See exactly why your Form 470 could be denied. Before you post it.

Download your draft 470 from EPC and upload it here, along with your RFP and any addenda. Drafts are invisible to USAC's systems until you certify, so this upload is the only way any tool can review one. ErateSync's AI scans your Form 470 and RFP for the errors that put funding at risk, and flags anything that could give USAC a reason to deny, before you post. Each finding points to the exact spot, explains it in plain language, and where it can, offers wording you can paste straight into EPC. ErateSync never edits your EPC forms. You stay in control.

Once your 470 is certified, ErateSync pulls it from USAC data automatically and compares posted against planned, so you catch what changed in filing, whether EPC mangled it or someone edited it. Your Allowable Contract Date comes from USAC's own record, your key dates are checked against it, and changes during the bid window that could restart your clock get flagged before a reviewer sees them.

When a finding matches a documented denial pattern, you can open real examples: actual denied FRNs, with the exact language from their funding decision letters, and how many applicants have been denied for the same thing. One example pattern: naming a manufacturer without "or equivalent" is described in real decision letters as a competitive bidding violation. Seeing the precedent changes how a finding lands. This is not the software being cautious. This is what happens.

Plenty of districts run procurements on the 470 alone: the narrative and an Excel equipment list are the whole solicitation. Form 470 Check supports that completely. Your narrative is treated as your scope document, your equipment list is read and checked (including for brand names missing "or equivalent"), and the checks that only apply to RFPs step aside instead of penalizing you.

Want the plain-language background first? Read the E-Rate Form 470 guide on the filing rules, the 28-day window, and when you need an RFP, then bring your draft here to check your Form 470 before you post it. The Form 470 Check is one piece of the connected competitive bidding record, and it sits inside the wider ErateSync platform for applicants.