confirmed
TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT 10$5,636,703$2,901,860Confirmed

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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.