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Where the E-rate data comes from

Every bid in your list comes from public USAC E-rate records, joined by code, not typed by hand. Here is each source, what it shows, what it does not prove, and how we check it.

Numbers on this page: as of , built on USAC data of .

The sources

Five USAC Open Data datasets and the US Census geocoder. USAC lists each dataset’s update frequency as Daily. We check USAC every hour and rebuild the lists after its daily load; the table shows the load every number on this page is built on.

Source Refresh What it shows What it does not prove
Form 470 Basic Information jp7a-89nd Daily USAC load used: November 7, 2026, 10:40 UTC We read it: 11:09 UTC The school or library certified a request for bids: who it is, where, its contacts, and the earliest date it may sign a contract (the allowable contract date, ACD).
  • Not the bid deadline. The ACD is the earliest signing date; the due date for bids is in the 470 or its RFP.
  • Not that the school will buy, or how much it will spend.
  • The contact may be a consultant working for the school: on 497 of the 1,620 open 470s, the person who certified the form gives the title “Consultant”. For a consortium, the location is the lead member’s address.
Form 470 Services Requested 39tn-hjzv Daily USAC load used: November 7, 2026, 10:51 UTC We read it: 11:11 UTC What the 470 asks for, line by line: the item (Wi-Fi, switches, cabling, maintenance, managed internal broadband), the quantity and the unit (Each, Feet). Some lines have no quantity.
  • A quantity is not always a purchase. It can be licences, an estimate or an item listed “in case”.
  • 301 of the 778 open bids we list show no quantity: the service has none (managed Wi-Fi), or we left the number out because the form contradicts itself.
  • We can’t read RFP files, and we never summarise them.
Form 471 FRN Status qdmp-ygft Daily USAC load used: November 7, 2026, 10:36 UTC We read it: 11:17 UTC Last time: how many bids the school reported, the provider it chose, the pre-discount cost and USAC’s status (Funded or Pending).
  • Not who will win this time. The new request may cover different gear than the last one.
  • The bid count is the number the school entered on its Form 471. USAC calls Form 471 data “self-reported by applicants” (quoted below the table).
  • The amount is the pre-discount eligible cost, not what was paid. Funded doesn’t mean money was paid; Pending means USAC hasn’t decided. We never quote Denied or Cancelled requests.
Service Provider Information, checked against E-Rate Recipient Details And Commitments xcy2-bdid · avi8-svp9 Daily xcy2-bdid USAC load used: November 7, 2026, 10:30 UTC xcy2-bdid We read it: 11:17 UTC avi8-svp9 USAC load used: November 7, 2026, 10:38 UTC avi8-svp9 We read it: 11:17 UTC Turns the provider’s SPIN into a company name, city and status. Where the commitments dataset (avi8-svp9) also lists the funding request, it must name the same SPIN, or we drop the last-time line.
  • Not the company’s owner: USAC lists its E-rate contact.
  • We match providers by SPIN number only, never by name.
US Census Geocoder and 2025 ZCTA Gazetteer Geocoder · Gazetteer Gazetteer: yearly; the 2025 file is dated September 10, 2025. Geocoder: on each lookup. Places your office (by street address or ZIP) and measures the miles to each school.
  • For a ZIP or city you type, miles are measured from its Census internal point, not your street address, so a bid listed just inside 60 miles can be farther from your door.
  • 345 USAC provider offices in the launch states could be placed only by their ZIP. For each, we allow a doubt of twice the ZIP’s equal-area radius, at least 3 miles: from 3 mi to 22.72 mi, median 8.6 mi. Bids whose distance could fall either side of 60 miles go to a separate “edge” list and are never counted as within 60 miles.
  • School locations are USAC’s own coordinates.

USAC’s update frequency (Daily) and licence come from each dataset’s metadata: jp7a-89nd · 39tn-hjzv · qdmp-ygft · xcy2-bdid · avi8-svp9 (read ).

The bid count is what the applicant entered on its Form 471. USAC describes the bid_count field as “Number of bids received by the applicant from service providers in the competitive bidding process.” and the dataset as a whole: “All data contained within the FRN information data collection (FCC Form 471) is self-reported by applicants to the E-rate Program.” (qdmp-ygft metadata). It says the same of Form 470 data: “All data contained within the Basic Information (FCC Form 470) dataset is self-reported by applicants.” (jp7a-89nd metadata).

What we drop, and why

We don’t list every open 470. Here is what happened to the open, certified Form 470s on USAC data of November 7, 2026:

  1. 1,620 open, certified Form 470s whose earliest contract date hasn’t passed (any category)
  2. − 813 have no Category 2 (inside-the-building network) line items
  3. − 14 are closed to new bidders: the 470’s own text names a mandatory site visit or pre-bid meeting that has already passed
  4. − 15 have no usable location (no coordinates, or a point more than 25 miles from the billed ZIP)
  5. 778 open network bids we list nationally, from 730 schools, libraries and districts

Several open 470s from the same buyer in your area show as one item. A site visit or bid due date named only in the RFP file is not caught, because we can’t read RFP files. Open the RFP before you drive or bid.

Where it works

USAC’s data covers every state; on November 7, 2026 there were open network bids in 49 states and territories. The most: IL 90, MI 72, OH 62, CA 58, TX 58, WI 54.

We launch in IL, IN, MI, MO, OH, WI. Across 3,169 USAC service-provider offices in those states, the median office has 14 local buyers with open network bids within 60 miles, and 94% have at least 3.

The 60-mile circle ignores state lines. From ZIP 46802 (Fort Wayne, IN), the list on USAC data of November 7, 2026 has 9 local buyers: 4 in OH, 3 in IN and 2 in MI. See that list

Launch states: provider offices, median local buyers within 60 miles, share of offices with at least 3 local buyers
State Provider offices Median local buyers within 60 mi Offices with 3+ local buyers
IL 821 17 99.9%
IN 353 6 97.2%
MI 536 16 87.3%
MO 513 12 94%
OH 556 13 99.6%
WI 390 12 79.7%

How we counted. Each Active USAC service-provider office in these states (xcy2-bdid), placed by the Census geocoder from its USAC street address. Then the schools, libraries and districts (one per USAC billed entity number) with an open Category 2 Form 470 (jp7a-89nd, 39tn-hjzv) within 60 miles of it.

Not counted: bids that could fall either side of 60 miles, and consortium or statewide 470s. As of .

How a finding is built

  1. An open bid. A certified Form 470 whose earliest contract date hasn’t passed (jp7a-89nd). That date is the first day the school may sign, not the bid deadline: the allowable contract date, explained.
  2. Network items only. It must ask for Category 2 services: Wi-Fi, switches, cabling, their maintenance, or managed internal broadband (39tn-hjzv).
  3. Still open to you. If the 470’s own text names a mandatory site visit or pre-bid meeting that has passed, it’s dropped. A site visit or bid due date named only in the RFP file is not caught: open the RFP before you drive.
  4. Within 60 miles. A ZIP or city is placed at its Census internal point and a provider office (SPIN) by the Census geocoder; the school is at USAC’s own point. Where either point is uncertain, bids that could fall either side of 60 miles go to a separate edge list and are never counted.
  5. Last time. The same buyer (its BEN) and the same kind of service, in the latest funding year with a usable Form 471 request: bids reported, provider chosen, pre-discount cost, USAC status (qdmp-ygft). The provider is matched by SPIN number only, never by name (xcy2-bdid); where USAC’s commitments data (avi8-svp9) also lists the request, it must name the same SPIN. Denied, Cancelled, provider-swapped and never-invoiced requests are skipped.
  6. One sentence, from fields only. Every number in it must be a USAC field value, and every quote must appear word for word in the record. When a form contradicts itself (a “count” that is really licences, a rack listed “in case”), we leave the number out instead of guessing. No AI model writes or changes the numbers.
  7. Re-checked before it’s shown. Each finding is re-read against the raw USAC rows it came from, and removed if anything differs. In this data: 0 of 778 failed.
A real one. Ionia Community Library, 26.8 miles from ZIP 49058, as built on USAC data of November 7, 2026:
Ionia Community Library (Ionia, MI) has an open Form 470 (#270003649) and requests bids on 7 wireless access points, 4 switches and 1 Each of "Firewall Service, Components, And Necessary Software And Licenses" among other items (Internal Connections, with necessary software and licenses). USAC lists December 2, 2026 as the earliest date it can sign a contract. On its FY2024 Internal Connections request it reported 2 bids and chose Nicholas Heimler: $3,718.00 pre-discount cost; USAC status Funded (FRN 2499001028).

Its 470 also says, in its own words: “Please see RFP for details. Quantities are approximate. Racks are only listed in the 470 in case brackets are needed.” (category_two_description, Form 470 #270003649). So every count here is the school’s estimate: a starting point for your price, not an order.

Everything this 470 asks for in Category 2 (the sentence names only some of it):

Internal Connections · USAC rows
Item Quantity
Wireless Access Points 7 Each
Switches 4 Each
Uninterruptable Power Supply/Battery Backup 2 Each
Firewall Service And Components 1 Each
Antennas, Connectors, And Related Components not given (Each)
Cabling not given (Feet)
Racks The 470 text hedges this line 2 Each
Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections · USAC rows
Item Quantity
Wireless Access Points 7 Each
Switches 4 Each
Uninterruptable Power Supply/Battery Backup 2 Each
Firewall Service And Components 1 Each

Where each part of the sentence comes from:

How accurate it is

On a separate checker, with its own code and none of ours, re-derived findings live from USAC, on USAC data of . Every finding it checked is listed below with its USAC record and result, and the full report has every claim with the USAC link it was checked against.

661 of 661

claims matched live USAC records, on 30 findings drawn at random from 5 randomly picked provider offices.

229 numbers, 60 dates, 199 text fields, 173 record matches. 204 of 204 source links returned the record. 0 of 30 findings were false.

43 of 45

matched when a separate AI-agent run, using none of our engine’s code, re-read each one field by field against its raw USAC records: 3 random draws of 15 from all open findings nationally.

Both misses were a licence phrase quoted out of context. We fixed the rule, not just the two rows, and the third draw passed 15 of 15.

Source: accuracy check report, November 6, 2026 (JSON: 30 + 45 findings, 661 claims, each with its USAC link) · the findings, listed below.

The 30 findings checked by script: 661 of 661 claims matched

Open on November 6, 2026; some have since passed their earliest contract date. Their USAC records stay public.

  1. Form 470 #270002149 · Montcalm Area Intermediate School District (Stanton, MI) · 24 of 24 claims matched, 8 of 8 links returned the record
  2. Form 470 #270002368 · Spencer-Owen Community Schools (Spencer, IN) · 24 of 24 claims matched, 8 of 8 links returned the record
  3. Form 470 #270002178 · Western Wayne Schools (Pershing, IN) · 24 of 24 claims matched, 8 of 8 links returned the record
  4. Form 470 #270002712 · Williamston Community Schools (Williamston, MI) · 24 of 24 claims matched, 8 of 8 links returned the record
  5. Form 470 #270001913 · Horizon Science Academy Toledo (Toledo, OH) · 12 of 12 claims matched, 4 of 4 links returned the record
  6. Form 470 #270001702 · New Auburn School District (New Auburn, WI) · 20 of 20 claims matched, 5 of 5 links returned the record
  7. Form 470 #270002315 · Otsego District Public Library (Otsego, MI) · 23 of 23 claims matched, 7 of 7 links returned the record
  8. Form 470 #270001848 · Academy Of The Sacred Heart (Bloomfield Hills, MI) · 20 of 20 claims matched, 5 of 5 links returned the record
  9. Form 470 #270002106 · Streator School District 44 (Streator, IL) · 22 of 22 claims matched, 6 of 6 links returned the record
  10. Form 470 #270002161 · Allen Park Public Schools (Allen Park, MI) · 21 of 21 claims matched, 6 of 6 links returned the record
  11. Form 470 #270001821 · Grant District Library (Grant, MI) · 22 of 22 claims matched, 6 of 6 links returned the record
  12. Form 470 #270003051 · Greenwood Comm School Corp (Greenwood, IN) · 26 of 26 claims matched, 10 of 10 links returned the record
  13. Form 470 #270003636 · Chandler Park Academy (Harper Woods, MI) · 24 of 24 claims matched, 8 of 8 links returned the record
  14. Form 470 #270002087 · Clio Area School District (Clio, MI) · 23 of 23 claims matched, 7 of 7 links returned the record
  15. Form 470 #270002337 · Cedar Springs Public Schools (Cedar Springs, MI) · 24 of 24 claims matched, 8 of 8 links returned the record
  16. Form 470 #270001834 · Patmos Library (Jamestown, MI) · 23 of 23 claims matched, 7 of 7 links returned the record
  17. Form 470 #270002679 · West Bloomfield School District (W Bloomfield, MI) · 24 of 24 claims matched, 8 of 8 links returned the record
  18. Form 470 #270002730 · Napoleon Comm School District (Napoleon, MI) · 23 of 23 claims matched, 7 of 7 links returned the record
  19. Form 470 #270002113 · Mercy High School, Farmington Hills (Farmington Hills, MI) · 10 of 10 claims matched, 3 of 3 links returned the record
  20. Form 470 #270002459 · Jackson County Public Library (Seymour, IN) · 24 of 24 claims matched, 8 of 8 links returned the record
  21. Form 470 #270002769 · Cedar Springs Public Library (Cedar Springs, MI) · 23 of 23 claims matched, 7 of 7 links returned the record
  22. Form 470 #270001875 · Bath Community Schools (Bath, MI) · 20 of 20 claims matched, 5 of 5 links returned the record
  23. Form 470 #270002421 · Ada Christian School (Ada, MI) · 23 of 23 claims matched, 7 of 7 links returned the record
  24. Form 470 #270002617 · Herrick District Library (Holland, MI) · 22 of 22 claims matched, 6 of 6 links returned the record
  25. Form 470 #270001874 · Limestone Comm H S Dist 310 (Bartonville, IL) · 23 of 23 claims matched, 7 of 7 links returned the record
  26. Form 470 #270002708 · Brimfield C U School Dist 309 (Brimfield, IL) · 25 of 25 claims matched, 9 of 9 links returned the record
  27. Form 470 #270002972 · Durand Area School District (Durand, MI) · 21 of 21 claims matched, 6 of 6 links returned the record
  28. Form 470 #270002022 · Western Michigan Christian High School (Norton Shores, MI) · 20 of 20 claims matched, 5 of 5 links returned the record
  29. Form 470 #270001289 · Central Nine Career Center (Greenwood, IN) · 24 of 24 claims matched, 8 of 8 links returned the record
  30. Form 470 #270002855 · White Lake Community Library (Whitehall, MI) · 23 of 23 claims matched, 7 of 7 links returned the record
The 45 findings re-read by the AI-agent run: 43 of 45 matched

Draw A: 14 of 15 matched

  1. Form 470 #270002557 · Bremen Community High School District 228 (Midothian, IL) · matched
  2. Form 470 #270003491 · Galena School District 120 (Galena, IL) · matched
  3. Form 470 #270002966 · Magdalena Municipal Schools (Magdalena, NM) · matched
  4. Form 470 #270002539 · Exploration Elementary Charter School For Science And Technology (Rochester, NY) · matched
  5. Form 470 #270003005 · Chickasaw County School District (Houston, MS) · matched
  6. Form 470 #270002763 · Belding Area School District (Belding, MI) · matched
  7. Form 470 #270001725 · Potosi School District (Potosi, WI) · matched
  8. Form 470 #270002137 · Joplin Schools (Joplin, MO) · matched
  9. Form 470 #270002902 · Zion Lutheran School (Mayer, MN) · matched
  10. Form 470 #270003429 · Comal Indep School District (New Braunfels, TX) · matched
  11. Form 470 #270002005 · Pewaukee School District (Pewaukee, WI) · misleading, fixed
  12. Form 470 #270002758 · Tekonsha Community Schools (Tekonsha, MI) · matched
  13. Form 470 #270003352 · St Joan Of Arc School (Nashotah, WI) · matched
  14. Form 470 #270001855 · Windsor Storm Memorial Public Library (Windsor, IL) · matched
  15. Form 470 #270002264 · Holy Angels Elementary School (West Bend, WI) · matched

Draw B: 14 of 15 matched

  1. Form 470 #270002003 · Smoky Hill/Central Kansas Education Service Center #629 (Salina, KS) · matched
  2. Form 470 #270003489 · Bandera Indep School District (Bandera, TX) · matched
  3. Form 470 #270003124 · Antelope Valley Un H S Dist (Lancaster, CA) · matched
  4. Form 470 #270002246 · Hastings Area School District (Hastings, MI) · matched
  5. Form 470 #270002172 · Three Oaks Township Public Library (Three Oaks, MI) · matched
  6. Form 470 #270002723 · Lima City School District (Lima, OH) · matched
  7. Form 470 #270002471 · Texhoma Independent Sch Dist (Texhoma, TX) · matched
  8. Form 470 #270003417 · St Dominic Academy (Jersey City, NJ) · matched
  9. Form 470 #270000695 · Consolidated High School District 230 (Orland Park, IL) · matched
  10. Form 470 #270003363 · Shelby Public Schools (Shelby, MI) · matched
  11. Form 470 #270002100 · Converse Co School District 1 (Douglas, WY) · matched
  12. Form 470 #270002242 · Dutton Christian School (Caledonia, MI) · matched
  13. Form 470 #270003361 · St. Johns Classical Academy (Fleming Island, FL) · matched
  14. Form 470 #270002016 · Oelwein Community School Dist (Oelwein, IA) · matched
  15. Form 470 #270002522 · East Liverpool City Schools (East Liverpool, OH) · misleading, fixed

Draw C: 15 of 15 matched

  1. Form 470 #270002527 · Byron Center Charter School (Byron Center, MI) · matched
  2. Form 470 #270001854 · Westran School District R 1 (Huntsville, MO) · matched
  3. Form 470 #270002962 · Minneola Unif Sch District 219 (Minneola, KS) · matched
  4. Form 470 #270001952 · Premier Prep Online Academy (Gilbert, AZ) · matched
  5. Form 470 #270002152 · Four Star Library District (Mendon, IL) · matched
  6. Form 470 #270003024 · Gardner/Edgerton Usd 231 (Gardner, KS) · matched
  7. Form 470 #270000722 · Montague School District (Montague, NJ) · matched
  8. Form 470 #270002841 · Okeechobee County School Dist (Okeechobee, FL) · matched
  9. Form 470 #270003560 · Dowagiac School District (Dowagiac, MI) · matched
  10. Form 470 #270002173 · Vista College Preparatory, Inc. (Phoenix, AZ) · matched
  11. Form 470 #270003022 · Merced River Union Elem Dist (Winton, CA) · matched
  12. Form 470 #270002039 · Parkway Local School District (Rockford, OH) · matched
  13. Form 470 #270001607 · School Board Of Clay County (Green Cove Springs, FL) · matched
  14. Form 470 #270001010 · Woodridge School District 68 (Woodridge, IL) · matched
  15. Form 470 #270001086 · Jefferson School District (Jefferson, WI) · matched

The 2 misses: #270002005 Pewaukee School District quoted a licence phrase out of context; #270002522 East Liverpool City Schools quoted a licence phrase out of context. Both now quote what the 470 asks for, and were re-checked live after the fix.

Will this get me in trouble with E-rate rules?

Reading open Form 470s is what the program expects you to do. USAC’s guide for service providers says: “There are three ways for service providers to search and review FCC Form 470 information” and lists its Form 470 Download Tool, its Form 470 data set and EPC. We read Form 470 records from the same USAC Open Data site. (Source: USAC, “Step 2: Respond to Applicant Bid Requests”, read )

The rules that can get a provider in trouble are about how you approach the school. Three matter most:

  1. Don’t write the school’s 470 or RFP

    “You must not prepare, sign, post, or certify an FCC Form 470 or provide any input into the RFP documents. You cannot serve as a contact on the FCC Form 470, nor can your contact information appear on this form.”

    Source: USAC, “Step 2: Respond to Applicant Bid Requests”, read

  2. Gifts: $20 per item, $50 per person from any one source per funding year

    “Applicants may not accept gifts with a retail value greater than $20, which include but are not limited to gifts for attending seminars; marketing calls; loans of products, including those characterized as on-site product demonstrations; services or equipment; or trainings.”
    “The combined value of items received by any individual may not exceed $50 from any one source per funding year (period from July 1 to June 30).”

    State and local gift rules can be stricter. USAC: “To the extent that a state or local provision is more stringent than the FCC gift rule requirements, violation of the state or local restriction constitutes a violation of the FCC rule.”

    Source: USAC, “Gift Rules”, read

  3. Bid to the contact on the 470, about that 470

    Send your bid, and any question you need answered to bid, to the contact the 470 or its RFP names, the way it asks. No general sales pitch.

    “After the FCC Form 470 is posted, you should limit outreach to the applicant to requests for information needed to submit responsive bids. Note that requests for information should not be generic emails or other communications soliciting business but should be specific and related to the posted FCC Forms 470 and any RFP documents.”

    Source: USAC, “Step 2: Respond to Applicant Bid Requests”, read

New to E-rate bidding?

You can send a bid before you have a SPIN (498 ID), but USAC can’t commit funds to you without one. USAC: “Service providers that have not yet completed an FCC Form 498 can still submit bids, but USAC is unable to make funding commitments without a completed FCC Form 498.” (Source: USAC, “Step 1: Obtain a 498 ID/SPIN”, read )

How a small IT shop becomes an E-rate vendor covers the SAM.gov UEI, FCC Registration Number and Form 498 steps.

What erateradar does

  • Reads the public Form 470 and Form 471 records USAC publishes on opendata.usac.org.
  • Links every fact in your list to the USAC row it came from.
  • Sends the list to you and the people you add to your account. Nobody else.

What erateradar does not do

  • Contact schools, libraries or their consultants.
  • Write, file or edit any Form 470, RFP or Form 471.
  • Submit bids, or act as anyone’s E-rate consultant.
  • Read or summarise RFP documents.
  • Show a school, USAC or another provider that you looked at a bid.

Is E-rate money moving right now?

USAC’s own site banner says:

“USAC remains open during the government shutdown with our staff and customer support centers maintaining regular business hours. At this time, USAC cannot commit or disburse funds.”

Source: usac.org (site banner), checked

Schools are still posting bids, and we list them. We don’t predict when USAC will commit or pay funds.

We are not affiliated with USAC or the FCC. This is a summary of USAC’s public guidance, not legal advice. When a rule matters to a specific bid, read the USAC page linked above, the 470 and its RFP.

Report a wrong record

If something in your list doesn’t match USAC, tell us:

  • In the app, use Wrong record? on the item (on your list and on the web view of each weekly email). Each report is emailed to a co-founder.
  • Not using the app? Email touko@heliosone.fi with the Form 470 or FRN number, reply to any email from erateradar, or book a call. They reach a co-founder’s inbox.

What happens next:

  1. We re-check the record at USAC.
  2. If we got it wrong, we fix the rule that caused it and add the case to the tests every list must pass. A fix rebuilds the lists the day it ships, and we email you when it’s fixed.
  3. If USAC’s own record is wrong, only the school can correct it with USAC. We’ll tell you that.

Who we are: About.

Licence and affiliation

USAC’s metadata gives jp7a-89nd, 39tn-hjzv, qdmp-ygft, avi8-svp9 a Public Domain licence; xcy2-bdid names none. All five name the attribution “Universal Service Administrative Company”. (Source: USAC Open Data dataset metadata, read )

erateradar is not affiliated with USAC or the FCC. We are an independent company that reads their public records.

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